I think best bang-for-buck LCD now is BenQ FP94VW. may get one for myself soon. hopefully can be found rather easily coz I heard stocks are hard to get now!

definitely Samsung. BenQ has poorer contrast ratio across the range, it's quite budget-oriented so can't really make a fair comparison here.

this one how much?

any way to force it fullscreen?

tak syok la with crop

ok I was pretty set on getting a 22", but now I hear about this cropping issue.. so only 24" will be capable of showing fullscreen @ 720p eh? even 19" won't make the cut? damn.

thanks for the explanation bro!

hmm from the picture above, the cropping seems quite bad. so I need to get one with pixel mapping now, I don't think I can live with the cropping, it'll reduce the gameplay experience

any recommendations? does the Viewsonic VX2235wm-5 have pixel mapping? I was pretty set on that one.

edit: hmm after some reading it seems that only the Samsung 2253BW is capable of 1:1 pixel mapping. and it seems that only GT5P at 720p has this issue.. haih big decision to make here, the Samsung 2253bw is RM100 more expensive than the Viewsonic, and for a working student, that's alot of money..

This post has been edited by nerd: May 13 2008, 11:00 AM

i just don't want my images to be cropped.. it's better that i equip myself with the knowledge beforehand than be disappointed later on, no?

student working part-time here to earn cash la friend, plus, if I buy a 32-incher, there's no way I can carry that into uni.. 'coz once I enrol, I'll be staying on-campus.

and if I use my dad's 32-inch, I can't play at nights.. only during the day when he's not around.. so have to settle for the best compromise.

still, I might consider just that..

This post has been edited by nerd: May 13 2008, 03:32 PM

I just bought a Samsung 2253BW today

RM910.

very happy with the PQ. my PS3's coming tonight so I'll be able to see how it performs.

it looks FREAKING SWEET with the Xbox 360 hooked up to it, so I'm expecting something similar from the PS3.

gonna use DVI to HDMI.

use the composite cables to connect to your speakers, and get the PS3 to output sound from there. it's possible.

check out the PS3 beginner's thread for more info.

i just got GT5P today, my first game ..

playing it on my Samsung 2253BW.

weirdly enough, when i'm displaying at 720p, the image gets cropped left and right.. didn't happen with any of the other demos i downloaded. the Grid demo received black bars top and bottom.

on the other hand, when i force it to display 1080p, the monitor complains that it's not the optimum reso but still displays it.. and the picture is perfect without any cropping!!

anybody with the same monitor experienced the same thing as me?