iluvtofly 0 #1 January 14, 2007 ok...i'm jealous. my roommate just came home with a 42" flat panel lcd tv. he decided it would be best put to use as a computer monitor in his room. i wish it was in the living room but oh well. has anyone ever seen a bigger computer monitor? Note: picture attached Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skycat 0 #2 January 14, 2007 hooknswoop has his laptop hooked up to his LCD flat screen in the family room. Pretty nice set up, watch TV and surf DZ.com during commercials.Fly it like you stole it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bolas 5 #3 January 14, 2007 What kind of resolution can you get ?Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #4 January 14, 2007 Daaaaamn... who in the hell needs that many icons on the screen??? Or is that why he got one that big?"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
boinky 0 #5 January 14, 2007 All I can say is, [BLACK]WOW!!!![/BLACK] Nina Are we called "DAWGs" because we stick our noses up people's butts? (RIP Buzz) Yep, you're a postwhore-billyvance Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #6 January 14, 2007 QuoteWhat kind of resolution can you get ? I recently bought a Westinghouse LVM-37W3 37" 1080 monitor. On a whim I tried plugging my MacBook into it. The Mac recognized it and sent a 1920x1080 display to it. It looked so good I was almost tempted to buy another one to use as a computer monitor. The MacBook specs don't even mention it being able to do a 1920x1080 resolution, (they only list 1920x1200)."There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iluvtofly 0 #7 January 14, 2007 i'm not sure exactly what resolution he's getting on it but it's pretty damn good...it's better then i have on my 17" monitor Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skycat 0 #8 January 14, 2007 1360x768 The problem is finding a video driver. Fly it like you stole it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SickMonkey 0 #9 January 14, 2007 High definition porno machine for the masturbation enthusiast...lovely. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
justinb138 0 #10 January 14, 2007 Quotehas anyone ever seen a bigger computer monitor? I'm going to be picking up a 720P projetor in the next few weeks that I'll be hooking a computer up to. Planning on either a 92" or 104" screen right now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites parachutist 2 #11 January 14, 2007 Quote I'm going to be picking up a 720P projetor in the next few weeks that I'll be hooking a computer up to. Planning on either a 92" or 104" screen right now. 720P LCD projector is what I'm using, with 100" screen. It rocks when you're playing Doom, cause the enemies are life size. Movies look great too. Projectors have several advantages over monitors, including portability (2 people aren't needed to lug it up a flight of stairs) and cost (no way to get a 100" monitor for anywhere near $1000 like this projector) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites justinb138 0 #12 January 14, 2007 Which one do you have? I'm looking at either the Mitsubishi HD1000u or the Panasonic AE900u. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites parachutist 2 #13 January 14, 2007 QuoteWhich one do you have? I'm looking at either the Mitsubishi HD1000u or the Panasonic AE900u. My roommate & I bought an InFocus ScreenPlay 5000 about a year ago: http://www.projectorcentral.com/InFocus_Home-ScreenPlay_5000.htm We chose it because it has a bright lamp, usable in our living room without need for special preparation to block out windows etc Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Icon134 0 #14 January 14, 2007 I don't have one that big... but I do have these three to work with... I've had the two on the outside for a few years. I just bought the center display in december. I've even had ledgit uses for them when I was organizing data the other night from some experiments at work... yeah... I'm a geek... Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites AFFI 0 #15 January 14, 2007 Quote1360x768 The problem is finding a video driver. Friend of mine just went to great lengths to do something similar - after getting a new machine and the right video driver and spending a day to try to configure it, still did not look very good, not nearly as good as a monitor that is not designed to be a TV - to he hooked it up to his dish and it looked GREAT! -Mykel AFF-I10 Skydiving Priorities: 1) Open Canopy. 2) Land Safely. 3) Don’t hurt anyone. 4) Repeat… Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jerm 0 #16 January 14, 2007 really? you get decent brightness during daylight with 1200 lumens? Landing without injury is not necessarily evidence that you didn't fuck up... it just means you got away with it this time Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites tdog 0 #17 January 14, 2007 It does not really count as a monitor, however when I was doing a Microsoft event - they showed the prototype for what you guys call the XBox... But this box was more beefy so it was rendering at very high resolution. Well, we had a projector capable of a movie theatre screen, but we only blew up the game to 15' wide by 20' tall... And since it was Microsoft and we were also showing this new OS called "Windows XP" to the customers, we had to have computer level resolution so when they showed the workings of the OS the audience could read the text. But the biggest screen I have worked with was a 40 foot wide LED wall, and short of imax, skydiving footage never looked so good. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites DSE 5 #18 January 14, 2007 For the debut of the new Sony HVR V1U, which only Norman Kent and I had jumped with (at the time), we had a Sony 4K projector and a 66' screen. It was just like being there. Progressive scan, 24p smooth, sexy as hell. Wait'll you see the NAB booth if you're into that world. Skydiving and HD... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites parachutist 2 #19 January 14, 2007 Quotereally? you get decent brightness during daylight with 1200 lumens? With lights off and blinds closed (standard translucent white blinds) it's fine. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Squeak 17 #20 January 14, 2007 QuoteQuotereally? you get decent brightness during daylight with 1200 lumens? With lights off and blinds closed (standard translucent white blinds) it's fine.wht sort of life to you get from the globes? (in hours?)You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Icon134 0 #21 January 14, 2007 Quotewe had a Sony 4K projector and a 66' screen.wow... that does look cool... Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites monkycndo 0 #22 January 14, 2007 I only noticed two displays.50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites parachutist 2 #23 January 14, 2007 QuoteQuoteQuotereally? you get decent brightness during daylight with 1200 lumens? With lights off and blinds closed (standard translucent white blinds) it's fine.wht sort of life to you get from the globes? (in hours?) It's rated for 1000 hrs I think. We've put about 250 on it so far. Replacement cost is about $300 last I checked. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Squeak 17 #24 January 14, 2007 QuoteQuoteQuoteQuotereally? you get decent brightness during daylight with 1200 lumens? With lights off and blinds closed (standard translucent white blinds) it's fine.wht sort of life to you get from the globes? (in hours?) It's rated for 1000 hrs I think. We've put about 250 on it so far. Replacement cost is about $300 last I checked. So you don't use it as your primary source of TV viewing then? 1000hrs isn't very long?You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Icon134 0 #25 January 14, 2007 QuoteI only noticed two displays.sorry my bad... does this help? Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 Next Page 1 of 2 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. 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parachutist 2 #11 January 14, 2007 Quote I'm going to be picking up a 720P projetor in the next few weeks that I'll be hooking a computer up to. Planning on either a 92" or 104" screen right now. 720P LCD projector is what I'm using, with 100" screen. It rocks when you're playing Doom, cause the enemies are life size. Movies look great too. Projectors have several advantages over monitors, including portability (2 people aren't needed to lug it up a flight of stairs) and cost (no way to get a 100" monitor for anywhere near $1000 like this projector) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
justinb138 0 #12 January 14, 2007 Which one do you have? I'm looking at either the Mitsubishi HD1000u or the Panasonic AE900u. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
parachutist 2 #13 January 14, 2007 QuoteWhich one do you have? I'm looking at either the Mitsubishi HD1000u or the Panasonic AE900u. My roommate & I bought an InFocus ScreenPlay 5000 about a year ago: http://www.projectorcentral.com/InFocus_Home-ScreenPlay_5000.htm We chose it because it has a bright lamp, usable in our living room without need for special preparation to block out windows etc Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #14 January 14, 2007 I don't have one that big... but I do have these three to work with... I've had the two on the outside for a few years. I just bought the center display in december. I've even had ledgit uses for them when I was organizing data the other night from some experiments at work... yeah... I'm a geek... Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AFFI 0 #15 January 14, 2007 Quote1360x768 The problem is finding a video driver. Friend of mine just went to great lengths to do something similar - after getting a new machine and the right video driver and spending a day to try to configure it, still did not look very good, not nearly as good as a monitor that is not designed to be a TV - to he hooked it up to his dish and it looked GREAT! -Mykel AFF-I10 Skydiving Priorities: 1) Open Canopy. 2) Land Safely. 3) Don’t hurt anyone. 4) Repeat… Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerm 0 #16 January 14, 2007 really? you get decent brightness during daylight with 1200 lumens? Landing without injury is not necessarily evidence that you didn't fuck up... it just means you got away with it this time Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tdog 0 #17 January 14, 2007 It does not really count as a monitor, however when I was doing a Microsoft event - they showed the prototype for what you guys call the XBox... But this box was more beefy so it was rendering at very high resolution. Well, we had a projector capable of a movie theatre screen, but we only blew up the game to 15' wide by 20' tall... And since it was Microsoft and we were also showing this new OS called "Windows XP" to the customers, we had to have computer level resolution so when they showed the workings of the OS the audience could read the text. But the biggest screen I have worked with was a 40 foot wide LED wall, and short of imax, skydiving footage never looked so good. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DSE 5 #18 January 14, 2007 For the debut of the new Sony HVR V1U, which only Norman Kent and I had jumped with (at the time), we had a Sony 4K projector and a 66' screen. It was just like being there. Progressive scan, 24p smooth, sexy as hell. Wait'll you see the NAB booth if you're into that world. Skydiving and HD... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
parachutist 2 #19 January 14, 2007 Quotereally? you get decent brightness during daylight with 1200 lumens? With lights off and blinds closed (standard translucent white blinds) it's fine. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #20 January 14, 2007 QuoteQuotereally? you get decent brightness during daylight with 1200 lumens? With lights off and blinds closed (standard translucent white blinds) it's fine.wht sort of life to you get from the globes? (in hours?)You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #21 January 14, 2007 Quotewe had a Sony 4K projector and a 66' screen.wow... that does look cool... Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monkycndo 0 #22 January 14, 2007 I only noticed two displays.50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
parachutist 2 #23 January 14, 2007 QuoteQuoteQuotereally? you get decent brightness during daylight with 1200 lumens? With lights off and blinds closed (standard translucent white blinds) it's fine.wht sort of life to you get from the globes? (in hours?) It's rated for 1000 hrs I think. We've put about 250 on it so far. Replacement cost is about $300 last I checked. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #24 January 14, 2007 QuoteQuoteQuoteQuotereally? you get decent brightness during daylight with 1200 lumens? With lights off and blinds closed (standard translucent white blinds) it's fine.wht sort of life to you get from the globes? (in hours?) It's rated for 1000 hrs I think. We've put about 250 on it so far. Replacement cost is about $300 last I checked. So you don't use it as your primary source of TV viewing then? 1000hrs isn't very long?You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #25 January 14, 2007 QuoteI only noticed two displays.sorry my bad... does this help? Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
