Bought it in Jan '08, JR Music NYCity (real fine online vendor, Free Frt. no-hassle 30day 100% Refund).
From Day-1, this sukka has been my PC monitor and my Gaming monitor.
From Day-1 it has always been run at full 1080P resolution (1920x1080).
Its never been run at any other rez (I dont use it...
"OWNER'S REPORT"
(2+ months use)
2008 32" Sharp LC-32GP3U.....
How sweet it is !!
Used as a combo "PCMonitor & Gaming Panel".
Resolution: Its always run at "1080P" (1920X1080 rez),
When used as PC Monitor (always 1920x1080 rez) the Text is sharp, crisp, clear. Blacks are excellent. Colors...
You asked, so I'll answer.
Read this carefully cuz I prolly wont be back this way again to answer any questions.
I'm d-e-e-p in a new RPG expansion called "Shivering Isles" and it has complex plot, excellent graphics.
And when I'm done with that, the "Mask of The Betrayer" is waiting for me to...
Thanx for the question Jungle, No I have never even opened that "compartment".
Reread my post. cuz I edited it just a minute ago, to make the procedure a little clearer.
You do this: Point your hand-held Remote at the screen, and press the 'Menu" button,
Then u see the screen that I described...
FINAL REPORT
(my new 2008 32" 1080P Sharp LG-32GP3U):
My screen-colors do NOT randomly "change intensity" or "change color" when I'm Gaming or using GP3U as a PC Monitor. Colors stay rock-steady at whatever I set them to.
Why? Cuz. using the hand-held Remote, I turned off "Active Contrast"...
EIZO calls itself "LCD monitor of choice" for Graphics designers, Photographers, CAD engineers.
Here's quote from front-page of EIZO Website (showing latest new 22", 24", 30" models for 2008) .....
Monitor for High-End Still and Moving Image Work
With 12-bit hardware calibration and 6 ms...
Congrats ! Yes, it is fine for PC use.
I'm interested in how high your Nvidia 8800GTS card will let you crank up the "eyecandy" in a Game, cuz I wanna upgrade from my twin 7900GT's.
I hear that one ATI 3870 or one Nvidia 8800 card can do more work than two 7900GTs. If true, then wow!--they must...
:D Good news for you :D
"JR.com" is J&R Music and it has a store.
23 Park Row, New York, N.Y. 10038
(across from City Hall Park)
Phone 1-212-238-9000
Fax: 1-212-238-9191
Call first to verify "in stock" (it was 15 min. ago).
Sharp LC-32GP3U-B (black)
Sharp LC-32GP3U-W (white)
Sharp LC-32GP3U-R...
Can't say, cuz I never used a Game Console (xbox, ps3 etc.).
I'll just tell you my opinion so far of the GP3U, and you be judge cuz you know whats best for you ....
So far I'm quite pleased with my wonderful new 32" 1080P LCD-TV.
Haven't seen any "flaws" yet, but to tell truth I'm not...
Glad to hear it. It was so bad with me, it was distracting.
Luckily I came across post from sharp dude who said "Clear Type sometimes does strange things to text-colors".(Duckymse, notice the word, "sometimes").
So I deactivated ClearType (for "font-smoothing") using Display icon in WinXP's...
I had same problem when using ClearType for "smoothing screen fonts". (I wasn't using ClearType for everything, just for that).
It made me decide never to use ClearType at all, period.
My Text was changing colors at random. I was mistakenly blaming the new LCD-TV I had just bot.
Sometimes a...
I fixed a problem with "shifting Text colors" on my GP3U. The culprit was WinXP 'ClearType'.
I was letting WinXP use it, to smooth screen fonts. When I un-checked the box, the Text problem disappeared
Also I see no color-shifting, when running "red bar "Test (see sethk's post, 6 posts above...