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Hi I decided to run a test last night at work to find out if buying an LCD tv (Specifically a 37wlt58) would be fast enough to cope with fast paced games.
so last night i took my xbox with its official component cable and lik-sangs component to VGA convertor into my office at work, the great thing about this convertor is that it splits the signal off to two monitors at the same time.
First off let me tell you that im a very picky person,
I cant stand dead pixels, not even one and i find them easy to spot on any LCD
I suffer from the Rainbow effect on DLP projectors which gives me headaches after watching 30mins of a DVD
I can easily tell the difference between PAL and NTSC, and S-Video vs RGB, I can even notice the improvement of component over RGB
right so now you have some kind of idea about how my eyes work
so the two monitors up for review are
LG 19" L1910S
1280x1024 native res, 400:1 Contrast Ratio, 250 Image brightness, 25ms response
VS
Belinea 17" 10 17 30 (11 17 31)
1280x1024 native res, 500:1 Contrast Ratio, 300 Image brightness, 13ms response.
as you can see the specs are not too dissimilar with the exception of response time.
Xbox Dashboard at 720P
LG: Nice and crystal clear obviously squashed due to it being a 4:3 monitor but picture was perfect no blur and pin sharp
Belinea: Couldnt accept 720P.
Conker:LAR 480P
LG: Nice picture bit on the dark side, noticible blur but could live with it... well until
Belinea: Wow much more detail, can see the background much more clearly and only a tiny hit on blur, more than good enough to play on.
Halo2 480P at the last battle in campaign
LG: Dark... very dark, blurry when turning but still very playable
Belinea: Heaps better, can actually see all the detail of the dark background! blacks are black and textures are crisp and clearvery very tiny hint of blur, not enough to bother me
Forza motorsport hillclimb in a VERY fast 2.1sec impreza
LG: still too dark, can play the game but very noticable blur, textures are poor and the menu has a redish tinge to it
Belinea: once again much better, textures are crisp and clear plenty of brightness (Tho that menu the res tinge is not their but i cant see the lines so something is wrong turning contrast/brightness down doesnt help much)
and here is the important part! there is blur, it is still very playable and the blur isnt horrendous, but the simple fact is when playing it you know it could be better and sharper if that blur wasnt there when moving.
so to round it all up, if your going to be playing platform games or slow shooters like halo2 then specs similar to the belinea will do, if your going to be playing fast paced action packed racers/shooter or anything that moves very quickly you would be best off getting something that is better than the belinea to be happy.
IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE all these games would only play in 480p, i will try to get a 720P game as i think 480P may cause additional processing for the monitor, like i said 720p was fantastic on the LG which performed poorly for 480p, i only got a brief glimpse of a 720p dvd (Ice age) on the LG and it looked good, unfortunately the xbox didnt like it much.
so until i can get some 720P stuff going, only apply this to 480P gaming for now.
il try and update sometime tonight or tomorrow with 720P comparisons
anyone feel free to chip in with things i could try or do to make the test better/fairer or with your own input, tho please remember when i did these tests i was looking at both monitors at the same time running thru the same feed
so last night i took my xbox with its official component cable and lik-sangs component to VGA convertor into my office at work, the great thing about this convertor is that it splits the signal off to two monitors at the same time.
First off let me tell you that im a very picky person,
I cant stand dead pixels, not even one and i find them easy to spot on any LCD
I suffer from the Rainbow effect on DLP projectors which gives me headaches after watching 30mins of a DVD
I can easily tell the difference between PAL and NTSC, and S-Video vs RGB, I can even notice the improvement of component over RGB
right so now you have some kind of idea about how my eyes work
so the two monitors up for review are
LG 19" L1910S
1280x1024 native res, 400:1 Contrast Ratio, 250 Image brightness, 25ms response
VS
Belinea 17" 10 17 30 (11 17 31)
1280x1024 native res, 500:1 Contrast Ratio, 300 Image brightness, 13ms response.
as you can see the specs are not too dissimilar with the exception of response time.
Xbox Dashboard at 720P
LG: Nice and crystal clear obviously squashed due to it being a 4:3 monitor but picture was perfect no blur and pin sharp
Belinea: Couldnt accept 720P.
Conker:LAR 480P
LG: Nice picture bit on the dark side, noticible blur but could live with it... well until
Belinea: Wow much more detail, can see the background much more clearly and only a tiny hit on blur, more than good enough to play on.
Halo2 480P at the last battle in campaign
LG: Dark... very dark, blurry when turning but still very playable
Belinea: Heaps better, can actually see all the detail of the dark background! blacks are black and textures are crisp and clearvery very tiny hint of blur, not enough to bother me
Forza motorsport hillclimb in a VERY fast 2.1sec impreza
LG: still too dark, can play the game but very noticable blur, textures are poor and the menu has a redish tinge to it
Belinea: once again much better, textures are crisp and clear plenty of brightness (Tho that menu the res tinge is not their but i cant see the lines so something is wrong turning contrast/brightness down doesnt help much)
and here is the important part! there is blur, it is still very playable and the blur isnt horrendous, but the simple fact is when playing it you know it could be better and sharper if that blur wasnt there when moving.
so to round it all up, if your going to be playing platform games or slow shooters like halo2 then specs similar to the belinea will do, if your going to be playing fast paced action packed racers/shooter or anything that moves very quickly you would be best off getting something that is better than the belinea to be happy.
IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE all these games would only play in 480p, i will try to get a 720P game as i think 480P may cause additional processing for the monitor, like i said 720p was fantastic on the LG which performed poorly for 480p, i only got a brief glimpse of a 720p dvd (Ice age) on the LG and it looked good, unfortunately the xbox didnt like it much.
so until i can get some 720P stuff going, only apply this to 480P gaming for now.
il try and update sometime tonight or tomorrow with 720P comparisons
anyone feel free to chip in with things i could try or do to make the test better/fairer or with your own input, tho please remember when i did these tests i was looking at both monitors at the same time running thru the same feed