i just bought a 42 plasma panasonic and i have been doodling with it for 3 days now.
connect it with my pc via vga cable and the display are quite nice, but the default resolution is just 1024x768
through the pc display setting i can see that i can increase the resolution up to 2048x1536
i tried to increase the resolution but it did not work, it goes blank for a while and then back to default

am i doing thing in the wrong way? or do i have the wrong cable?

i need help to maximize my plasma tv.
would love to see hd movie without having to buy a dvd hd player.

using nvidia geforce 9500gt

i also happen to think the vga cable has its limit as you said, for that reason im planning to buy a dvi to hdmi cable. do you think i should?
i cant be thinking of buying another lcd tv. im bummed out already, dust in my wallet.
just want to maximize the gaming experience as they say. without spending too much 
btw im using plasma TH-42X10K

noob question.. is it advisable to buy a plasma tv as a desktop monitor replacement?

my friend bought one but it seems that the font are all very small. eventhough this could be altered but other 3rd party applications font couldn't be changed.

also.. what about the image retention/burn in effect? if using windows, etc. how long it takes for the image retention?

Sammy plasma has worse image retention compared to Panny Plasma. I don't think anyone said burn in. Burn in not equals to image retention. They are related but not the same...Burn in is permanent, image retention is temporary.

Dammm.. now i have think twice getting plasma liaoz... *sigh*... was aiming for 50S10 for its price value.

Like quite mafan to avoid image-retention and burn-in... esp. i like to watch movies on it, as its mostly not 16:9 ratio meaning theres 'black bars' topbottom of the screen... and at the same time wanna play PS3 games on it.. then had to worry abt 'static images', like "HUD, Scores, CommandPanel etc".

Wherelse lcd has no such issue rite?...

Ok, what i gather here.. the cons and pros :-

Plasma pros : no lag/ghosting issues, wide viewing angles, slightly natural colors, most have tempered screen glass for durability.
           cons : burn-in, image-retention, slightly more power-consumption.

LCD pros : slightly less power-consumption, no burn-in, no image-retention.
       cons : lag/ghosting issue but hardly noticable(?), too much contrast lead to picture quality doesn't look natural(?), viewing angles not as good plasma(?), no extra protection for the screen.

(Referring to most common lcd/plasma which its not 100Hz and above, or not Kuro and etc.).

Anything i missed there?.. do correct me, if i list wrong there.. 
What i meant was, normally i watch movies its on "cinema ratio" mah.

I watch abt the same amount of Astro and movies, thats why im worry abt the those burn-in and image-retention, esp. some PS3 gaming.

Cheers

abang ar nie

LED LCD TV la

But the LED make it much better

I am moving into my new house on 13 Nov
Getting S10k now or wait for Pana new model coming out?
Maybe V or G series from Pana?

Which country already have 3D ready full hd plasma?