video. Just a gut feeling. I chose the MSI G4Ti4200 video card solely because Tom's Hardware Guide used it in a couple of their tests. I had always wanted an 18" LCD monitor. But I do love the 15" monitor on my Dell laptop. I decided on the Sony only because...

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most of next year. Here are a couple of the HDTV issues I've faced this year. When I selected my HDTV monitor, I was fortunate enough to know about what I call the "i"s and the "p"s. I went for a monitor capable of 1080p resolution; 1080 lines horizontally...

AverTV HD MCE A180 HDTV tuner card. For standard benchmarks, we used a 17" 1280x1024 Viewsonic LCD monitor. For viewing HDTV video content, we used a Dell 2407WFP monitor with an HDMI port. A/V Components Receiver Sony STR-DA5200ES (Retail: $1,100) HDMI...

Connectivity. do you want a 16 9 lcd monitor now. LCD makers supposedly have been working hard to develop big-performance, wide-screen monitors in 16:9 format. But so far, the results have been dismal. Will new wares from some of the world's largest electronics...

the choice between two technologies that are complementary yet very different from one another: plasma and LCD. For computer monitors, the choice is easy, with LCDs having won the market, but for TV, the two technologies are still competing. This article is...