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Originally posted by BillyPilgrim
. . .But I’d really like to get a 19-21 inch LCD monitor with 1600 x 1200 native resolution, s-video/composite inputs and PiP, use it as a second computer monitor (next to my 21” CRT), and be able to watch TV/play PS2 on it when not using it as a computer monitor. My concern is that full screen TV is going to look terrible on 1600x1200, . . .
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I have just
what you describe (a Dell FP2000).
In addition to s-video/composite inputs, it has DVI & D-Sub(RGB) inputs. There are quite a few HD tuners that have D-Sub(RGB) output; though, I have yet to plug HD into the monitor.
The main concern with running non-naitive resolution is (generally) when you're in cmptr-mode, with text up on the screen. (fuzzy reading at times) Otherwise, the TV signal looks fine, DVD's, under S-Video look great.
The big downside to using the monitor as a TV is that the power switch (sleep/suspend mode) isn't supported by s-video or composite. (only DVI & RGB in sig's) So, what that means is you have to turn off the screen seperately (no remote). PiP, while computing away, is kind cool, though.