Topic: Wii can do it too?

[KDR_11k]

Dunno, my LCD is also a PC monitor and I don't have to worry about anything, does 1080p on a 23" screen and was pretty cheap.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Yeah that Start menu task bar really makes the bottom of my monitor rot huh.

uh

[KDR_11k]

You use a plasma monitor?

[Rize]

I have a 24 inch 1920x1200 monitor.  I tried to use it for gaming for a while, but sitting in a chair playing console game is bleh (plus the extra vertical resolution created an annoying vertical stretch).

You use a plasma monitor?

I saw a cheap LCD once that suffered some kind of image retention.  However, it eventually went away (it was an LCD where I work).  It had DOS style words from one of the boot screens issued by the BIOS that got stuck one day and sat there for a really long time.  Using windows regularly for a while made it go away.

But generally LCD's are considered invincible against burn in.

[KDR_11k]

My 23 inch is exactly 1920x1080 physical, I made sure of that before picking it. I prefer chairs to couches overall and our gaming room has only chairs.

[Rize]

My problem was I refused to go down in vertical resolution for my normal PC usage (particularly music editing programs).  So 1080p was out of the question for me.

[KDR_11k]

Well, the gaming monitor is only for games here, my PC monitor is 1280x960 and CRT.

[Dirk Temporo]

Wait... So you use the LCD for gaming and the CRT for everything else?

That doesn't make a lick of sense.

[Ymeegod]

46 inch Toshiba RV530U for my gaming needs.  Paid alot more than I should have (one year later and it's 1/2 of what I paid though I did get the extended warranty for 10 years).

I use the HDMI input for my POS PC.  My poor ole PC needed a upgrade 8 years ago .

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Don't knock on your PC.

It's proven its value and it has market-leading longevity.

[KDR_11k]

Wait... So you use the LCD for gaming and the CRT for everything else?

That doesn't make a lick of sense.

My PC plays games too but the monitor doesn't even have a SCART input, never mind component or HDMI. Plus the PC sees use for graphics work so an LCD isn't really an option.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Update, http://www.talismoon.com/cgi-bin/multipage/engine.pl?function=viewid&id=RKS00085&cat=WII-CABLES%20AND%20ADAPTERS

Tried it out this weekend, and it definitely works.  Spreading the LED nodes further away from each other (making a "longer" sensor bar) definitely improves/fixes the stability of IR pointing at longer distances.  However, standing more than 20ft would probably begin to require stronger LED sources, but standing that far would be unrealistic for most player's room layouts I suppose.

[Stratos]

Update, http://www.talismoon.com/cgi-bin/multipage/engine.pl?function=viewid&id=RKS00085&cat=WII-CABLES%20AND%20ADAPTERS

Tried it out this weekend, and it definitely works.  Spreading the LED nodes further away from each other (making a "longer" sensor bar) definitely improves/fixes the stability of IR pointing at longer distances.  However, standing more than 20ft would probably begin to require stronger LED sources, but standing that far would be unrealistic for most player's room layouts I suppose.

But it would be handy to know for when you try to use a projector screen setup in a gym.