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<blockquote data-quote="whoey629" data-source="post: 193415" data-attributes="member: 57530">I'm no expert... HD is 1280x720p y 1920x1080i right?I have a 22&quot; (widescreen) Samsung 226BW as my PC screen (1680x1050). My TV is 29&quot; (CRT!) normal non wide, and has a max res of 1024x768... I usually have my HTPC running 800x600 because it's not as crisp, and hard to read text on the desktop at higher resolution. (At the moment I'm forbidden by the wife from buying a new TV as ours is barely 4 years old)&nbsp; I sometimes watch things on my monitor, (and it's great!) but my couch is way more comfortable... I guess it depends how far away you plan to sit from the screen... Obviously if I got a nicer new LCD TV things would be a lot different...I'm guessing for a little bit more money you could get a nice HD LCD TV that's a bit bigger than a 24&quot; monitor... There's one thing that has remained constant through all my experience with PCs... never skimp on the screen, it's the one thing you're likely to keep for the next 2 or 3 PCs... the price of my screen has dropped about 100eur in the 6 months since I bought it... prices are dropping like crazy here on screens...As for connections... DVI seems great here... there's a big difference between my old 19&quot; CRT (dsub) running 1280x1024 and my 22&quot; LCD, mainly brightness &amp; vividness of color... it stunned me at first... (I was running both side by side, desktop mirrored)that's my 2 cents... someone feel free to shoot it down!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="whoey629, post: 193415, member: 57530"] I'm no expert... HD is 1280x720p y 1920x1080i right? I have a 22" (widescreen) Samsung 226BW as my PC screen (1680x1050). My TV is 29" (CRT!) normal non wide, and has a max res of 1024x768... I usually have my HTPC running 800x600 because it's not as crisp, and hard to read text on the desktop at higher resolution. (At the moment I'm forbidden by the wife from buying a new TV as ours is barely 4 years old) I sometimes watch things on my monitor, (and it's great!) but my couch is way more comfortable... I guess it depends how far away you plan to sit from the screen... Obviously if I got a nicer new LCD TV things would be a lot different... I'm guessing for a little bit more money you could get a nice HD LCD TV that's a bit bigger than a 24" monitor... There's one thing that has remained constant through all my experience with PCs... never skimp on the screen, it's the one thing you're likely to keep for the next 2 or 3 PCs... the price of my screen has dropped about 100eur in the 6 months since I bought it... prices are dropping like crazy here on screens... As for connections... DVI seems great here... there's a big difference between my old 19" CRT (dsub) running 1280x1024 and my 22" LCD, mainly brightness & vividness of color... it stunned me at first... (I was running both side by side, desktop mirrored) that's my 2 cents... someone feel free to shoot it down! [/QUOTE]

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