alexandr
kosmonaut
i've finally decided to jump on the wagon, and by a G5 powermac. i'm just gonna hold out until the next rev(wich wont be long, i hope..)
anyway, i need some display(s) to go with it, but since i know squat about the LCD/plasma/flatscreen-technology, i figured to ask here;
i have following possibilities cash-wise;
* get two 20" apple cinema displays
* get one 23" apple cinema display(and maybe get another one a bit down the road??)
* get a bigger, -> 30", combined TV/display
* go with other, more cheap brands
my needs is the following;
at the moment i use two screens whenever i'm home - the 12"-screen on my iBook and a hyundai 17" CRT(wich i am soooo longing to throw out!) - in split-screen-mode using screen doctor expaner(or whatever the name is)
thing is, i really like the comfort of dual displays, so letting this go would be hard. but i also plan to get either the elgato TVEye or the alchemy TV-card so i can watch and record tv-programs, using the display as my main TV kind of.
and thats where it kinda crashes - 20" seems really small, watching TV on such a small screen gives me no great pleasure.. by getting the 23" i lose the ability to work splitscreen.
anyone have any experience, or comments to share about this? what would you go with?
and what about the possibility of going with a display with integrated tuner(a TV)? is there any flatscreens out there at the moment wich will offer me the same pleasure as a display with the purpose of being a computer-display??
and what about graphic-cards, do they all support TV's, or should this be a concern?
i figured so far i should get a TV with either a VGA-in or a DVI-in, to avoid adapters wich may cause quality loss, or is this not really important?
and last; the apple displays look the best, no doubt, but do they offer their price? i mean, maybe other displays look more like.. eh.. displays, but have greater specs picture-wise? on a scale, where would you put apple-displays if you look away from their cool appearance..?
please, share your comments, thoughts, photos(if anybody has one of the set-ups mentioned above). i deeply appreciate any help - i've been loosing sleep over this question
alex.
anyway, i need some display(s) to go with it, but since i know squat about the LCD/plasma/flatscreen-technology, i figured to ask here;
i have following possibilities cash-wise;
* get two 20" apple cinema displays
* get one 23" apple cinema display(and maybe get another one a bit down the road??)
* get a bigger, -> 30", combined TV/display
* go with other, more cheap brands
my needs is the following;
at the moment i use two screens whenever i'm home - the 12"-screen on my iBook and a hyundai 17" CRT(wich i am soooo longing to throw out!) - in split-screen-mode using screen doctor expaner(or whatever the name is)
thing is, i really like the comfort of dual displays, so letting this go would be hard. but i also plan to get either the elgato TVEye or the alchemy TV-card so i can watch and record tv-programs, using the display as my main TV kind of.
and thats where it kinda crashes - 20" seems really small, watching TV on such a small screen gives me no great pleasure.. by getting the 23" i lose the ability to work splitscreen.
anyone have any experience, or comments to share about this? what would you go with?
and what about the possibility of going with a display with integrated tuner(a TV)? is there any flatscreens out there at the moment wich will offer me the same pleasure as a display with the purpose of being a computer-display??
and what about graphic-cards, do they all support TV's, or should this be a concern?
i figured so far i should get a TV with either a VGA-in or a DVI-in, to avoid adapters wich may cause quality loss, or is this not really important?
and last; the apple displays look the best, no doubt, but do they offer their price? i mean, maybe other displays look more like.. eh.. displays, but have greater specs picture-wise? on a scale, where would you put apple-displays if you look away from their cool appearance..?
please, share your comments, thoughts, photos(if anybody has one of the set-ups mentioned above). i deeply appreciate any help - i've been loosing sleep over this question
alex.