...well, i' m sure those of you who don' t live in front of a shitty 15" ' gaming' LCD probably already new this, but just to reiterate, quoting from IGN' s HD mini-site i just happened to stumble across earlier:

WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN AN LCD

LCDs are the top selling HDTV technology wordwide, and in recent years have penetrated the market so aggressively that industry commentators have questioned how long competing technologies will last against the onslaught of ever larger and cheaper LCD displays. The technology grew relatively slowly at first, beginning in the 15 to 20-inch computer monitor space, and eventually ballooning to the dominate force in HDTV technology today. Consumer comfort with the technology, and overwhelming retail presence, continue to drive sales against plasma displays.

LCDs are generally credited with being the gamer’s choice in HDTVs thanks to the fact that it is the only option for displays smaller than 36-inches, has no issues with possible image burn-in, and has almost entirely shifted to 1080p, despite the fact that most LCDs aren’t large enough to take advantage of the added resolution (50-inches or more). Though some of these points are valid advantages, the gamer’s case for LCD is not entirely clear cut.

LCD image quality is lower than that of plasma displays. The necessity of incandescent backlighting of the LCD display results in a far lower contrast ratio (1,500:1 is common, compared to 10,000:1 available in other technologies). The visible effect of this issue is bright, greyish blacks that are noticeable when viewing a letterboxed movie or dark survival horror games. Another LCD weakness for gamers is the issue of response time, a measure of how long it takes a pixel to cycle from black (off), to white (on), and back to black. When this cycle takes too long it can be difficult for a display to manage to represent rapidly moving objects and a ghostly blur appears to follow movement across the display. 6-ms response time is acceptable for gaming and should produce little to no ghosting. Some displays, however, have response time figures in the 12 to 16-ms, and should be avoided by gamers and sports fans.

Most LCD HDTVs 24-inches and larger have made the jump to 1080p, primarily as a marketing ploy due to the fact that the resolution is only noticeably superior to 720p on displays larger than 50-inches. A consequence of the added resolution in smaller displays can sometimes be the amplification of aliasing (jaggies), especially with the PlayStation 3.

...now that pretty much confirms what i thought was common knowledge about a year back (in which i posted similar and got flamed by a certain awol PCFB)...

...anyway, if you truly love games and movies, do yourself a BIG favour and turn a blind eye to the cheap-a$$ option and get yourself a real display...

..of course if you want a simple and affordable solution, and find that a LCD screen best meets your particular needs, then that' s your prerogative... ...just don' t go round trying to pass off your peace of shit display as being superior when it clearly isn' t..

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...where is Locopyo these days anyway?...



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* sorry Mr Hardcore PC gamer :/