LCD monitor for VHS movies

[choppi]

Hello - This is my first post on this forum.
I have a large (1,500) collection of VHS movies and, through my system, they sound very good. Therefore, I have no desire to switch to DVD (although, in time, I will get a DVD player for the same reason I finally got a CD player; the analogue formats are insufficiently supported by new output). I have been using a Sony Trinitron 20" monitor which I found in a dumpster about ten years ago. It looks good but has the word VIDEO on the screen (at top right) at all times. The tuner is broken (and I have not watched TV for 10 years and do not miss it) and I use an RCA cable to send the picure from my VCR player to the monitor.
My question is: I now wish to buy a LCD monitor of about 32" size (in movie format, not tv format) to watch from 9 or 10 feet distance.
How will my VHS movies look on an LCD monitor of this size at this distance ? Is there a particular "resolution refinement circuit" that I should look for in the monitor I select ? I would especially like to hear from someone who has actual experience with the VHS format on the new high-rez monitors.
Any help greatly appreciated. I would hate to spend $2,000 or more and get it wrong !
Thanks - choppi@mac.com

[David Meek]

Earl, welcome to The Guide. :welcome:

A hi-res monitor will definitely make plainly visible the lower resolution inherent in a VHS tape, but with a 10' viewing distance for a 32" monitor you'd be past the optimal distance for DVD viewing, which (I'm thinking) will be just about right for a VHS tape. The vertical resolution of VHS is about half that of DVD so at 10' you should be at enough of a distance that the image will look fairly seamless. Any closer though and the low resolution will be VERY obvious.

Good luck and keep us posted. 1500 tapes, eh? 8O

[Clive]

A Warm Welcome :wink:

Using very good cable/s would also help in this reguard.