Monitor Size

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40 and 32 inch....everyone knows that bigger is better...

Well.. That really depends on what you mean.. Heh..

I prefer 22-24. Never owned one tho! xD

[anb]

i am using budget FullHD 27" LG M2762D and it's really nice and cheap solution for gaming. It has wide variety of ports so i can hook up my ps2 (scart), ps3 and wii (component), xbox360(hdmi) and PC (DVI) simultaneously without a need to shuffle cables. Color and angles are pretty decent for a TN panel (although i've seen better colors). For a 300 bucks it was a solid purchase. Oh, it also supports TV, though i never watch that crap.

[Moses007]

Anything less than 32", you may as well be playing on your phone.

[Relentless]

I have a Dell 24" (1920x1200) as my main and some 19" Sony as my secondary. I've thought about going larger on my primary, but I don't want to pay for the video hardware to run games just as smoothly at 2560x1600, so I haven't bothered. My viewing distance is pretty short, too, so going too much larger would start to put things into my peripheral vision.

Besides, a monitor is a monitor. If I wanted something to fill up half a wall, I'd just connect to the plasma TV.

[PickleYoDaddy]

i have a 24 inch main screen and a 17 inch second screen, the 17 inch was 40 bucks at a garage sale( im pretty happy with it)

[Asera]

i am using budget FullHD 27" LG M2762D and it's really nice and cheap solution for gaming. It has wide variety of ports so i can hook up my ps2 (scart), ps3 and wii (component), xbox360(hdmi) and PC (DVI) simultaneously without a need to shuffle cables. Color and angles are pretty decent for a TN panel (although i've seen better colors). For a 300 bucks it was a solid purchase. Oh, it also supports TV, though i never watch that crap.

...what on earth are those two ports to the right of the composite jacks...

[Looneytoon]

I used to have 2X 32" and ran wow on 1 of them. There was a lot of head movement and I would catch myself tunnel visioning. I dropped down to 2X 24" 3d monitors for the 120Hz after trying 2X 27". The 24" setup is deff my sweet spot when it comes to raiding.

[Zkeya]

Anything less than 32", you may as well be playing on your phone.

It's not advised to watch things on screens that big from a close distance. Also since most 32'' screens are TV, they're limited to 1080p resolution, so they pixels are bigger than on a 24''.

...what on earth are those two ports to the right of the composite jacks...

I think you mean SCART? They're used to connect DVD players, VHS (I think) and older consoles.

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...what on earth are those two ports to the right of the composite jacks...

SCART Contacts
Standard SD connectors in Europe.

[anb]

...what on earth are those two ports to the right of the composite jacks...

they are RGB-SCART's it's an european standart, same as component in terms of picture quality, but it doesn't support HD.
On the other hand, SCART connector can be used to deliver composite, s-video and component signal, as long as both devices accept it.