So I am sure you’re all dying to know what TV I bought and in this installment I’ll share with you. I like to share!

The choices were as followed: 28″ ViewSonic VX2835WM, 32″ LG, 32″ Samsung LN32A550P1, 37″ Proton 37-TF68P. So which one did I pick? None of the above. While doing more research I came across a beauty that I just couldn’t resist.

Some of you probably haven’t heard of Chimei before. Well let me educate you. Chimei is the world’s 4th and Taiwan’s 2nd largest maker of LCD panels. So even though you might not have heard of them, they aren’t some shitty off brand. The model I bought is a Chimei 37″(TL-37S2100D) Full HD LCD TV.

So what’s so cool about this TV? Well I am glad you asked. Here are some stats for you: 37″ Full HD(1080p) widescreen HDTV. It has a 6.5ms response time, 500 cd/m2 brightness, 2500:1 contrast ratio and is sexy piano black. It has one connector for cable and a separate one for an antennae which can receive digital radio if you so choose to. It packs 2 HDMI connectors, 2 A/V composite(red/white/yellow), 2 component cables(red/green/blue), 1 VGA computer connector with audio port, 1 headjack port, and 1 S-Video port. Basically everything you need. It was reasonably priced too at $33,900NT with shipping. Even cheaper than the 32″ Samsung I was thinking about buying!

I am so glad I bought this, I couldn’t stand playing my PS3 on my old crappy 480i standard definition TV. Not only did the games look like shit, but everything was so small and blurry it was sometimes hard to read important things. Here is a comparison.

Crappy 480i SDTV

Awesome 1080p HDTV

While my photo taking skills are not the best, trust me when I say that it is an awesome set and totally worth it.

This is techy. I shot a 10 minute video of myself unboxing the special edition PS3. Might be boring for some, but if your into it, or you crave the sound of my voice then here you go.

MGS4 PS3 Unboxing

Two weeks ago I bought myself a PS3, but not just any PS3, I got me the Special Edition Metal Gear Solid 4 PS3. What does that mean? Different color, smaller hard drive and more money…basically. At least PS3’s have a user upgradeable hard drive, so I’ll probably bump it up to 160gb. Behold …

It’s really a great system, and it could do so much. That’s where my problem is. I don’t have the stuff to take full advantage of it. By stuff I mean a display. PS3 if you don’t already know is a full fledged Blu-Ray/Game system. Blu-Ray is the next step of DVD. While DVD had the resolution of 720X480 pixels, Blu-Ray can display 1920X1080 pixels. That’s a huge leap in picture quality.

The TV I am using now is 10 years old and is 27″ standard definition (640X480). While it still looks….ok, it could be a lot better. So now I am on the hunt for a new display.

I have narrowed it down to 2 possibilities. One is a LCD computer monitor and one is a LCD HDTV. You might be thinking that choosing a computer monitor is a strange chose, but allow me to explain. The main differences between a HDTV and a computer monitor is a built in TV tuner. Perhaps HDTV might have some fancy smancy features, but when it all comes down to it, the TV tuner is all thats different.

So why would I choose the LCD monitor over a LCD HDTV? Resolution. Computer monitors typically have a higher resolution than your standard HDTV. Unless your buying a 42″ HDTV the resolution is going to be 1366X768, but a computer monitor can go way higher on smaller screens. Since this is going to be in a smallish room, a screen size of 28″ or 32″ is more than adequate.

The LCD computer monitor I am looking at is a widescreen 16:10 28″ LCD ViewSonic VX2835WM. This bad boy has a resolution of 1920X1200! I get aroused just thinking about that. It comes with 1 HDMI, VGA, S-Video, Composite, and Component connector. Like I said before the only thing missing is a connector for the cable. She sure is a beauty. Click the link above to get more info about this screen.

My second chose is a widescreen 16:9 32″ LCD HDTV by LG. The advantages of this screen is the size, a whole 4 inches, a TV tuner and a lot higher contrast ratio. The bad thing is the resolution size (1366X768). It does have a ton of connectors though: 3 HDMI, 1 RF, 2 Composite Video, 2 HD Component Video, 1 S-Video, Others, and a remote. Plus it costs about $100USD more. Looks good though.

So those are my chooses. I need feedback with this. Does anymore have more knowledge than me about this kind of tech or have a similar experience? I am adding a poll below and if you can just take a few minutes to check it all out and vote, it would mean a lot to me and my wallet.

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