HD Tv or a monitor

[HH_RitterCuda]

ok the house is mostly built so I can start on my game room. first thing is a new monitor. so I was thinking which is better a monitor or a HD TV. I can get a HD TV 32' for 500 bucks where for the same

[MadTrooper]

HI,

I think that if your serious about gaming, you want to be looking at a refresh rate of no more then 2ms. What is the rate of the HDTV?

[BadAim]

If all you have is the TV, then it'll be fine. You'll be able to get a higher resolution out of the monitor, and from what I've heard the refresh rates on TV's can get pretty low (c20-24Hz) while gaming with them, to the point where it'll give you a headache. You might also want to make sure you get a 1080p TV as that would be just about the minimum for gaming at that size TV. If you can, try hooking the game up to your TV just to see how it looks/runs. Just a few caveats.

[Streak]

If all you have is the TV, then it'll be fine. You'll be able to get a higher resolution out of the monitor, and from what I've heard the refresh rates on TV's can get pretty low (c20-24Hz) while gaming with them, to the point where it'll give you a headache. You might also want to make sure you get a 1080p TV as that would be just about the minimum for gaming at that size TV. If you can, try hooking the game up to your TV just to see how it looks/runs. Just a few caveats.