I read a couple of posts regarding triplehead and maybe i guess im still not sure, need some help with a couple of questions.I'm interested in a samsung 32" LCD HDTV widescreen 4000:1 contrast ratio, enhanced gaming mode, and i belive 8ms response time.http://www.samsung.com/Products/TV/LCDTV/L...=SpecificationsQuestions:1)has anyone used a widescreen tv (this model/size or previous)to play FS? I know in older LCD tvs i heard that the picture quality is a bit grainy, but doing some reading supposely this tv is alot better for pc gaming.2)with using a large widescreen tv, will the animation have a "tracer" affect? (meaning if i watch from spot view my plane flying/landing, will it have a "ghost" effect following the plane2)which will be better to look at, 1 full screen as opposed to 3 montiors with the monitor bezzels inbetween?4)wouldn't using one tv be more cost/energy efficient then running 3 monitors at the same time?I appreciate any feedback as so that i can better make my decision.thanks!:)Dave

That's a fairly worthless website there that doesn't give any info on the specs of the tv. What is its pc input max rez? Most tvs that also have pc inputs will be limited to 1280x768 or something similar. Just because a tv will do 1080i at 1920x1200 interlaced does not mean that it will do that rez on the pc input and generally will not. My 50" tv at home is this way and displays a great picture with the pc that i have attached to it, but only at 1280x768 which is not nearly high enough to game in. You want a minimum of 1680x1050 and preferably 1920x1200. The triplehead will do 3840x1024 for the ultimate in widescreen as long as you are using a new generation nvidia card. Ati cards will not work with the triplehead. I am waiting to see if R600 (ati's directx 10 offering) will support 3d rendering higher than 2400x600 unlike its predecessors.The ghosting effect on lcds would be caused by too high a response time. 8ms is fine and there should be little to no ghosting effect with a response time under 12ms. Most modern lcd tvs do not suffer from this problem any longer with the new advancements. The grainyness you spoke of is caused by too low a rez (1280x768) run on too large a screen. This is why you need a minimum of 1920x1200 imo.I can personally vouch for the triplehead since it is what i use. There is no other solution that will give you the same FOV as using 3 monitors with the triplehead. The bezels really aren't all that distracting once you get used to them because your brain tends to tune them out and they blend in. GL.Dave

Some of the new high end laptops have an hmdi port. I wonder it the tv was hmdi compatable how that would work. I'm looking to replace my laptop and have a lcd tv. Having said this I would like to see a triplehead in action. Dave

AstroDave,Thank you very much for your input. Making me really think about my options. Although, i may just buy the tv now, as alot of sales are going on. Plus my g/f is helping me pay for it as a xmas present and then mid year when directx10 cards and vista are running stable, PC monitors should be a tad cheaper that i can afford to slowly work my way up to buying 3 monitors.But from the post below from dave brought up another question. I was looking around alot, from your opinion what would be the best pc connection from a PC to a TV?I know HDMI is the optimal right now, but from what im looking at, all tv specs are only saying PC input via RGB connections. I did find some that used DSUB15 cables. Alot of the manuals are saying do not hook up an HDMI cable from the PC into the HDMI port.are there any tv's out there that you can hookup pc hdmi into?and If you can't hook up HDMI cables to the tv, will RGB still give good quality picture or do you recommand a different cable??sorry to ramble or if this is a "stupid" question as im new to the whole "hooking up PC to TV" thanks

In theory there should be no problem connecting a PC to your TV's HDMI. In practice you should do some forum studying to be absolutely certain that the models that you have shortlisted do what you want. You must make absolutely certain though to look for a TV which does 1:1 pixel mapping over HDMI otherwise you will have overscan problems. There are DVI to HDMI adapter cables in case your Graphics card doesn't have an HDMI out. An elaborate read on TVs for PC use can be found here: http://pixelmapping.wikispaces.com/Pixel+mapping+explainedTake note that if your GPU can't output 1366 but 1360 no scaling is involved. You just lose 3 pixels from each side of the image.My guess is TV manufacturers don't encourage PC-TV connection to avoid internal competition with their own PC monitor lines. After all a 32' TV is much cheaper than a 32' monitor. Nevertheless, 32' TVs don't come higher than 1366/768. You can get some excellent 37' TVs which are 1080p ready.Edit: 1) Gaming on the TV is awe inducing. Makes me want to go by a PS3:-badteeth 2) Never detected ghosting with FS and various other games. Current models are fast enough for my eyes.Regards,Vassilis (a happy user of a 1:1 LG 26')

Vassilis,Thank you very much for the info and the link. I will definetly look into it. And yeah, can't wait also for ps3, now only if i can get my hands on one. lolSincerely,David