Xbox 360 - TFT or HDTV?

[jimbob666]

Hi,

I'm about to purchase a xbox 360 but I am struggling to decide between using a cheap HDTV or a cheap TFT monitor.

1) Here is the cheap TFT I am thinking about:

Hanns G HC194 from play.com (no url as I am a newbie and < 5 posts)

Issues I have read with TFT's are that some games are stretched or resampled and some games are not. If the TFT supports 1280x1024 *natively* then there shouldn't be any stretching or resampling? I am assuming here that 1280x1024 is an option in the 360 VGA mode setup screen!!

2) Here is the cheap HDTV I am thinking about:

TECO 19 HD READY LCD-TV HDMI from Misco.co.uk (no url as I am a newbie and < 5 posts)

Only issue I have with this TV is the aspect ratio it supports is 16:10 and not 16:9 like the xbox 360 supports. What would be the effect of the resulting image? Stretching, or black borders?

Any advice appreciated.

[directhex]

most games are designed with 16:9 in mind, so a 5:4 screen will suffer

[Agent]

Only issue I have with this TV is the aspect ratio it supports is 16:10 and not 16:9 like the xbox 360 supports. What would be the effect of the resulting image? Stretching, or black borders?

On most TV's you can choose

[djfluff]

If you can streach your budget, you can get a shiny 32" Sony LCD-TV for &#163;399 at the moment..

http://www.woolworths.co.uk/web/jsp/...p?pid=50783016

[djfluff]

Or this lovley 22" tft is only &#163;149 delivered ....

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/128412

- Forget this one, has gone up to 179