±Recent Visitors

Recent Visitors to Com-Central!

±User Info-big


Welcome Anonymous

Nickname
Password

Membership:
Latest: HighestAce
New Today: 0
New Yesterday: 0
Overall: 6648

People Online:
Members: 0
Visitors: 261
Total: 261
Who Is Where:
 Visitors:
01: Home
02: Community Forums
03: News Archive
04: Member Screenshots
05: Member Screenshots
06: Community Forums
07: Downloads
08: Community Forums
09: Photo Gallery
10: Community Forums
11: Community Forums
12: Member Screenshots
13: Community Forums
14: Community Forums
15: Photo Gallery
16: Community Forums
17: Photo Gallery
18: Home
19: Community Forums
20: Photo Gallery
21: Community Forums
22: Downloads
23: Community Forums
24: Home
25: Community Forums
26: Downloads
27: Member Screenshots
28: Home
29: Home
30: Home
31: Community Forums
32: Community Forums
33: Member Screenshots
34: Community Forums
35: Photo Gallery
36: Community Forums
37: News Archive
38: Member Screenshots
39: Community Forums
40: Community Forums
41: Community Forums
42: Photo Gallery
43: Community Forums
44: Community Forums
45: Community Forums
46: Member Screenshots
47: Community Forums
48: Community Forums
49: Community Forums
50: Community Forums
51: Downloads
52: Community Forums
53: Community Forums
54: Community Forums
55: Community Forums
56: Downloads
57: Community Forums
58: Community Forums
59: Community Forums
60: Community Forums
61: Home
62: Community Forums
63: Member Screenshots
64: Home
65: Downloads
66: Member Screenshots
67: Member Screenshots
68: Member Screenshots
69: Member Screenshots
70: Community Forums
71: Community Forums
72: Photo Gallery
73: Community Forums
74: Community Forums
75: Community Forums
76: Member Screenshots
77: Member Screenshots
78: Community Forums
79: Community Forums
80: Home
81: Member Screenshots
82: Community Forums
83: Community Forums
84: Community Forums
85: Photo Gallery
86: Community Forums
87: Downloads
88: Community Forums
89: Member Screenshots
90: News Archive
91: Community Forums
92: Community Forums
93: Home
94: Member Screenshots
95: Community Forums
96: Community Forums
97: Community Forums
98: Community Forums
99: Community Forums
100: Community Forums
101: Photo Gallery
102: Downloads
103: Home
104: Photo Gallery
105: Community Forums
106: Community Forums
107: Home
108: Statistics
109: Community Forums
110: Home
111: Photo Gallery
112: Your Account
113: Downloads
114: Member Screenshots
115: Community Forums
116: Community Forums
117: Home
118: Member Screenshots
119: Home
120: Community Forums
121: Community Forums
122: Member Screenshots
123: Member Screenshots
124: Member Screenshots
125: Photo Gallery
126: Community Forums
127: Photo Gallery
128: Community Forums
129: Member Screenshots
130: Member Screenshots
131: Community Forums
132: Community Forums
133: Community Forums
134: Member Screenshots
135: Member Screenshots
136: Member Screenshots
137: Community Forums
138: Community Forums
139: Photo Gallery
140: Home
141: Community Forums
142: Downloads
143: Downloads
144: Member Screenshots
145: Community Forums
146: News Archive
147: Community Forums
148: Home
149: Community Forums
150: Home
151: Community Forums
152: Community Forums
153: News Archive
154: Member Screenshots
155: News Archive
156: Community Forums
157: Downloads
158: Statistics
159: Home
160: Community Forums
161: Photo Gallery
162: Home
163: Community Forums
164: Home
165: Community Forums
166: Photo Gallery
167: Community Forums
168: Community Forums
169: Community Forums
170: Community Forums
171: Member Screenshots
172: Community Forums
173: Community Forums
174: Member Screenshots
175: Member Screenshots
176: Community Forums
177: Home
178: Community Forums
179: Member Screenshots
180: Member Screenshots
181: Home
182: Community Forums
183: Community Forums
184: Community Forums
185: Community Forums
186: Community Forums
187: Community Forums
188: Home
189: Community Forums
190: Community Forums
191: Community Forums
192: Home
193: Photo Gallery
194: Community Forums
195: Community Forums
196: Community Forums
197: Home
198: Community Forums
199: Community Forums
200: Community Forums
201: Community Forums
202: Community Forums
203: Downloads
204: Member Screenshots
205: Community Forums
206: Community Forums
207: Downloads
208: Your Account
209: Community Forums
210: Community Forums
211: Community Forums
212: Community Forums
213: Downloads
214: Home
215: Community Forums
216: Community Forums
217: Home
218: Community Forums
219: Community Forums
220: Community Forums
221: Photo Gallery
222: Member Screenshots
223: Community Forums
224: Member Screenshots
225: Community Forums
226: Community Forums
227: Community Forums
228: Member Screenshots
229: Community Forums
230: Home
231: Community Forums
232: Community Forums
233: Member Screenshots
234: Home
235: Home
236: Community Forums
237: Photo Gallery
238: Community Forums
239: Community Forums
240: Member Screenshots
241: Community Forums
242: Community Forums
243: Home
244: Community Forums
245: Community Forums
246: Community Forums
247: Community Forums
248: Photo Gallery
249: Community Forums
250: Community Forums
251: Downloads
252: Home
253: Community Forums
254: Community Forums
255: Community Forums
256: Community Forums
257: Community Forums
258: Downloads
259: Community Forums
260: Community Forums
261: Community Forums

Staff Online:

No staff members are online!
Inexpensive Big Screen Monitor :: Archived
Resolve issues with your computer problems here or read about the latest computer parts and information.
Post new topic    Revive this topic    Printer Friendly Page     Forum Index ›  Hardware

Topic Archived View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
Kafco
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Mar 27, 2005
Posts: 125

PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 6:29 pm
Post subject: Inexpensive Big Screen Monitor

~S~ All,

I was running a 19" TFT monitor in my sim-pit but wanted something much bigger. Looked at bigger monitors and projectors but took a different route:

32" LCD TV by Westinghouse [LTV-32w1] that is built to run as a monitor. It has VGA (RGB) and DVI (HDCP) at 1360 X 768 and audio input from ones computer.

I'm driving it with an ATI 256mb video card that has both VGA and DVI outputs. I use the DVI and think the picture quality is better than when driven by VGA (marginally).

Side benifit (?) is ability to watch tv if one chooses (why?). Now I really get the BIG picture (pun intended).

Regards,
Ken
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website
Hangman
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Nov 19, 2004
Posts: 449

PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 9:40 pm
Post subject: Re: Inexpensive Big Screen Monitor

You know I've looked at a sweet little 26" with the same capabilities and wondered how well it would work...I can pick one up for like $700.00 bucks but I wasn't sure about the jaggies...wish I could see how a game looked on it..with the resolution at 1360x768 how is the anti-aliasing???
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
Kafco
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Mar 27, 2005
Posts: 125

PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 11:50 pm
Post subject: Re: Inexpensive Big Screen Monitor

Hangman,

The pic is as good as I had on the 19" LiquidVideo TFT VGA at 1024 X 768 on the same computer and that's all I know to compare it with. My machine is a homebrew P4 2.3Ghz, 1.5Gb ram, 256Mb video and 120Gb hdd all made from parts from Tiger Direct. Nothing special.

There was a 27" for $777 and the 32" for $999 of the same brand. I knew I'd kick myself if I didn't spring for the larger one. Compare that price to a 21" LCD monitor.......no contest. Then if one likes tv it's a bonus feature.

I'm pleased with the setup. Need some changes to the sim-pit for a more attractive fit but I intended doing that anyway.

Regards,
Ken
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website
Shades
Forum Tree-Rat

Offline Offline
Joined: Mar 07, 2005
Posts: 6475
Location: 3rd Branch up, 'Ye Olde Oak', Green Wood.
PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:40 am
Post subject: Re: Inexpensive Big Screen Monitor

How big you want it?


_________________
Skwerl's place.

Com-Central's cutest, fluffiest, twitchiest, tail.
CPU > Intel i9-9900k (o/c 4.9GHz); COOLING > BeQuiet! Dark Rock Pro 4;
MOBO > ASUS PRIME Z390-A; RAM > 2x32GB Corsair LPX 2666MHz;
GPU > Gigabyte GEFORCE GTX650Ti PCI-e 3.0 2Gb GDDR5;
AUDIO > Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music (plus - Universal Audio UAD2 Quad Custom accelerator);
HDD > 3x1TB+ M.2. SSDs; LCD > DELL - S2419HGF (1920x1080);
PSU > 650W be quiet Straight Power 11 - 80+ Gold;
CASE > BeQuiet! SILENT BASE 601; OS > Windows 11 Home Advanced (64-bit).
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website ICQ Number
sweets
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Dec 18, 2005
Posts: 811

PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:37 pm
Post subject: Re: Inexpensive Big Screen Monitor

Big is good I like big! or you mean something else sorry got little excited
Back to top
View user's profile
Shades
Forum Tree-Rat

Offline Offline
Joined: Mar 07, 2005
Posts: 6475
Location: 3rd Branch up, 'Ye Olde Oak', Green Wood.
PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 2:12 pm
Post subject: Re: Inexpensive Big Screen Monitor

Don't say that to me, after you already told me you're French as well!!!
Wink

lol

_________________
Skwerl's place.

Com-Central's cutest, fluffiest, twitchiest, tail.
CPU > Intel i9-9900k (o/c 4.9GHz); COOLING > BeQuiet! Dark Rock Pro 4;
MOBO > ASUS PRIME Z390-A; RAM > 2x32GB Corsair LPX 2666MHz;
GPU > Gigabyte GEFORCE GTX650Ti PCI-e 3.0 2Gb GDDR5;
AUDIO > Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music (plus - Universal Audio UAD2 Quad Custom accelerator);
HDD > 3x1TB+ M.2. SSDs; LCD > DELL - S2419HGF (1920x1080);
PSU > 650W be quiet Straight Power 11 - 80+ Gold;
CASE > BeQuiet! SILENT BASE 601; OS > Windows 11 Home Advanced (64-bit).
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website ICQ Number
Kafco
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Mar 27, 2005
Posts: 125

PostPosted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 8:44 pm
Post subject: Re: Inexpensive Big Screen Monitor

~S~All,

This is the 32" monitor and my remodelled sim panel. The panel has 64 commands, the CH Throttle Pro has push to talk and 10 commands (using the electronics from a Nostromo N50) which I use for views and the CH Flightstick Pro has 6 commands plus 3 trim axis. The lower left side of the panel has the audio controls. I use a mini keyboard to one side for any text needed for multiplayer setup.

Regards,
Ken

Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website
Shadow_Bshwackr
Janitor

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 21, 2005
Posts: 7019
Location: Central Illinois, USA
PostPosted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 12:58 pm
Post subject: Re: Inexpensive Big Screen Monitor

Great setup Kafco, does all the switches and buttons work too?

I can see my wife now....

"Would you PLEASE get out of there and come to dinner!"
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
Kafco
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Mar 27, 2005
Posts: 125

PostPosted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 3:25 pm
Post subject: Re: Inexpensive Big Screen Monitor

Bush,

All of the buttons have command functions.

The lower left is audio; volumn control, ptt jack and speaker/headphone switch.

Upper left is flaps, spoiler and wing fold.

Left MFD is MS sim commands only.

Center panel is mixed use MS, IL2 and others. Includes; Alt, Esc, Pause, Print Screen and Help to avoid using a keyboard whenever possible.

Right MFD is IL2 commands only.

Upper right is landing gear, tail hook and tailwheel lock.

I'm running several different sims with some unique functions so the center panel is handy with 21 command functions.

The panel has internal backlighting for night flights.

The heart of the panel is a printed circuit board from an old keyboard interfaced to the switches. Nothing exotic about that. The switch panels are from an old junked-out sim panel I bought on auction, along with all the controls, for $100US.

It simplifies flying complex aircraft.

Regards,
Ken
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website
Shadow_Bshwackr
Janitor

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 21, 2005
Posts: 7019
Location: Central Illinois, USA
PostPosted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 3:52 pm
Post subject: Re: Inexpensive Big Screen Monitor

Very cool Kafco! Any chance you took pics along the way? Wink
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
Kafco
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Mar 27, 2005
Posts: 125

PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 5:28 pm
Post subject: Re: Inexpensive Big Screen Monitor

Bush,

No pics of this version. Susie did take a couple of shots of the previous version as I was building it. I'd be glad to share them with you if you would like.

Regards,
Ken
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website
Shadow_Bshwackr
Janitor

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 21, 2005
Posts: 7019
Location: Central Illinois, USA
PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 5:49 pm
Post subject: Re: Inexpensive Big Screen Monitor

That would be great! I can't say for anyone else, but homebuilt control centers are interesting... Wink
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic    Revive this topic    Printer Friendly Page    Forum Index ›  Hardware
Page 1 of 1
All times are GMT - 6 Hours

Archive Revive
Username:
This is an archived topic - your reply will not be appended here.
Instead, a new topic will be generated in the active forum.
The new topic will provide a reference link to this archived topic.