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Posted by Calan @ 09:30 PM, May 11, 2008
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I have a 27" monitor and used to use this as my TV and as my monitor. I thought it was awesome for watching anime, but then I got a nice, big HDTV. More after the jump.
My computer is close to my TV, so it's fairly easy to hook it up to the TV (just need a DVI->HDMI adapter for my computer. no worries if that went over your head). It's reached the point, however, where (call me spoiled if you wish) I pretty much refuse to watch anime on my monitor anymore (that is, others use the HDTV and so I can't necessarily have it whenever I want). I'll watch the occasional standard definition (non-HD) show on my monitor if I have to, but it feels like a waste to watch anything in HD on the monitor.

I flat-out can't imagine watching anime WITH someone on my monitor, but from what I hear from friends, people seem to do that from time to time. I think I'd have a hard time trying to get friends to crowd around a monitor, but that's just me.

There are ways other than plugging your computer directly into your TV to watch anime on your TV... some groups release files that can be streamed across your network to an Xbox 360 or PS3, and there are numerous conversion programs out there to do just that. For most people, however, I figure it should be fairly easy to take their laptop or what-have-you and plug it into their TV. I'm just wondering if anyone actually does this, or if I'm a huge freak.
So... Computer? TV? Perhaps a projector? How do you watch your anime?

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[#1] May 11, 2008 @ 09:42 PM
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i stream anime onto my 360 then on my HD TV. I use 360 Encode for the files that wont play and it works fine for me. i got over the fact that i can see the interlacing(squares when the animation is fast)on certain animes, but now I sometimes cant read all the subtitles cuz of letter box formatting. you should read my post under tech in the forum.
 
[#2] May 11, 2008 @ 09:44 PM
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I do it... I spent, i think like 50$ on a 12 foot dvi cable.but now i have a laptop and we got a bigger and better tv upstairs works great.Projector's only for movies mostly/video game lan parties all the time.
 
[#3] May 11, 2008 @ 10:13 PM
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wow. man. cmon. you bragged about it on Xbox live and then now on here. haha. man your makeing me feel bad here.
 
[#4] May 11, 2008 @ 10:42 PM
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I <3 watching HD crap on my 22" wide screen lcd.. 16:10 ain't so bad, the image quality is perfect. Watching Appleseed Ex Machina in 1080p on my PC was breathtaking.

But, in all fairness, I don't have an HDTV at my disposal, my 60" rear projection TV is out in the living room and it's just uncomfortable having the PC out there.
 
[#5] May 12, 2008 @ 12:55 AM
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inside the magic box
 
[#6] May 12, 2008 @ 01:26 AM
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ahhhh, the good old days, i remember when i used to watch anime on my monitor, its nostalgic. now i have a 29" JVC Flat TV. it's nice but ofcours HDTV is the best. Cheers for you. :gjob: :yessir:
 
[#7] May 12, 2008 @ 02:45 AM
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Once I figured out I could stream my files from my computer to my 360, I was in heaven. Any thing on my computer on my nice 32" LCD HDTV! The one thing i'm pissed about though is trying to find a way to play the 720p Gundam 00 eps on my 360.
 
[#8] May 12, 2008 @ 03:01 AM
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i think im the only one on this site that's content with lq. :sweat:
 
[#9] May 12, 2008 @ 03:40 AM
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hmm, hard one lol.
I got 3 screens plugged in my pc so. i dont really care about that.
Whereas i had a 24"- 27"- 24"screens, i now have 27"-27"-27" 3000:1, 2ms response screens and i love them.
And our HDTV is in use everyday so i don't get a chance to use it
 
[#10] May 12, 2008 @ 05:17 AM
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Yazan-san says: ahhhh, the good old days, i remember when i used to watch anime on my monitor, its nostalgic. now i have a 29" JVC Flat TV. it's nice but ofcours HDTV is the best. Cheers for you. :gjob: :yessir:



I'm only using a 17" CRT screen for now but soon I'm getting a 24" lcd screen with HDMI and yazan yer7am jedak
 
[#11] May 12, 2008 @ 06:31 AM
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HarunaH says: hmm, hard one lol. I got 3 screens plugged in my pc so. i dont really care about that. Whereas i had a 24"- 27"- 24"screens, i now have 27"-27"-27" 3000:1, 2ms response screens and i love them. And our HDTV is in use everyday so i don't get a chance to use it


WOW...Nice setup.. :shocked:
 
[#12] May 12, 2008 @ 02:43 PM
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gd you people and your fcking 999 TB storages and 100" screens why arent you donating if youre that rich
 
[#13] May 12, 2008 @ 04:41 PM
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Lol so simple watch anime moves on HD and just watch ur norm animes on ur monitor if ur really bothered u can take some time and money to set up the best entertainment system like i have lol ps3 xb360 wii hd Tv + norm monitor all in my cool spotz hehehe i like my shit nice and neat and also scares ppl the **** away ^^
 
[#14] May 12, 2008 @ 06:33 PM
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Darksage says: gd you people and your fcking 999 TB storages and 100" screens why arent you donating if youre that rich


I have a 15" monitor. All of you can sck my dck. cept for ds, he's being real.
 
[#15] May 12, 2008 @ 09:16 PM
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Darksage says: gd you people and your fcking 999 TB storages and 100" screens why arent you donating if youre that rich



That's where our money is going! LOL. I'm one of those guys, but I just joined and started my weekly ritual of donating, so you can't complain about me. lol.
 
[#16] May 13, 2008 @ 12:50 AM
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bleh my setup is so frikin lame i'll brag about how ghetto it is.

i too have a 15" monitor buts its crt. none of that fancy shmancy plasma/lcd goodness. And my desktop is so crappy it runs of 500 mb ram virtual memory half of which burned out so its down to less than 256...hence why anytime I run an anime over 150 mb it gets choppy and glitchy so i have to minimize my lq/sd anime version screen even smaller so i can watch it.

up until two years ago i would burn episodes onto cd lol. we all know how well that turns out.

and no i have no 360, ps3 or wii. the last system i owned was a snes that couldn't play anything more than 2d. w00t

hey sithreis: think we could start a donation drive for leechzilla so he can afford some of the said above mentioned stuff? =P
 
[#17] May 13, 2008 @ 01:11 AM
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Ha. If I am ever rich, I'll start a drive for On-par computers for every member of OW. While I;m not lying, this would depend on 3 things. Me living that long, getting rich, and this site lasting. All which I plan on. Then its Dell and Lenova for everyone! Disclaimer: All unworthy noobs excluded from said drive.
 
[#18] May 13, 2008 @ 03:40 PM
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Just hoping none of your are like this.

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/4341/44009555lv7.jpg
 
[#19] May 13, 2008 @ 03:55 PM
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My setup pwns that
 
[#20] May 13, 2008 @ 06:46 PM
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Is that a ps3? ew! Take it away! It burns us master! It burns. Honestly, that sucks >.>
 
[#21] May 13, 2008 @ 10:02 PM
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Darksage says: gd you people and your fcking 999 TB storages and 100" screens why arent you donating if youre that rich


because now we are poor T_T
 
[#22] May 13, 2008 @ 10:38 PM
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Hellspire says: because now we are poor T_T


*slaps* Stfu.
 
[#23] May 13, 2008 @ 11:10 PM
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Sithreis says: *slaps* Stfu.

It is a good point though.
 
[#24] May 14, 2008 @ 04:05 AM
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who said that we are rich? if i was, then i would have at least donated or something, plus i've moved to a new city and i left my PC and TV at home, and now using my friends PC, which is not that good,in hopes of buying a new one sometime this year...so don't tell me we're rich!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :gun:
 
[#25] May 14, 2008 @ 06:16 AM
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hmmmm....i am not rich...i just know this little trick to gather up money...
Saving's account.....and i make myself live on my tight budget.
 
[#26] May 14, 2008 @ 10:18 AM
The beloved otaku O-o;
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*runs away from the bastards here*

*gasp*

*gets a heart attack*

*died*
 
[#27] May 16, 2008 @ 09:49 PM
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Is it really that bad to spend NO money to watch 40-60 mins of anime of my shitty laptop? Why is quality so damn important? I bet most of you don't know jap and spend most of your time at the bottom of the screen reading the subs.... so why go through the hassle?
 
[#28] May 16, 2008 @ 10:51 PM
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After years of watching anime I can speedread the subs and thus spend most of my time looking at the pretty pictures. I also can ignore some lines when I know what they mean.
That's just me though.
 
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