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Sat, 21 January 2006 12:59

Renardin6
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I got my HD Sony TV today (asked it for christmas, delivery was a bit 'late'...).

Anyway, once I get a HDMI cable, I will show you how it looks when connected to a computer. It's awesome, I tested it in the store.

It's a 32 inch wide TV (82 cm)

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Sat, 21 January 2006 13:42

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Those subtitles need subtitles...

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Sat, 21 January 2006 13:56

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Looks great Smile

jus download some new movies and watch it on there, Or if your good at Renegade, just invite some friends and let them watch your 133t skillz Big Ups

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Sat, 21 January 2006 14:41

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Looks like someone's been to iKEA. Rocked Over

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Sat, 21 January 2006 14:53

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You've just earned a whole lot of respect for having Snatch and Fight Club in your movie collection, damn good movies.

That screen also looks sweet, I can just imagine playing BF2 on it or such.

Mind you, won't the resolution be kinda fubar for some games?

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Sat, 21 January 2006 14:55

icedog90
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HDTVs have high resolutions.

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Sat, 21 January 2006 14:57

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Not exactly. 720p isn't that high res (1 megapixel), and you need a good computer to run anything well on 1080p.

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Sat, 21 January 2006 14:59

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32ft. and 19ft.? :\

What's the response time of the monitor?

FUCK

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Sat, 21 January 2006 15:49

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kopaka649 wrote on Sat, 21 January 2006 13:57

Not exactly. 720p isn't that high res (1 megapixel), and you need a good computer to run anything well on 1080p.

He has a good computer, and 1920x1080 could be possible to run.

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Sat, 21 January 2006 16:06

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Well the resolution for the HD TV is enough for I want to do:

this screen can handle : 1366 x 768 pixels

http://www.pricescan.com/electronics/items/item524928.asp

Sony KLV-S32A10 bravia

And to support that I have aquite decent computer as Icedog said:

2GB DDR RAM PC3200
Athlon 64 3500+
7200RPM SATA HDD
Geforce 6800GT AGP8X 256 MB DDR3

Anyway, I still need to buy one of those Dvi to HDMI cable to get the stuff on the TV. The cost is a bit high: 92 Euros (like 100 dollars for one) And I need to save a bit my money this month for other stuff, Once I get the money next month I will post screenshots with some game tests on that huge 'computer screen'.

(and IKEA rules. Wink

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Sat, 21 January 2006 21:55

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Your PC is identical to mine other than that I have two SATAs in RAID0. That and you probably haven't overclocked, but all the hardware is the exact same :S

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Sun, 22 January 2006 02:08

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I sometimes play Renegade on my 57" HDTV with my media center PC. Sadly due to the video card in it, I can only play at 480x720. If it ever breaks I will get one of the newer HDTVs that can do higher resolutions. Its a blast to play on a big screen with the home theatre surround sound. Makes it easy for spectators to watch you play too.

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Sun, 22 January 2006 06:26

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Renx wrote on Sun, 22 January 2006 04:55

Your PC is identical to mine other than that I have two SATAs in RAID0. That and you probably haven't overclocked, but all the hardware is the exact same :S

Almost same here, except I only have 1 250gb SATA hdd and an athlon 4000+.

Just out of curiosty what is RAID and what does it do? I'm only really starting to get into the computer building phase.

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Sun, 22 January 2006 07:07

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DJM wrote on Sun, 22 January 2006 07:26

Just out of curiosty what is RAID and what does it do? I'm only really starting to get into the computer building phase.

RAID allows you to link two hard drives together. If I remember correctly, this is how it goes:

RAID 0:
Two hard drives are linked together. The total space is the combined space of both of the drives.

RAID 1:
The contents of one drive are copied onto the second drive for further backup of data.

It's something like that at least. Just search Google for a better answer.

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Sun, 22 January 2006 08:51

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yeah. The advantage of raid1 is obvious, but with raid0 it means both HDs are working together to put things on what looks to them like the same volume...So you get twice the speed.

For example with my old WD 5400rpm HDD, when loading windows the little blue bars moved across the screen 22 times before it would startup. Now they go across two times at most.

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Sun, 22 January 2006 11:17

Dave Mason
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You have to have two of teh exact same hard drives though don't you?

I might think about that, when I find a job anyway.

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Sun, 22 January 2006 16:38

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You don't have to have the exact same kind/size, but the array will end up being two times the size of the smallest drive, so you will have wasted space.

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Sun, 22 January 2006 21:36

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It would be so awesome to raid two 10,000 RPM drives.

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Sun, 22 January 2006 23:14

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23" HDTV as a monitor

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Mon, 23 January 2006 01:19

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Actually we're at Raid 5 at the moment, which uses a minimum of 3 HDD's. It randomly uses 1 to put part of the data, one other for another part of the data and the third for a control data. When one crashes, it can restore the data thanks to the info on the other 2 disks. When you put 4 or more HDD's in, more than one may crash at the same time, it'll still be able to restore your data.

It's normally only used for servers, seems like a bit of overkill for a home computer.

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Mon, 23 January 2006 03:36

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icedog90 wrote on Sun, 22 January 2006 23:36

It would be so awesome to raid two 10,000 RPM drives.

I have 3 15,000 RPM Ultra320 SCSI drives in my PC...they seem plenty fast enough so I don't bother to RAID them.

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Mon, 23 January 2006 12:05

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Damn, those are not cheap. When using SCSI Burner is it true that it won't use 100% CPU resources when burning? unlike ata/sata

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Mon, 23 January 2006 12:54

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Yes true as the IO is done by the SCSI controller instead of your CPU.

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Wed, 25 January 2006 03:04

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I was thiking about getting the Infocus X3 projector for the Superbowl which has 720p, 1080i ...native resolution of 1024 x 768

Im from MA and the Patriots lost in the 2nd round, so most likely I wont be getting this. My question is how would my PC look on this with my fx5900 which has a DVI out?

Im not talking playing Renegade or CSS on a 9 foot screen but something like 60 inches Big Grin

Does anyone have experience with the X3 projector?

"But if the gameplay sucks, the looks don't matter at all." - Sir Phoenixx

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