Plasma monitors and gaming

Sarafan Lord · 12-13-2004, 10:28 PM

I've been thinking about getting one those big ass plasma monitors for a while now. More specifically, this little beauty. But previous experience during meetings have shown plasma screens to be slow and cumbersome when rendering anything more complex than a stickman. Granted, that was a while ago, so i'm curious if this has changed. My question: Are big screens like this one suitable for playing FPS and the like? I realize i can't run games in 1600x1200 resolution with one of these things, but that's not really a problem. My only concerns are whether or not it can run games as smoothly as a CRT monitor, and whether or not the images it generates are comparable to that of a CRT on the same resolution.

Kacperski · 12-14-2004, 01:16 AM

From what i heard plasma still has the "burnout" effect.
It loses brightness after some time.
Even the best lcd aren't all that great so i'll stick to crt for some more time.

12-13-2004, 10:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
Sarafan Lord is on the 3rd circle: Gluttony Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Wandering aimlessly through the halls of academia, looking for a toilet..... Posts: 387 Hellbux: 7,870	I've been thinking about getting one those big ass plasma monitors for a while now. More specifically, this little beauty. But previous experience during meetings have shown plasma screens to be slow and cumbersome when rendering anything more complex than a stickman. Granted, that was a while ago, so i'm curious if this has changed. My question: Are big screens like this one suitable for playing FPS and the like? I realize i can't run games in 1600x1200 resolution with one of these things, but that's not really a problem. My only concerns are whether or not it can run games as smoothly as a CRT monitor, and whether or not the images it generates are comparable to that of a CRT on the same resolution. __________________ How do you know the world has gone mad? It's when the world's best golfer is black, the world's best rapper is white, the French accuse the Americans of being snobbish, and Germany refuses to go to war.

12-14-2004, 01:16 AM	#2 (permalink)
Kacperski is on the 5th circle: Wrath & Sullenness Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 1,138 Hellbux: 14,672	From what i heard plasma still has the "burnout" effect. It loses brightness after some time. Even the best lcd aren't all that great so i'll stick to crt for some more time. __________________ \"Of course this thread is pointless...but heck, we have to post something somewhere \" -KamisoriX Ratzinger - Die neue Panzerkampfwagen Papa ;)

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