27"ish Monitors..

[Glaceon]

How come all the 27" ish monitors have really, really bad designs for the stands and bezzels...

Are there any 27" monitors that are reasonably priced, have good designs and could be used as a TV/PS3/360 display medium? Ideally 16:9 1920x1080 with HDMI ports etc.

The Acer 23.6" screen is amazingly beautiful, but it's too small! :< Otherwise it's a sexy monitor.

The LG looks oook, i suppose :/, but the bezzel looks too large and the stand is really, really tacky.

Anyone suggest any models? Maybe something OCuk doesn't stock. Not asking for rival store names, but monitor models. Thanks!

 

[Glaceon]

Apple are supposedly releasing a 27" standalone screen, same one off the iMac IIRC. Reasonably priced though? Doubt it!

Aye, I doubt it also. By reasonably priced I mean you pay for what you get, and apple make you pay more.

If you were to choose between a Monitor with HDMI and a normal LCD Tv, in the 26" Ranges, which would produce the best image quality for usage with a 360 and PS3? I might just ditch the idea of getting a 26-27" Monitor and go with a 26" standalone LCD TV.

 

[Glaceon]

Lots of helpful information there. I used to have a Dell 24" that was really good, but it had problems with the 360 and PS3, mainly because of the aspect ratio being 16:10 and not 16:9, and it also suffered a lot of top screen tearing. It was a S-PVA though which made the viewing angles nice.

That Iiyama looks nice, but it's a shame it doesn't have a HDMI input. Or are HDMI inputs really necessary for ps3/360?

About that new 27inch Dell. With the resolution being 2560x1440, isnt that bad for Ps3/360?

It's looking more and more like it could be less complicated to just get a quality 26" Samsung LCD TV, or similar, for the ps3/360, and keep my existing 20" monitor for the pc.

Edit: Also, these 120hz LCD Monitors do sound cool. Does that mean, so long as your fps is below 120FPS, you wouldn't have to enable Vsync to keep the wscreen from tearing? Would they help with Consoles, too?

 

[Glaceon]

what he says.. however ive taken it off its stand and im using a desktop vesa bracket

Oh man! I didn't think of doing something like that. My main problems with a lot of monitors are their ugly stands.

Thanks again cmdr_andi, your input is really appreciated and you seem to know your stuff. I think I will head down the LCD TV direction, as there are a lot of 26"-32" LCD Tv's that I like a lot - mainly Samsung. I'm 90% upgrading my display for the ps3/360, and don't really game that much on my PC - so I might as well save the hassle of having an all in one and just get a nice LCD TV to replace my widescreen CRT at the bottom of my bed. Haha.