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Getting a new monitor!! will my config work??

Discussion in 'Home Theater PC' started by McTwist, Apr 13, 2008.

  1. McTwist

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    What up blades??

    Anyway, so after seeing this awesome as hell deal on Newegg for the Acer AL2216Wbd 22" widescreen LCD monitor, I decided I need to get this to replace my extremely old and outdated 15" Dell LCD. Heres the link

    My computer specs:

    Running Ubuntu 7.10
    Intel Pentium 4 HT 3.00GHz
    2.5 GB DDR2 RAM
    nVidia 7800GT 256mb

    Monitor specs:

    22" widescreen
    1680x1050 resolution
    0.282 pixel pitch
    700:1 contrast ratio
    5ms response
    DVI-D (HDCP) input can someone clarify what is HDCP is


    This is my setup, will my computer be able to handle this monitor? (I should think so). I've read reviews and heard this monitor is excellent and so is the picture; how does this sound for for movies, music, and general use? Can this play movies at 720p and higher?

    My computer right now is having problems running 720p video, is this the monitor or is this my computer and codecs? BTW, my resolution right now is only 1024x768.

    Thank you all and have a good night

    I wish you all very lucid and happy dreaming

    peace

    (ONLY 1 MORE WEEK TILL 420!!!)
     
    McTwist, Apr 13, 2008
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  2. tripplite

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    dude no joke your setup and my setup (at home) are THE SAME LOL


    yup that monitor will work and like all others its plug in play:)

    make sure to get a DVI (larger white one) cable as a VGA (smaller blue one), vga can only support quality up to 480p, no good!

    alot of people are quite confused about that:(
    http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/626471
     
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  3. McTwist

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    haha nice nice. Say I wanted to hook up this monitor to my Xbox 360, is there a way of doing that since this monitor does not support HDMI? If there is a way, would there be a reduction of quality since there needs to be an alternate way? And lastly, are all DVI cables the same? If I bought another one besides the stock cable that comes with the monitor, would picture quality be enhanced or would I not notice a difference?

    peace
     
    McTwist, Apr 14, 2008
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  4. tripplite

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    unlike VGA DVI comes in a blend of different types (DVI-M and such), you want for your computer connection a DVI-D cable.

    sure you can hook that bad boy up to your 360!

    http://www.nextag.com/dvi-d-to-hdmi-cable/search-html

    you just need a DVI-D to HMDI CABLE:)

    -tripplite
     
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    Is there any loss of quality using one of these?

    EDIT:: is this cable good? link
     
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    It seems as if I need to by Microsofts adapter to be able to hook my monitor up the the 360, because a 360 does not have an HDMI port, but rather an adapter or w/e it is. sigh, f that man i just wanna be able to play games in high def and not spend more money on some stupid shit
     
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