Help me decide on 30 in Monitor

[Drizzt5]

Originally Posted by Mak213

I dont see Contrast Ratio anywhere. For somethign like that it should be pretty dang high.

I would go with the 9800 GX2 as that has 2 GPU's on it compared to the 9800GTX.

This would be the perfect situation for crossfire/sli though . And he said game design not gaming.

[lafguy81]

Originally Posted by Mak213

I dont see Contrast Ratio anywhere. For somethign like that it should be pretty dang high.

I would go with the 9800 GX2 as that has 2 GPU's on it compared to the 9800GTX.

They said, contrast ratio was


25:000:1

[veedubfreak]

Just remember that a large HDTV is not going to have the same resolution as a 30" monitor. At best the HDTV is only going to be 1920x1080 whereas a 30" lcd monitor is going to be 2500x1600? I forget the exact resolution but its a lot higher.

[Mak213]

Originally Posted by lafguy81

They said, contrast ratio was


25:000:1

Sorry that number doesnt make sense to me. I could see if they said 25,000:1 but the highest i have ever seen on a monitor is 10,000:1 contrast ratio.

If it really had 25,000:1 then it would be more than great.

[lafguy81]

Originally Posted by Mak213

Sorry that number doesnt make sense to me. I could see if they said 25,000:1 but the highest i have ever seen on a monitor is 10,000:1 contrast ratio.

If it really had 25,000:1 then it would be more than great.

The 40 in model has 8000:1

[Mak213]

So how is it the 30" model has 25,000 and the 40" has 8,000?

Meh. Wont ask. I have seen 19"LCD's with 10,000 and 22" ones with 3,000.

I just said it doesn't make sense to me cause 25:000:1 is not a contrast ratio number.

[lafguy81]

Originally Posted by veedubfreak

Just remember that a large HDTV is not going to have the same resolution as a 30" monitor. At best the HDTV is only going to be 1920x1080 whereas a 30" lcd monitor is going to be 2500x1600? I forget the exact resolution but its a lot higher.

Good Point I wondered that myself and if when all is said and done if having 2500x1600 wouldn't be smarter.


right now the machine I use now it at 1920x1200 at 24". I wonder what 1920x1080 would actually look like on a 37 or 40 in monitor vs 2500x1600 on a 30in monitor. Maybe someone here can get me pics

[veedubfreak]

For any type of editing you would be better served with the higher resonlution. For gaming, the bigger hdtv with lower res is probably the better way to go. But i love my 24" widescreen monitor, just cant see dropping 1200+ on a 30" monitor.

[lafguy81]

Originally Posted by Mak213

So how is it the 30" model has 25,000 and the 40" has 8,000?

Meh. Wont ask. I have seen 19"LCD's with 10,000 and 22" ones with 3,000.

I just said it doesn't make sense to me cause 25:000:1 is not a contrast ratio number.

I know I was agreeing with you since 40 had 8000 no way 37 would be that different.

[lafguy81]

Originally Posted by veedubfreak

For any type of editing you would be better served with the higher resonlution. For gaming, the bigger hdtv with lower res is probably the better way to go. But i love my 24" widescreen monitor, just cant see dropping 1200+ on a 30" monitor.

I'd want 2500x1600 res is why I would go 30. I have edited on here but, still wish I had more space don't want dual either.