bossfrog Posted July 19, 2011 Posted July 19, 2011 First post here. First of all, until 3 weeks ago, I hadn't played a mil-sim since Janes F/A-18 and I just ran across reviews for this by chance and was very impressed, so I bought it. I spent a week trying to master the controls with my trusty old CH Fighterstick and found the manual impossible to follow due to the sparseness of any reference to keyboard shortcut, so I ponied up and bought an x52 Pro and after spending a week with that, I can now do about anything I want :joystick: For anyone struggling to play with a basic stick and on the fence about buying a good HOTAS, I say quit wasting time and walk.... no RUN out and get one! Worth every penny. Now for my TrackIR to arrive... Anyway, the point of this post is that my son offered to sell me his 32" Vizio LCD for $125, which is 1080p, and I was wondering if anyone else was flying on an HDTV and if so, does the cockpit scale properly in 1080p? I'm concerned that everything might be stretched horizontally and all my nice round gauges will end up as ovals. He lives 90 miles away, so I can't just have him come over real quick to check it out or I would.
Migo Posted July 19, 2011 Posted July 19, 2011 This is DCS A10c, of course everything scales properly. When DCS: Black Shark was released I started playing it at an 37" 1080p LCD without problems. Right now playing on a 42" plasma without any problems. It's just really nice and everything works as expected :)
EtherealN Posted July 19, 2011 Posted July 19, 2011 1080p is the same as a standard computer monitor nowadays (1920x1080). Scaling is not an issue, widescreen is completely standard for computers today. I would check what connections the LCD TV has on offer, and also see if you can find some reviews of it for computer use. The aspect ratio is irrelevant to whether it'll work fine, but whether that specific model is good at accepting signal from a computer and displaying it sharply is something I cannot answer. My guess is it'll do about as good as any computer screen, but I can't say for sure. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Daniel "EtherealN" Agorander | Даниэль "эфирныйн" Агорандер Intel i7 2600K @ 4.4GHz, ASUS Sabertooth P67, 8GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1600MHz, ASUS GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1GB, Samsung 830series 512GB SSD, Corsair AX850w, two BENQ screens and TM HOTAS Warthog DCS: A-10C Warthog FAQ | DCS: P-51D FAQ | Remember to read the Forum Rules | | | Life of a Game Tester
hassata Posted July 19, 2011 Posted July 19, 2011 1080P on a Full HD LCD works great [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
bossfrog Posted July 19, 2011 Author Posted July 19, 2011 Awesome. I think I'll buy. The TV has a computer (VGA) input, but my video card has HDMI out as well. Has anyone had a better experience with either one over the other?
EtherealN Posted July 19, 2011 Posted July 19, 2011 HDMI is preferable. If your card has an HDMI output and the screen support it, use that. Also, of course, if your card is good enough, do note that you can use both that screen and your old screen at the same time - though it might feel awkward if they're different physical size. (I use two screens myself on one card.) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Daniel "EtherealN" Agorander | Даниэль "эфирныйн" Агорандер Intel i7 2600K @ 4.4GHz, ASUS Sabertooth P67, 8GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1600MHz, ASUS GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1GB, Samsung 830series 512GB SSD, Corsair AX850w, two BENQ screens and TM HOTAS Warthog DCS: A-10C Warthog FAQ | DCS: P-51D FAQ | Remember to read the Forum Rules | | | Life of a Game Tester
Harzach Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 1080p is the same as a standard computer monitor nowadays (1920x1080). Scaling is not an issue, widescreen is completely standard for computers today. I would check what connections the LCD TV has on offer, and also see if you can find some reviews of it for computer use. The aspect ratio is irrelevant to whether it'll work fine, but whether that specific model is good at accepting signal from a computer and displaying it sharply is something I cannot answer. My guess is it'll do about as good as any computer screen, but I can't say for sure. I can understand his question, however, as certain sims (OK, I'm looking at you, MSFS) don't fully support widescreen.
Migo Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 he TV has a computer (VGA) input As far as I know most VGA inputs don't allow you to use 1080p. My tv got one additionally , too, but it only supports 720p.
ivanwfr Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 VGA would be horrible anyway: RGB + sync to address pixels ... no-no!
LawnDart Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 HDMI to HDMI = hassle free and a no brainer! [sigpic]http://www.virtualthunderbirds.com/Signatures/sig_LD.jpg[/sigpic] Virtual Thunderbirds, LLC | Sponsored by Thrustmaster Corsair 750D Case | Corsair RM850i PSU | ASUS ROG MAXIMUS X CODE | 32GB Corsair DDR4 3200 | Intel i7-8086K | Corsair Hydro H100i v2 Cooler | EVGA GTX 1080 Ti FTW | Oculus Rift | X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty | Samsung SSD 970 EVO 1TB NVMe | Samsung SSD 850 EVO 1TB | WD Caviar Black 2 x 1TB | TM HOTAS Warthog | TM Pendular Rudder | TM MFD Cougar Pack | 40" LG 1080p LED | Win10 |
Advicepuppy Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 Just got my new battlestation set up a week ago. 1920x1080 46" LCD TV right in front of me, a 1920x1080 24" LCD monitor to the left, and a 1280x1024 21" monitor to my right. The only difference I see is the size of the pixels, yielding a slightly lower picture quality from up close. Even so, it's negligible and amazing to see it from close up on a big-ass tv.
Harzach Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 Theoretically, there is no limit to the resolution available over VGA. Picture quality, on the other hand...
Succellus Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 You may ponder to retain your old monitor to set some instruments and gauges there, see SCsimulation (google) with helios which is donationware. See Cockpit building tread for more info. HaF 922, Asus rampage extreme 3 gene, I7 950 with Noctua D14, MSI gtx 460 hawk, G skill 1600 8gb, 1.5 giga samsung HD. Track IR 5, Hall sensed Cougar, Hall sensed TM RCS TM Warthog(2283), TM MFD, Saitek pro combat rudder, Cougar MFD.
jeffyd123 Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 Im running the sim on a 60" DLP and its awesome (HDMI). the only thing was it had to be scaled to 1776 X 1000 because of overscan. i7 8700K @ 4.4Ghz, 16G 3200 RAM, Nvidia 1080Ti, T16000 HOTAS, TIR5, 75" DLP Monitor
Migo Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 I switched overscan off on my TV, can't you do that, too jeffy ?
ivanwfr Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 Yes, it depends on how you can adjust image settings. You must be able to remove all "enhanced" post-processing that comes with TV/Film image rendering. Pixel-wise, the TV cannot add any good to what comes from the graphic card and overscan is a plague as pixels are broken into peaces to be wrapped into blurry spots enhanced with overshoot contrast "improvement" and extra wide color space :doh: Maybe 100/200Hz progressive image rendering can have some interest on frame-rate or glitter depending on how it's implemented. Sony Bravia does a good job at the cost of some added lag.
hassata Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 A somewhat related question-I am outputting sound from the VC HDMI to a 2 speaker LCD with STS Dolby etc. Any recommended windows settings to take advantage of the DCS sound engine? [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Harzach Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 VGA max is 720p, use hdmi or DVI. Not true at all. If your adapter and monitor support it, VGA will transmit it. Currently extending my Thinkpad to a 23" LCD at 1080p.
metalnwood Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 I think my old sony trinitron supported ~2000x something long before there was dvi, only over vga.
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