PS3 + 30Inch LCD

[t83]

Hi there, Im thinking of buying a widescreen 30Inch LCD monitor for me new PC & want to be able to connect my PS3 up to it. Ive heard that you can, but i dont know how & if possible on a 30Inch.

Anyway any advice is appreciated, thanks.

 

[London Geezer]

Hi there, Im thinking of buying a widescreen 30Inch LCD monitor for me new PC & want to be able to connect my PS3 up to it. Ive heard that you can, but i dont know how & if possible on a 30Inch.

Anyway any advice is appreciated, thanks.

Make sure it has HDCP either through DVI - or just get one with HDMI. I think the new Dell ones have that.

 

[t83]

he thanks

 

[breez]

Also make sure the monitor takes all the common 720p, 1080i and 1080p as inputs.

 

[alt_nick]

Also make sure the monitor takes all the common 720p, 1080i and 1080p as inputs.

AFAIK, none of the 30" TFT monitors have a scaler so they only support 2560x1600 and half-res (1280x800). To get any of the HDTV resolutions, you'd need a seperate scaler. Gefen makes some, but none that support 2560x1600 yet, only 1920x1200.
720p and less should work in the half-res mode.

There've been a bunch of posts lately about using monitors with consoles/hd-players so search if you want more info.

 

[archie4oz]

Actually Apple's 30" supports 2560x1600 (native), 2048x1280, 1920x1200, 1280x800, and 1024x640. However it currently doesn't support HDCP, so you're screwed in that department...