Should I buy an HDMI Monitor or is DVI good enough? - GoFuckYourself.com

mkx · 11-17-2009, 01:59 PM

So I am in the market for a new monitor and desktop. Noticed they now have HDMI desktops and monitors. I will be using it mainly for poker but wouldn't mind being able to connect my xbox360 to it. Is there a big difference between HDMI and DVI?

Heres what I am looking to get =
http://cgi.ebay.com/ASUS-Eee-Box-EB1...item3356135275

I like the EEEbox because its so small and poker doesn't take up so much memory. The HDMI output one is a couple hundred more than the DVI one.

and for the monitor I was thinking Gateway XHD3000H 30"

http://support.gateway.com/s/MONITOR...10936Rnv.shtml

Would this be a decent setup for online poker multitabling?

Yngwie · 11-17-2009, 02:30 PM

If you're gonna use it more for the xbox 360, fine, but if you will be playing poker more a setup like this would be pointless. Do you really need that size of a screen and hdmi to play poker?

Yngwie · 11-17-2009, 02:33 PM

also, if you're gonna use it for your xbox 360 the hdmi one would be better since you would have to buy an adapter for your xbox if you got the dvi one.

mkx · 11-17-2009, 03:44 PM

Well I need a big monitor because i play multiple tables, a 21" can probably only handle 12 and they will have to be minimized. A 30" I can play 9 or more at normal size so I don't have to squint to see my cards. I found a nice 30" Gateway for $500 used with a couple deads pixels, going to buy that and probably the EEEbox tomorrow

dav3 · 11-17-2009, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by mkx

I found a nice 30" Gateway for $500 used with a couple deads pixels, going to buy that and probably the EEEbox tomorrow

You may want to wait for Black Friday sales, you should be able to get a new 32" lcd for under $300.

aubreythree · 11-17-2009, 08:11 PM

yes,i agree what dav3 said ,waiting on black friday.it is must be a surprising price.

candyflip · 11-17-2009, 09:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dav3

You may want to wait for Black Friday sales, you should be able to get a new 32" lcd for under $300.

TV maybe. Monitor, I doubt.

mkx · 11-26-2009, 03:19 PM

Ugh yah i noticed some sales, I actually picked up the gateway one locally for $500.00. It's amazing so far. Play my xbox on it, going to return my 47" lcd tv

11-17-2009, 01:59 PM	#1
mkx Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Toronto Posts: 4,001	Should I buy an HDMI Monitor or is DVI good enough? So I am in the market for a new monitor and desktop. Noticed they now have HDMI desktops and monitors. I will be using it mainly for poker but wouldn't mind being able to connect my xbox360 to it. Is there a big difference between HDMI and DVI? Heres what I am looking to get = http://cgi.ebay.com/ASUS-Eee-Box-EB1...item3356135275 I like the EEEbox because its so small and poker doesn't take up so much memory. The HDMI output one is a couple hundred more than the DVI one. and for the monitor I was thinking Gateway XHD3000H 30" http://support.gateway.com/s/MONITOR...10936Rnv.shtml Would this be a decent setup for online poker multitabling?

11-17-2009, 02:30 PM	#2
Yngwie I am an Alien from space Industry Role: Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 11,118	If you're gonna use it more for the xbox 360, fine, but if you will be playing poker more a setup like this would be pointless. Do you really need that size of a screen and hdmi to play poker? __________________ ICQ: 16544251 - Skype: gator37 @ eastlink.ca - email: yngwie @ isys.ca

11-17-2009, 02:33 PM	#3
Yngwie I am an Alien from space Industry Role: Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 11,118	also, if you're gonna use it for your xbox 360 the hdmi one would be better since you would have to buy an adapter for your xbox if you got the dvi one. __________________ ICQ: 16544251 - Skype: gator37 @ eastlink.ca - email: yngwie @ isys.ca

11-17-2009, 03:44 PM	#4
mkx Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Toronto Posts: 4,001	Well I need a big monitor because i play multiple tables, a 21" can probably only handle 12 and they will have to be minimized. A 30" I can play 9 or more at normal size so I don't have to squint to see my cards. I found a nice 30" Gateway for $500 used with a couple deads pixels, going to buy that and probably the EEEbox tomorrow

11-17-2009, 08:11 PM	#6
aubreythree So Fucking Banned Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 435	yes,i agree what dav3 said ,waiting on black friday.it is must be a surprising price.

11-26-2009, 03:19 PM	#8
mkx Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Toronto Posts: 4,001	Ugh yah i noticed some sales, I actually picked up the gateway one locally for $500.00. It's amazing so far. Play my xbox on it, going to return my 47" lcd tv