jeromephone 6 Posted July 24, 2009 I have a customer that wants to replace some CRT monitors with five 42" lcd monitors I have looked at orion and LG I can get a better price on LG but wonder what anyone has used in this type of operation. I am panning on just feeding raw video form a multiex or a loop-out card but would like to be able to show computer screen or spread computer image over multiple units. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gfdcxgfd 0 Posted July 26, 2009 Not sure exactly what your setup is but, i would suggest LCD over plasma due to better life, they are cheaper, and higher resolution for a affordable price. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Soundy 1 Posted July 26, 2009 I don't think your customer is going to be happy with the results of this exercise: unless the monitors are very high-end with high-quality up-converting, the pictures you get on it feeding it composite video will be grainy and distorted (stretched to fit the wide-screen format). The only way to really make it work PROPERLY is to feed the VGA or DVI output of a computer display into the monitors, set them up as multiple desktops (can be done with multiple video cards) and let the computers scale and display the images properly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sawbones 0 Posted July 27, 2009 Soundy's answer is the correct one. Do VGA or DVI only. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dopalgangr 1 Posted July 27, 2009 I have a customer that wants to replace some CRT monitors with five 42" lcd monitors I have looked at orion and LG I can get a better price on LG but wonder what anyone has used in this type of operation. I am panning on just feeding raw video form a multiex or a loop-out card but would like to be able to show computer screen or spread computer image over multiple units. I have used those USB - DVI adapters (although for your app you may want the USB-VGA) at work to hook up to 4 monitors (probably can do more just havent tried more) without any issues. These are the ones I have used made by Startech http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&q=usb+to+dvi+adapter&cid=16969941086576666613&sa=title#p Gefen also makes higher end ones if needed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cctv_down_under 0 Posted July 29, 2009 These do look interesting especially for using a secondary screen without having to open a box and change video card....but 16MB I wonder how that would go with high res video? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dopalgangr 1 Posted July 29, 2009 oops, these are the ones we use http://www.siig.com/ViewProduct.aspx?pn=JU-DV0012-S1 They do get a little laggy with 4 monitors hooked up though. The highest resolution is 1600x1200. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
