dual monitors/lcd tv's

Joeboy · #1 06-21-2007, 02:12 AM

Didn't really know where to put this it seemed like the best place. I was wondering I am an experienced online NL player and enjoy multitabling obviously and needed some input regarding dual monitors, and lcd or plasma tv's. It seems most players on here prefer dual monitors over tvs and was wondering which would be the better purchase.

AmonRaa · #2 06-21-2007, 07:25 AM

Monitors have better resolution - more tables.

Gonso · #3 06-21-2007, 07:52 AM

Forget TVs or plasma. LCD monitors are what you're looking for. 22" widescreens are prob the best value right now, you can find them under $300 (NewEgg.com FTW, unless you live in a state where you have to pay tax, like NJ or CA).

mutiger91 · #4 06-21-2007, 10:37 AM

most video cards that support TV interfaces only support the lowest resolution (VGA). I tried playing a single table on my HDTV once so that a buddy and I could put our brains together in a MTT. The screen resolution was so poor that I often had to move the window to my computer screen to read stack sizes. It's not the TV, because it supports 1080 lines of resolution. It's the adapter card that has to assume the least common denominator for all TVs.

Even if you could get a better graphics adapter for your computer to connect to your TV, HDTV is only 1080 lines of resolution. Most good monitors give you 1600 x 1200 pixels, so they are still better.