Widescreen Gaming Forum

Hey guys I'm thinking of replacing my xhd3000 with a sharp aquos 37 wtih Vyper Drive Game. Reason is 2560x1600 is a monster of a res and I really don't see the advantage of it over my lowly 1680x1050 res 20". Also the xhd3000 chas insane mouse lag on non native res and it's really unacceptable to me. The performance hit is absolutely monstrous even for my HD4870x2. So I'm thinking of picking up this LCD instead (which touts as having no lag even for consoles). Anyone know if there will be any problems with native resoltuion? I hear sometimes even though the lcd says 1080p a pc is unable to render that signal properly. Thanks guys.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16889101116&Tpk=LC37GP1U

I have no problem running 1920x1080 on a Sharp Aquos 46"

Do you select the res via 1920*1080 or do you force 1080p in the options on your pc? Also how well dose the vyper mode work (from I hear it's amazing with GH type of games).

I am using a Sharp LC32GP3U as my monitor. No problems at all!

Most modern LCD HDTVs have a "PC mode" (via a dedicated connector on the TV which is usually D-sub/DVI input) which allows max resolution of 1360x768. However, when you connect thru a HDMI input, you can usually choose 1080p from the Display Properties.

Page 18 (http://www.sharpusa.com/files/tel_man_LC32_37GP1U.pdf) of the Manual of that Sharp model says it can go up to 1600x1200 if you use the dedicated DVI input.

My bet is if you connect via a HDMI input, it will have 1080p. But the only way to be sure is to bring a laptop to a local store and try it on the spot. This is the only way to be certain.

Read through the reviews on newegg: you get the full 1080p on DVI if you use a dual link cable or an hdmi slot. Thanks guys I'm sold.

Read through the reviews on newegg: you get the full 1080p on DVI if you use a dual link cable or an hdmi slot. Thanks guys I'm sold.

Make sure you test thoroughly and come back to post a Detailed Report on the display. We'd like to get all the widescreen displays we can into the Wiki.

Do you select the res via 1920*1080 or do you force 1080p in the options on your pc? Also how well dose the vyper mode work (from I hear it's amazing with GH type of games).

Just using default display setting, I don't have to force anything. The only thing I do on the TV is select PC mode to turn off overscan.

Great thanks. Ordered today, can't wait for delivery!

[quote]Do you select the res via 1920*1080 or do you force 1080p in the options on your pc? Also how well dose the vyper mode work (from I hear it's amazing with GH type of games).

Just using default display setting, I don't have to force anything. The only thing I do on the TV is select PC mode to turn off overscan.
Oh one more question: are you using dual link DVI, single link dvi or hdmi to connect?

No need for Dual link. I use one of this with my last laptop with DVI out:

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10231&cs_id=1023102&p_id=2218&seq=1&format=2

Or you can use one of this if you have an extra DVI cable:

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=104&cp_id=10419&cs_id=1041902&p_id=2080&seq=1&format=2

Since my current laptop have HDMI out, I'm now just using a HDMI cable.

Thanks. Looks like the wiki is gonna have to wait though :(

What happened? Was the box damaged? Looks like the screen cracked?

Yea the box came damaged of the truck but I decided that it may be ok. Unpacked, took one look at the screen and knew: it was cracked. Turned it on to test it and it confirmed it. Already called newegg for RMA, waiting for aproval now :(

I gotta say some part of this is sharps stupidity of packaging. The LCD prt of the screen was facing nothing but a piece of cardboard. However the back of the LCD had a thick piece of styrofoam. Why the lcd was facing a thin cardboard side instead of the thick heavy styrofoam side is a mystery to me. If the lcd faced the styrofoam side the only damage (if even) would be a scape on the back of the screen plastic.

Why the lcd was facing a thin cardboard side instead of the thick heavy styrofoam side is a mystery to me.

Let you in on a little secret, product packing is done by production artists and not manufacturing engineers. Production artists are worried about proper spell check, color correction, trapping and graphic design, and typically don't care about what is going inside the box. :wink:

Yea the box came damaged of the truck but I decided that it may be ok. Unpacked, took one look at the screen and knew: it was cracked. Turned it on to test it and it confirmed it. Already called newegg for RMA, waiting for aproval now :(

I gotta say some part of this is sharps stupidity of packaging. The LCD prt of the screen was facing nothing but a piece of cardboard. However the back of the LCD had a thick piece of styrofoam. Why the lcd was facing a thin cardboard side instead of the thick heavy styrofoam side is a mystery to me. If the lcd faced the styrofoam side the only damage (if even) would be a scape on the back of the screen plastic.

Damn! That s**ks. Hope Egg can get you a replacement quick. I guess I was lucky, I got one in for the office and it came cross country and arrived perfect condition.

[quote]Why the lcd was facing a thin cardboard side instead of the thick heavy styrofoam side is a mystery to me.

Let you in on a little secret, product packing is done by production artists and not manufacturing engineers. Production artists are worried about proper spell check, color correction, trapping and graphic design, and typically don't care about what is going inside the box. :wink:
Fantastic :/

Damn! That s**ks. Hope Egg can get you a replacement quick. I guess I was lucky, I got one in for the office and it came cross country and arrived perfect condition.

Chat said 5-7 days for claim process so I'm looking at about two weeks :(. Only took 1 day from order to deliver too.

All lcds I've seen came in a similar fashion, styrofoam on all sides.

One wonders why that one wasn't.

For the shame of it, hope you get the replacement soon.

Damn newegg is awesome. They approved the claim the same day as I filed it and shipped out the replacement this morning. They are also sending a courier to pick up the broken one straight from my house. Now that's service.

Newegg once had a delay in their warehouse shipping an item, they escalated my shipping service to second day air and also offered me 20 dollars off my next order, newegg has A grade service by all means.