Oddly titled post, displays! I’m posting about some recent displays I’ve got, by that I mean VDUs (visual display units) as in computer screens…

Anyway, I recently got an Optoma EP721 DLP projector. One word; WOW! I’ve always liked the idea of projectors, and now having one, well it’s amazing! DVDs, browsing the web, MSN, digital TV – you name it!

The picture to the left is it in operation. As we can see, it’s displaying the www.betaarchive.co.uk homepage in Firefox in full screen.

It’s also really good when it comes to games. I’m not much of a console person, however I have a PS2 (lol) and a Nintendo Wii. The Wii in particular is good, as it makes the games feel more interactive having them life size. Another point is when I plug my main PC with good graphics into it to play games like SA:MP, GTA VC and GTA IV, and because it’s VGA rather than composite, the games GTA SA and GTA VC are much better quality than their PS2 counterparts.

Combined with my set of 6 surround sound speakers unstrategically placed around my room, its a pretty neat multimedia experience.

Now projector aside, just this morning I purchased a 19″ Acer LCD monitor to go with my 22″ Acer LCD monitor. Knowing that the 22″ Acer X223W was an amazing display unit, I knew the 19″ Acer 193W would be a good choice – and indeed it was. I love dual monitor setups, and now I have a pretty sophisticated one myself (considering the monitors are the same design). Just one thing, my 22″ monitor is 1 year, 2 weeks and a few days old at the time of writing this, and my 19″ monitor is 3 hours old – and it shows slightly. The colours are more vivid than the 22″ and the overall picture looks slightly sharper. Suppose thats just LCD for ya (and the reason I have a DLP projector).