It sounds like a tv will not display as many pixels as an actual monitor would., thanks for putting me straight on that.Cheers.,Dan :-)

Yes I know but everyone knows what 16x9 looks like :). And I think the new digital movie theaters uses 16x9 not sure though

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Hi Alex!never thought of such monitors before for an FS setup. I used to think more about Video Projectors. The price/size ratio though is really interesting!!Xmas is coming fast....now you have to show us some pics of your setup :-)

WOW, a 24 inch monitor. That is incredible. What does a 24" monitor cost?JimCYWG

I have a 22" that I use at 1600x1200 and I paid $399 for it. It's a Philips.

Excellent man. I plan to pay $500. for my next graphics card. Thanks for the info.JimCYWG

I'm using a 21 inch CRT here. I've often considered trying it on a large 30+ inch TV, although the resolution on the TV is probably way too low. I still wonder what it would look like.. Probably too grainy I guess unless you ran the sim in a low res...MK

Jean-Luc,nice to meet you again.I have experimented with projectors but never really liked them. The picture is absolute crap unless you are willing to pay thousands of dollars for them. The limitations in res and contrast are showstoppers IMHO. Of course you can create a perfect setup with them but the price tag is prohibitive, and a used one with some crappy 800x600 foggy picture is surely not an acceptable solution.Since you asked for it here are two pics of my current setup. Please forgive me for the terrible quality. The pics were made with my mobile phone's camera. Since all my money is in the sim I cannot afford a decent DigiCam :-).Alexhttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/96073.jpghttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/96074.jpg

Hi Alex. Congrats on your new monitor. You say that 2d cockpits are rendered strangely. Does this go for all resolutions or just the top resolutions?

Dane,they are not rendered strangely. They are simply stretched. As the bitmaps for the panel usually have a 1024x768 bmp as a source it is gets strechted when you have it fullscreen on 16/10 screen. There is no mistake. The simple fact is that the designers of the panel did them to fit a 4:3 screen. As some panels have a pilots view and a copilot's view it would be interesting to merge them with panel studio. But for now I am perfectly satisfied with the VC as I have all my instruments on additional monitors anyway (see pic above).Alex

Ok I see. Your setup looks really cool. I would really love to buy one myself. But if for instance you want to play LOMAC (no VC I believe) well then from would I understand the view would be strechted. Is this right?BTW the two links you provided show different screens. One is a W900/24H96/P1610 and the other a SGI GDM-90W11 24.Which one do you use and is there any real difference between the two models. Felix

Dane,no, Sony is doing this one for SGI. There is no difference. Actually I have the Silicon Graphics one. Regarding your question: For games that have a 2D view, you can still set up a standard 4:3 resolution and not stretch the screen. In this case you well have a black frame on each side like you would have during a 4:3 transmission on a 16/9 TV. But since this machine is FS9 only I don't even bother.Alex

Ok Alex I see. Sorry to be bothering you with all these questions. So if you were to play lets say a game like Vice city(GTA) would you also have the black frames on each side?Felix

I don't think so. Unless there are 2D panels for the car ;-).Alex