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Posted 15 August 2006 - 04:00 PM

I'm building a basic 15" projector with the standard lens and pro reflector. I was able to get a 15" LCD for free, however it has 30ms response time and I'm worried that may be too slow for gaming (pc & xbox.) It's a viewsonic VG500b. It does 1024x768 resolution which I think is adequate. Not really wanting to have to buy an LCD if I don't have to, but also don't want to build this projector and it suck because of the crappy Viewsonic LCD.

Anybody have any experience gaming with this monitor, or maybe a different monitor with 30ms response times? THANKS!! :lol:

One more thing.. I noticed the Viewsonic VG500b is on the compatable LCD list but seems to have FFC issues. Anyone have any input on this? I'm starting to think I should just shell out $125 or so and get a better LCD.. :unsure:

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Posted 15 August 2006 - 06:13 PM

View PostAerosoul22, on Aug 15 2006, 12:00 PM, said:

I'm building a basic 15" projector with the standard lens and pro reflector. I was able to get a 15" LCD for free, however it has 30ms response time and I'm worried that may be too slow for gaming (pc & xbox.) It's a viewsonic VG500b. It does 1024x768 resolution which I think is adequate. Not really wanting to have to buy an LCD if I don't have to, but also don't want to build this projector and it suck because of the crappy Viewsonic LCD.

Anybody have any experience gaming with this monitor, or maybe a different monitor with 30ms response times? THANKS!! :lol:

One more thing.. I noticed the Viewsonic VG500b is on the compatable LCD list but seems to have FFC issues. Anyone have any input on this? I'm starting to think I should just shell out $125 or so and get a better LCD.. :unsure:


Any time you're wondering this kind of thing with monitors, just realise
that there are 1000 milliseconds in a second... so a 30ms response time
will get you this:

1000 / 30 = ~33.3 FPS

Which is going to be your maximum framerate that the monitor will show.
Which is also why so many people want at least 15ms... 67FPS is just that
much smoother. But just remember that 33FPS is better than NTSC video,
so if video doesn't bother you, then that shouldn't either... it's a personal
preference.
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Posted 15 August 2006 - 06:32 PM

Thanks for the response Vonneuton. I hadn't thought about it like that (frames per second.) I think I'm going to throw my free LCD on ebay and go ahead and buy something better. B)
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Posted 15 August 2006 - 06:41 PM

View PostAerosoul22, on Aug 15 2006, 02:32 PM, said:

Thanks for the response Vonneuton. I hadn't thought about it like that (frames per second.) I think I'm going to throw my free LCD on ebay and go ahead and buy something better. B)



yuh 33fps is complete crap :)
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Posted 15 August 2006 - 08:10 PM

View Posttameone, on Aug 15 2006, 02:41 PM, said:

yuh 33fps is complete crap :)


It's better than my first panel I was going to use... 120ms delay. It was one
of those OLD OHP LCD panels.

8 FPS... cutting freaking edge technology in what? 1994? :)
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