Looking for LCD....widescreen or regular screen

FroGGer

I was reading some threads on LCD's. I know that LCD's can handle games these days. However I am not sure whether or not to get a widescreen or regular screen LCD. Is there anything I should know?
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mk000000 · TweakNOOB Joined: 29 Dec 2004 Posts: 78 Location: Philly

Frogger, something you should know: Games look amazing in widescreen.

It took me some time to adapt to the extra width of the screen in fps games, but now I cant look back.

I bought a dell 24 inch last year, amazing. And I only run a 6600GT. AoE III looks amazing.

I recommend a 22 inch min because of the sweet prices on them and probably among the best price/area. But if you can, jump to a 24 inch for the 600-700 dollar range... it's worth it. You'll have a little extra room more than full 1080 HD. And in my opinion, for 24 inch thats a good deal. Oh and you'll gain so much area to work in, it's amazing they still are selling 15 and 17 inch lcds.
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sickofsoyo · Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 10:57 pm Post subject:

I like having a regular screen, sure you see more on the sides, but you loose some on top and bottom (from the game I saw, might not have been designed for widescreen) and thats where I normally get killed from...
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fussnfeathers · Lord of the Tweak Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 2763

The game has to support widescreen, which most newer games do. Otherwise, yeah, you can get fragged from out of your monitor range.

If I had to pick a widescreen, my bet would be on the Dell 24" models. While I don't care for their computers, their monitors are definitely top-notch, and usually on sale.
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FroGGer · Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 11:02 am Post subject:

so what do you suggest? I play COD 2, I am big into flight simulator and also use it for photo editing, videos, and a whole bunch of other crap.
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mk000000 · TweakNOOB Joined: 29 Dec 2004 Posts: 78 Location: Philly

Dell 24 inch is always competetively priced and has the awful but needed HDCP DVI and componet inputs. Go with that. But otherwise, there are tons of good 24inch ones out there.
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FroGGer · Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 1:12 pm Post subject:

I mean in terms of widescreen or regular screen LCD's?
I am scared a widescreen will mess up the look of games.
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mk000000 · TweakNOOB Joined: 29 Dec 2004 Posts: 78 Location: Philly

Frogger, go with me on this one... all things are moving widescreen. Any new game will support widescreen. MS is even trying to set a widescreen standard for vista, encouraging widescreen so they can tout it as the HD ready OS. Though that last one is meaningless, take the plunge and you wont regret it.
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fussnfeathers · Lord of the Tweak Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 2763

Yup. My next monitor is likely to be a Dell 24", so I can agree there. Decent price, and consistently the highest ranked in its class. You can get one for $720 right now, which is a great deal.
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racing87stang · Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 7:16 pm Post subject:

I have a spare Gateway 21" I need to get rid of. NO dead pixels and its HDTV ready. Got plenty of inputs. I can send pics if you need PM me.
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