I recently found myself in the market for a new LCD monitor. My desktop’s existing 17” monitor was cutting the mustard, but my wife has increasingly been using the desktop more for watching TV shows and movies. I also needed an interim screen to allow me to game on my Xbox 360 while I am away from my normal household. All this combined with the sharp fall in LCD prices made a new monitor a no-brainer. Read all the dirty details and check out some screens after the break.

I just recently purchased a 24" Dell 2407 (rev A03) widescreen monitor specifically to play games on and thought I'd share my thoughts on it so far, and maybe ask for any opinions. I have seen a lot of conflicting information on the web about this monitor, so maybe this will help somebody. Now that the fall update (2006) for the 360 has been released, you can see the 1080p resolution in the 360's display options. I first tried this option with the monitor hooked up by the component cable that came with the 360, it appears that the monitor's component chip will not accept a 1080p signal. It gave me an error saying that it could not display the input resolution. This is probably due to the monitor's designers anticipating that anything coming into component will not be more than 720 because of the coming hdcp restrictions. The 720p option does work with component however.