Interpolation - Help me choose a monitor ( 2 Views )

1. Ok the time has come to get rid of the bulky CRT taking up all my desk space,
   I’m looking for a high end 17” or maybe a 19” TFT. Obviously I want excellent picture quality, colour reproduction, and no or very minimal ghosting as I like to do some gaming, although not fast pace games like Unreal Tournament. Also the monitor should have a DVI input, and preferably an internal power supply. However one thing that is very important is how it handles interpolation at lower than it’s native resolution, especially important as I tend to run most games at 1024 x 768. So far I got the list down to the following:
   
   • Samsung 17" Syncmaster 172X – great looking monitor, and apparently handles interpolation extremely well.
   • Samsung 17" Syncmaster 710T – not as nice looking as the 172X but has an internal transformer, and I believe uses the same panel so I’m assuming interpolation is also very good.
   • LG L1730b 17” – replacement to the older L1710B which had good reviews, although I have no idea how it copes with lower resolutions.
   • Viewsonic VX910 X Series 19" – good response time, heard good things about it but no idea how it handles interpolation.
   
   Your experiences of these monitors along with any advice would be greatly appreciated!
   
   
   (oktay, El Salvador)


2. when i had my CRT i used 1024x768 all the time too, but as soon as I got my LCD i switched over to 1280x1024. Basically, lcd's look their best at their native resolution and anything else is blurry or not as bright (at least in games).
   
   I just picked up my 710T yesterday and I am amazed by it! I have two other lcd panels that have VGA connections and the DVI is way better for the things you want. Since DVI is automatically perfectly centered you have a much better image with interpolation compared to VGA.
   
   All LCD's use a basic form of interpolation that just streches the pixels. One thing I like about my 710t with DVI is that through the Nvidia drivers I can tell it how to handel non native resolutions. For example, I can use the video card to do the interpolation for me instead of the monitor. Or, I can tell it to display black boarders so that the image stays sharp at lower resolutions. I couldn't do that with VGA.
   
   As I understand, thd 172x is being replaced by the 710T, so you should probably just go with that.
   
   Read this post where i kinda went over it.
   
   http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=804341
   
   
   (yavuz selim, Cote D'Ivoire)

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