hey guys my work is putting this olevia 26" lcd tv on sale and i wanted to know if i should buy this thing for my computer monitor, it has 8ms so i think that gaming (and i play lots of CS) shouldnt be a problem but just wanted to know if anyone is using this one or has thought as to why i should/shouln't get this one or if i should wait and just upgrade to a 19" lcd of somthing better. by the way im getting the tv for like $550 after rebates with 4 yrs of service included through my work.

thats a huge f'in monitor

I have a 21" LCD viewsonic and I play ALOT of games, HL, CS, CS:S, Quake2:gloom, Battlefield2 and a few others. But I have no problems what so ever, and having no glare in CS:S makes a world of a difference. I say go for it. But a LCD screen that big might make things distorted, i dunno never tryed it tho.

i have a dell 20.1" lcd at home and it seems to be fine.. no glare..and it doesn't change colors when sitting at different angles etc..

yea dells are good.

you gotta get more specs on it before you buy tho, because lcd tv's are usually made for tv viewing, not usually great for computers. For starters, find out the native resolution of the lcd tv.. if it's 800x600 or something small, you'll cry if you try to use it as a computer monitor.

Get a model # and post it here and it'll be pretty easy to tell how good it is.

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exactly. I imagine it would be somewhat like running a computer through a regular TV, all crappy looking even though the screen is huge

Dell 30" flat screen. $2,199:
http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/con...&oc=W3007&s=dhs

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if your going to buy a big lcd for games etc....

you need to make sure it had a low refesh rate

like >16 ms or the image will ghost around when you move.

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I think you meant <16ms (less than 16ms.)

ok guys I bought the tv and all I can say holy crap this thing is amazing. the screen is beautiful and the ms time is >8ms so playing counterstrike was not an issue. The only thing i recommend for people looking for similar 26" setups and larger is make sure you are connecting through dvi cause the text is not the clearest when going through vga but for playing cs at 1240 x 7xx, this thing is pretty flawless. if anyone is thinking about purchaseing one, these go on sale a lot at compUSA but the thing to remember is to get the HVX model from olevia and not the HTE model cause there is a world of difference in the two. also the HVX model has 1600:1 contrast ratio and my computer is running it at 1360 x 768 and i had to do little adjustments here and there but im very happy i made the investment plus its got 4 yrs of carry in service recommend the buy to any looking for a new computer/tv. Still got the 19" setup as well so dual monitor world is back and sweet.