9.2" gaming monitor for xbox360

Tanuki · Post by **Tanuki** » 18 Apr 2008, 18:06

No. Avoid at all costs. Even if it is for a car setup you should get bigger.

Video games are not like movies. You will be squinting trying to see what is happening and not enjoying yourself.

Personal experience.

ajg · Post by **ajg** » 24 Apr 2008, 12:24

Depends what games. If a small screen was so bad for gaming the PSP wouldnt exist

Tanuki · Post by **Tanuki** » 24 Apr 2008, 16:24

If a small screen was so bad for gaming the PSP wouldnt exist

Those games are mostly designed with a small screen in mind. The device is also designed to be held a lot closer to your eyes then you can with the other setup.

There you have to hold a controller and get close to a screen that is attached to the back of a 360. Not including the power adapter that limits your locations.

You also have to be careful of viewing angles.

These type of setups work best when used as a desktop but most people buy them for the portability and the shared power supply.

infernus · Post by **infernus** » 24 Apr 2008, 16:28

The thing is, PSP games are built for a small screen. They'll never try to make you snipe a tiny target or find Waldo. That and the text for 360 games are really small; looks fine on an HDTV/WS monitor but I can barely read it on a normal SDTV.

[email protected] · Post by **[email protected]** » 25 Apr 2008, 01:35

It's a real shame you can't read that text on an SDTV in theory every properly tested and developed game on XBOX360 should be readable on a SDTV. Thats part of the testing process, but some companies don't test on SDTV so well you get that problem. It is totally the devs fault unless by some freakish chance their testing department/company does not offer SDTV testing which would be stupid because why would they pay for HDTVs for all their testing systems when they could use SDTVs???

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