PS 3 and HD Monitor
Discussion
My 10 year old son wants a PS 3 for Christmas, I see no benefit in using this with his current portable TV, I assume that all new PS 3 games are played and displayed as High Definition, I do not want to buy him a HD TV as he does not watch TV, but he does watch DVD’s through his current PS 2, as he has a computer what I would like to achieve is have a HD monitor so he can play on his PS 3 and watch his DVD’s through his PS 3, also I would like this to act as the monitor for his computer, therefore ending up with one screen that connects to PS 3 and computer, can anyone recommend a HD Monitor.
Not sure if this helps, but a lot of HD TVs actually have a VGA input, so you can plug in a PC.
If you were to get a 20" HD LCD TV, that might be a compromise.
Alternatively, and I have to say I've never tried this. But you can get computer monitors with two inputs, analogue(vga) and digital (dvi). A lot of monitors have two inputs, but I don't know if they're all designed to switch, or just use one or the other. A friend of mine had a sony monitor with two DVI inputs with an input1/2 button on the front.
Then all you need to do is to use a HDMI to DVI cable for the PS3. I've used one to connect a ps3 to a mate's old plasma TV.
The PS3 does support this as long as the DVI connection supports the HDCP copy protection whatzit. Which most montiors should.
Probably best with a widescreen monitor and go for the highest resolution possible as monitors aren't branded as HD necessarily. A 20" monitor should support 1680x1050, which means it should process a 720p signal. A 24" monitor will normally support 1920x1200, so it should process a 1080p signal.
I think you'll also need to deal with sound separately. The HDMI to DVI cable should give you two phono connections too.
Hope that helps a bit.
If you were to get a 20" HD LCD TV, that might be a compromise.
Alternatively, and I have to say I've never tried this. But you can get computer monitors with two inputs, analogue(vga) and digital (dvi). A lot of monitors have two inputs, but I don't know if they're all designed to switch, or just use one or the other. A friend of mine had a sony monitor with two DVI inputs with an input1/2 button on the front.
Then all you need to do is to use a HDMI to DVI cable for the PS3. I've used one to connect a ps3 to a mate's old plasma TV.
The PS3 does support this as long as the DVI connection supports the HDCP copy protection whatzit. Which most montiors should.
Probably best with a widescreen monitor and go for the highest resolution possible as monitors aren't branded as HD necessarily. A 20" monitor should support 1680x1050, which means it should process a 720p signal. A 24" monitor will normally support 1920x1200, so it should process a 1080p signal.
I think you'll also need to deal with sound separately. The HDMI to DVI cable should give you two phono connections too.
Hope that helps a bit.
As has already been said make sure any monitor has HDCP enabled DVI or HDMI.
Another thing to consider is the aspect ratio of the monitor, PC monitors are 10:16 (for example 1200x1920) where as HDTV's are 9:16 (for example 1080x1920).
Thus, unless the PC monitor can 1:1 pixel match the input signal or scale with the input aspect ratio (for example a 1200x1920 [10:16] monitor would display a 9:16 aspect image with black bars top and bottom) the image will be stretched.
I have a Dell 2407 (1200x1920 resolution) for my PC which I thought would also be great for when I got my PS3 as it has an HDCP enabled DVI port.
However it will not scale an image and keep the adspect ratio (put black bars at the top of 9:16 images or black bars at the sides of regular 3:4 images) for images of 1200x1600 or more
So if my PS3 outputs a 1080p image (1080x1920) it will stretch the image to 1200x1920 so everthing looks a bit tall and thin
Although I think the newer versions of the same moniotr DO offer this scalling
Another thing to consider is the aspect ratio of the monitor, PC monitors are 10:16 (for example 1200x1920) where as HDTV's are 9:16 (for example 1080x1920).
Thus, unless the PC monitor can 1:1 pixel match the input signal or scale with the input aspect ratio (for example a 1200x1920 [10:16] monitor would display a 9:16 aspect image with black bars top and bottom) the image will be stretched.
I have a Dell 2407 (1200x1920 resolution) for my PC which I thought would also be great for when I got my PS3 as it has an HDCP enabled DVI port.
However it will not scale an image and keep the adspect ratio (put black bars at the top of 9:16 images or black bars at the sides of regular 3:4 images) for images of 1200x1600 or more
So if my PS3 outputs a 1080p image (1080x1920) it will stretch the image to 1200x1920 so everthing looks a bit tall and thin
Although I think the newer versions of the same moniotr DO offer this scalling
Edited by Mr_Yogi on Wednesday 31st October 09:37
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