Here is my new "computer monitor", a Sharp LC32D62U up and running fine at 1920x1080p. It is beautiful, and everything looks/feels very high in quality. Sharps packing was better than expected as I had this shipped from NY to Japan via USPS. It was not double boxed or anything, yet it arrived in great condition despite the fact the box was a bit beat up.

I'm using this only as a computer monitor at the moment, but may add an XBOX 360 later on. My eyes are about 30" to 36" away from the screen, I'm finding that getting any closer and the pixels begin to become visable (I'm pretty picky). From this distance however, everything is clear and ledgible.

1080p videos are amazing, the clarity is great!

Anyhow, gaming is awesome as well, but games that are not capable of using antialiasing are at a real disadvantage for PQ at this dot pitch. Developers really need to get this figured out (for the XBOX 360 & the PC), most already have, but some still have issues (ie STALKER & R6 Vegas).

So far I have not identified any dead/stuck pixels, but I do see some in my long shutter photo that could have some issues (see first picture below). Also of note, as a fan of silent computing, is the screen does not make any unwanted noise (a nice change from my CRT).

So here are some pictures for your enjoyment:

5 second shutter - no visable banding, but you may notice about 6 pixels that may be suspect, althogh I cannot find them by visual inspection.


Viewing angle






My workspace








Internet pages

GAMING
Supreme Commander


DiRT

Dark Messiah




S.T.A.L.K.E.R.




1080p WMV
Coral Reef




The Magic of Flight




To the Limit

That's a mighty fine display.

Hey YOU, thanks!

At what resolution? And does it have square, or non-square pixels?

I'd be worried about burn in, as I use it soley as a computer monitor. LCD's do not have any risk of burn in, modern plasmas are much better than they used to be, but they're far from an LCD in this regard.

Plasma's are actually better in higher resolutions. But yes they can burn in and are not good with high elevation climate either.

In what regard?

Most "1080p" plasma displays are not even full HD 1920x1080. Most have non-square (aka rectangle) pixels and use odd resolutions like 1024x1080, that'd be terrible for a computer display. There are quite a few that use full HD 1920x1080 resolution and square pixels, but they are still pretty pricey and very large. I wanted soething smaller to put on my desk (as you can see in the pictures).

please report back in a quarter or so about burn in. I have my old rig running on secondary HDMI input to my samsung t4061F. And while it looks fantastic---samsung clearly states that greater than 2hrs of a static object can get burned in-thus I have been worried about long play sessions on it. So I will certainly be curious to know as we move forward.

looks great btw

cheers

Really nice display, that thing is sweet!, nice computer too

That is Nice as moniter man! Dun u think its a tad close? Gonna need glasses man.. What really lets this beastly computer down is your speakers..
They look like $10 ones.. no offence.

You know, they were $30 about 4 years ago when I bought them....but really, they don't sound half bad. But I am working on replacing my home theater in the living room, and the hand-me-down Boston Acoustics system will eventually find it's way into my office!

you have no idea how f ing jealious i am right now

Sweet! A while back the Westinghose 37" LCD 1080p was the hot crossover panel (for lack of a better term). They had refurbs selling for less than $600 just recently and I took a hard look but decided to stay with my 24" LCD. How about eye strain on those big boys when you're sitting right there at a desk with them, is that a problem?