Will my monitor be as good as a hd tv?

I wan get a hd screen for my 360 but im not usre if i should buy new tv or if my screen will play it good enough

Monitor is Dell UltraSharp 1704FPT 17" Flat Panel LCD Monitor

will this play just as good as a hd tv?

no srry it will not but the difference isnt worth buying a new Hd tv just a little bit of color difference is all.

now that i think about it you could experience a rare problem with the pc moniter pixls but its not likly

Depends.

What's the resolution, refresh rate and contrast ratio of your HDTV vs. your monitor?

dont even have an hd tv:(

dont even have an hd tv:(

masterwan

Then if you have a VGA cable, it's probably going to be better if it's an LCD monitor.

SDTV = 640 x 480 resolution if I remember. Even wicked cheap monitors go like 1024 x 768 or something. And computer monitors usually have a pretty good refresh rate nowadays.

Some monitors (although I doubt yours does) have resolutions of like 2600 x 1800 which is significantly greater than even 1080p (1920 x 1080 resolution) HDTVs.

yea but the colors are more vibrant on a lcd tvyencanwasu

Not always true. Lower quality LCD TVs put out worse contrast ratios than some cathode ray tube (CRTV) Televisions.

High end stuff like Sony, Sharp and Samsung make quality contrast LCD TVs that rival Plasma monitors.

yes thats true but then you end up spending the same amount that you would on a hdtv for an monitor of that statis

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Wait, can you hook up an Xbox 360 to a CRT monitor?Pinzer

Um yea, VGA output.

yes thats true but then you end up spending the same amount that you would on a hdtv for an monitor of that statis

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yencanwasu

When money is an issue... ah... I'd say your monitor is pretty good, although you'd have to sit close and get a sound setup. Overall, compared to a middle of the road 720p, you will get on par graphical fidelity (And actually the LCD screens have a higher pixel density, that is more pixels per area on screen, so it does look smoother).

i guess another reason to use the monitor is with my experience the lcd tvs dont last as long as the monitors do:D only about 10 to 20 years of out of the box quality:(yencanwasu

I was quite worried about such a thing to at first... but how old are you for one? Somewhere between 12 and 18 (I'm guessing here).

Ok, so say if that's true, you'd have had that LCD TV from the day you were born and only about now would you bother to replace it. In fact most LCD Tvs have a 60000 hour bulb now, which means if you use it on average, 5 hours a day 365 days a year, that means about 33 years of use. So, yea, I don't know many people that have a TV that is on the order of 20 years old they use to this date but some old poor grandparents living in a retirement home.

Don't let that stop you.