good day to buy 30" monitor

[James Knott]

Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 02:50:01PM -0400, James Knott wrote:
>   
>> Tyler Aviss wrote:
>>     
>>> The "HDTV" resolution is 1080p, so I'd assume the VGA would also be
>>> non-interlaced. Not sure about the refresh, but I don't think that
>>> there are many 120Hz LCD's out there.
>>>   
>>>       
>> According to the manual, my Sharp Aquos LC-42D65U 42" set will support
>> up to 1600 x 1200 @ 60 Hz.  It can do 1080p, so I'd imagine it would do
>> so in progressive scan.
>>     
>
> Must look awful.  After all scaling/stretching 1600x1200 to 1920x1080
> is not going to be pretty.  I don't know why TV makers can't just make
> the computer input identify as a 1920x1080 display with 60hz refresh.
>
> Well most seem to be able to do that, a few get it terribly wrong.
>
>   
As I mentioned in another post, that applies to the computer monitor
input.  HDMI is still available for 1080p, should your computer support it.

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