HDTV Buyers Guide for Next Gen
If you’re looking to get an Xbox 360 or a PlayStation 3 (PS3), this guide will apply equally to both. Except for one thing. The guide mentions that there will be no HDMI/DVI for the Xbox 360 (also backing up my article). This is not the case for the PS3. So if you’re planning on buying a PS3, getting an HDTV with HDMI is very important. You could go halfway and get an HDTV with DVI/HDCP (which is what I did last year before HDMI was commonplace), but really, HDMI is better.
(after 3 weeks... but for 23.5€ I cannot remotely complain!)
So merry Christmas!
November 14th, 2005 at 11:20 pm
I rencently bought a Gateway 21 inch lcd monitor. It is 16:10 widescreen DVI HDPC compliant, do you think I will be able to use the dvi connection to connect a ps3? If so will the PS3 be able to provide the native 1650×1050 resolution?
By the way, if you want to try XBox360, there is a demo unit in every BestBuy.
November 14th, 2005 at 11:25 pm
Thanks Francois. I’ll have drop by BestBuy! (WalMart here doesn’t have them.)
The PS3 probably will not provide a resolution of 1650 x 1050. Your monitor will have to scale any signal the PS3 gives it to that resolution. Check your monitor’s manual to see if it would do so. If it was a TV, it probably would. But since it’s a monitor, you’d have to check.