Joey Millison
Auditioning
- Joined
- Sep 7, 2005
- Messages
- 2
Hey everyone
I haven't been around in *forever*, as I've been out of the Home Theater upgrade game for a while. I still have a Toshiba TW40X81 (try not to laugh too hard) in my bedroom that I watch HD programs on...and it actually still looks pretty dang good for my taste honestly.
Anyhow, I need something for the living room, and due to the shape of the room I need to find something that will fit on my mantle above the fireplace (hence my Toshiba having to be located in the bedroom). There's a gap between it and a beam, and I'm pretty sure I can squeeze a 40-42" in there without any problem.
However, it's been AGES since I've been in the market and technology has obviously taken off. I'm not really after the end-all-be-all TV as I have a projector/screen in the living room that I do all of my DVD viewing on. Mainly I'm looking for something to play the Wii on...hopefully making it a little easier for multiple people to see if I have others over to play Rock Band/Guitar Hero or something of that nature.
And on the Guitar Hero note...I've noticed that while some newer TV's look *great*, there tends to be a big amount of lag involved. I've taken my Wii to other people's houses to play and it seems like no amount of calibration in the game (manually or otherwise) ever quite syncs it up completely, whereas on the 27" CRT it's bang on. Granted, this may be my own fault. PerhapsI didn't spend enough time tweaking the game settings. It's just something that I've noticed.
So out of the options available, which technology would be best suited for playing the Wii (or any other gaming system) given the latency I keep reading about? I did a search on 'gaming tv' here on the forum before asking, but most of the results I found were pre-2004 which wouldn't be much help in my case. I'm hoping that something other than CRT has a minimal amount of lag, and preferably no streaking/ghosting.
I hope I'm not asking the obvious here...if so feel free to shake your head, ignore this post, and move on to the next Any nudge in the right direction would be extremely appreciated!
J6P
I haven't been around in *forever*, as I've been out of the Home Theater upgrade game for a while. I still have a Toshiba TW40X81 (try not to laugh too hard) in my bedroom that I watch HD programs on...and it actually still looks pretty dang good for my taste honestly.
Anyhow, I need something for the living room, and due to the shape of the room I need to find something that will fit on my mantle above the fireplace (hence my Toshiba having to be located in the bedroom). There's a gap between it and a beam, and I'm pretty sure I can squeeze a 40-42" in there without any problem.
However, it's been AGES since I've been in the market and technology has obviously taken off. I'm not really after the end-all-be-all TV as I have a projector/screen in the living room that I do all of my DVD viewing on. Mainly I'm looking for something to play the Wii on...hopefully making it a little easier for multiple people to see if I have others over to play Rock Band/Guitar Hero or something of that nature.
And on the Guitar Hero note...I've noticed that while some newer TV's look *great*, there tends to be a big amount of lag involved. I've taken my Wii to other people's houses to play and it seems like no amount of calibration in the game (manually or otherwise) ever quite syncs it up completely, whereas on the 27" CRT it's bang on. Granted, this may be my own fault. PerhapsI didn't spend enough time tweaking the game settings. It's just something that I've noticed.
So out of the options available, which technology would be best suited for playing the Wii (or any other gaming system) given the latency I keep reading about? I did a search on 'gaming tv' here on the forum before asking, but most of the results I found were pre-2004 which wouldn't be much help in my case. I'm hoping that something other than CRT has a minimal amount of lag, and preferably no streaking/ghosting.
I hope I'm not asking the obvious here...if so feel free to shake your head, ignore this post, and move on to the next Any nudge in the right direction would be extremely appreciated!
J6P