FSX on my plasma

gadgetguru · 12 Jul 2010 at 11:22

Hi,

I have a decent spec computer with a decent enough graphics card. I am into flight simulation (fsx) and was wondering if i connected my pc to my Samsung 50" 1080p plasma, would it be as good as playing it on a monitor?

Ive been told that it would be terrible on a tv? (if so how can a ps3 and xbox look good on a tv but not a pc game?)

Cheers

Matt

Hank_Marvin · 12 Jul 2010 at 11:38

I played fsx on my sony 32" 1080 and it's great, and makes it nice playing on a big screen so can't see you'll have any issues, plus I used pc monitor for dials, maps, etc etc.

O and who told you those lies?

gadgetguru · 12 Jul 2010 at 11:57

Just a chap i know locally. He said and i quote "it will all be interpolated on a big screen because the refresh rate is poor on plasmas and big lcd's". My refresh rate according to the manual is 0.001 seconds?

Hank_Marvin · 12 Jul 2010 at 12:40

Na, he's talking rubbish, just try it and see, pc gaming on big screens is win win.

Swifty55 · 12 Jul 2010 at 12:41

gadgetguru said:
Just a chap i know locally. He said and i quote "it will all be interpolated on a big screen because the refresh rate is poor on plasmas and big lcd's". My refresh rate according to the manual is 0.001 seconds?

Load of tosh...

Refresh rates for PAL and NTSC are 50hz and 60hz standard... most standard monitors ar 60hz...

If you display at 1080p you will be fine!

uv · 12 Jul 2010 at 12:59

gadgetguru said:
My refresh rate according to the manual is 0.001 seconds?

That's not the refresh rate - whilst plasmas have a high subfield motion frequency (and hence can advertise as being 600hz etc), the input frequency will still be 50/60 hz - 100hz on some models. Just google the difference between refresh rate and subfield motion

The only difference you'll see is that the pixels are larger - but seeing as you'll be sat further away from the TV than you sit at your monitor, it'll be fine. Enjoy the big screen!

'Wes · 12 Jul 2010 at 13:54

You guys using VGA?

CaptainRAVE · 12 Jul 2010 at 14:14

Hank_Marvin said:
Na, he's talking rubbish, just try it and see, pc gaming on big screens is win win.

Yup, I game on a 42" LCD with all my controller enabled games. No complaints here

afoster · 12 Jul 2010 at 14:21

I have my PC hooked up to a 46" TV running at 1080p, and games look great - so you should go for it!

gazzamcg · 12 Jul 2010 at 15:23

Gaming on a big screen whether the latest plasma or lcd technology is great.

Just as long as the input lag is low, there is no problem.

Hank_Marvin · 12 Jul 2010 at 15:56

'Wes said:
You guys using VGA?

dvi to hdmi with pc

hdmi with laptop

picnic · 13 Jul 2010 at 11:08

I use FSX on the cheapest 42" LCD 1080p set I could find at the time and I couldn't envisage going back. Looks great as do the car racing racing games I play. I'm using VGA to as the DVI port is used for a secondary 17" LCD for TeamSpeak/GPS or any other window I need.

Soya · 13 Jul 2010 at 11:27

Agree with the above, here some pudding for proof:

shadow_boxer · 14 Jul 2010 at 10:48

That's awesome.

bJN · 14 Jul 2010 at 11:11

*refrains from serious abuse giving*
that's a fairly hefty setup there Soya, keen much?