HDTV/PC Monitor

I'm decorating my room and I'd thought instead of putting my 17 inch CRT which takes an obscene amount of desk space I'd purchase a new monitor.

The thing is I also have an Xbox 360 and I would like to play it in HD in my room, so of course I have come to the conclusion that I should by a HDTV which can double up as a PC monitor. What I have in mind is this 20" Philips: CLICK ME

Of course I will game 360 wise. But in terms of PC gaming I only play sparingly, usually Halo, Guild Wars and Americas Army and so on and I'm not sure how it would stack up here in terms of ghosting but the reviews I have read have not hinted at that. But luckily the place I'm ordering from will refund me within 14 days. I would of gone for something by Samsung but I am on a budget, and its not really worth me spending £500.

So of course any advice you could give me on my chosen screen or choice althogether to get a HDTV over a PC Monitor would be most appreciated.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

The problem with me getting a PC Monitor is then hooking up the speakers to my 360 and my PC, and the space a subwoofer, speakers and cabling would take. With a HDTV I can just use the built in ones, i'm not really an audiophile so its not much of an issue to sacrifice my current Logitech system. To be honest I don't really want anything over 20" it seems the perfect size for my desk.

Also I live in the UK so Newegg really isn't an option. I would go for a better HDTV but anything over 23" costs way too much, same goes for anything over 22" for a good gaming PC monitor, I just don't see the point in spending so much for personal use in my bedroom.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Hotobu

Secondly El Ray Fernando, you mention speakers. I don't know what your setup is, but I'm going to assume you have PC speakers. If that's the case all you have to do is buy a simple "Y Adapter" goes from RCA (the red and white for audio) with a stereo miniplug (headphone jack) then buy an extension for the headphone jack part, run that to your mic-in on your PC and you can use the same speakers.

The problem is a Sub Woofer and 8 speakers take too much room, and I just want to keep it a bit more simple moving my PC from my study to my bedroom.

What sort of resolution/screen size am I looking at to achieve 1080p. I've seen this monitor CLICK ME but it can only manage 720p, anything above that size is simply too expensive for me and I might just opt for the TV simply because I can try it and if I don't like it I can just send it back.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

OK I've decided to opt for the 22" Samsung Monitor with a 1680 x 1050 resolution but will it stretch the image at 720p, I have the xbox 360 VGA Cable.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

My only gripe its a 16:10 with a 1680 x 1050 resolution which the Xbox 360 does not support.

With the VGA cable it supports the following resolutions:

Resolution (pixel width x pixel height)

Megapixels (MP)

Width/Height

Aspect Ratio

Standard

640x480
0.31
1.33
4:3
VGA

848x480
0.4
1.76
16:9
Widescreen 480

1024x768
0.79
1.33
4:3
XGA

1280x720
0.92
1.78
16:9
720p

1280x768
0.98
1.66
16:10
WXGA *

1280x1024
1.31
1.25
5:4
SXGA

1360x768
1.04
1.77
16:9
WXGA *

So if I try to play it at 1280x768 for example which is 720p there is going to be some strectching and I'm not sure how it will look.

I was speaking idiomatically.