http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=SIL-L-2239W-R&cat=MON&cpc=MONbsc

Will this monitor work pretty well for PS3?

I want the best picture I can get, but it has to stay under the $300 price mark.

The contrast ratio and brightness isn't very high and it doesn't really say if it's HD ready...I wouldn't get it, but for 180 that's pretty good.

Also doesn't really say if it has a HDMI output, that's pretty much a must have for HD with the PS3

nice but it dont say hd ready, does it have th eproper aspect ratios

best picture? 1080p with hdmi it doesnt have

I was told that all wide screen LCD monitors are HD. I guess that was incorrect?

The specs don't mention anything about it's DVI input being HDCP compliant. If it's not the monitor won't display anything from the PS3.

Also, AFAIK, the PS3 can only be set to output 720p (1280 x 720), 1080i and 1080p (1920 x 1080). The monitor you linked has a native resolution of 1680 x 1050, and unlike TV's, monitors typically won't accept the higher resolution signal and downscale to fit the screen. So you're looking at playing in 1280 x 720, with your monitor scaling the image to fit the entire screen. Which isn't ideal as monitor scalers aren't usually very good.

You may also have a distorted image, because the PS3 will send out a 16:9 ratio image, but a computer monitor is 16:10. If the monitor doesn't have the proper scaling option it'll distort the image by vertically stretching it a bit.

Thank you for the reply, that post is exactly what I was looking for.

If I'm too freaking broke to afford an HDTV, what is my best option for PS3 picture quality?