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Re: Re: Will an HD TV function as a PC display?
Ken Warner 2012-Apr-17 18:09:24
I went the other way. Got a Dell 24u12m which is an IPS LCD display and use it to watch movies. The pixel pitch is much smaller than on a TV and so the images are really jewel like. No ghosting or trails that I can see.
Hans wrote:
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> --- In #removed#, Roger D Williams <roger@...> wrote:
>> Thank you, Paul. That's very helpful. You've probably saved me from a disappointment, although my wife isn't keen on 3D TV anyway (even if I could use it as a monitor) so it's >rather a moot point at the moment.
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> I have been using a HD TV as extra screen for several years.
> My current is a Sony Bravia 42" and it works perfect together with my iMac 27" connected with HDMI.
> I also have an old PC and my old Mac G5 connected to it using the standard PC connection.
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> I use it both for showing panoramas and slideshow and also as a TV screen for online TV and my Elgato Digital DVB receiver. I just which Elgato would make a solution for encrypted TV as the interface is much better than my Digital Harddisc recorder.
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> The colors are just as good as any cheap standard Computer screen.
> My built in Mac software can easy calibrate it perfect.
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> I did have a little problem when I got it to find the settings for the overscan so that it actually showed the true 1980x1080 pixels resolution using HDMI. It was somewhere deap in the Sony settings.
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> Hans
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>> Roger W.
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>> Sent from my iPad
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>> On Apr 17, 2012, at 9:23 PM, Paul Fretheim <paul@...> wrote:
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>>> I have an entertainment center Windows platform connected to my
>>> Panoasonic Veira HDTV. My plasma HDTV is only 720p resolution. I use the
>>> computer board, which has HDMI output on the video card as a second
>>> signal source for watching entertainment. My video card can output 1080p
>>> or 1080i. I don't really notice a difference between 720p or 1080i when
>>> viewing the HDTV as a monitor. It's fine for watching YouTube videos or
>>> movies.
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>>> But the resolution is not good enough for text reading or text editing.
>>> I do not think it is a good idea to substitute an HDTV for an actual
>>> monitor for all purpose computing. You can read a few emails or see well
>>> enough to navigate a few web pages, but the eyestrain would be terrible
>>> if you were trying to write a term paper or thesis on the thing. On mine
>>> you have to increase the font size so big to be able to read it you lose
>>> the advantage of a big screen.
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>>> Bottom line - Don't do it. Find a plasma 720p 55" like mine somewhere
>>> for watching movies. I found mine new for about $500 at a K-Mart and I
>>> have been very happy with it. It's great for watching sports too.
>>> Plasmas are brighter, sharper and much faster. No trails from fast
>>> moving objects. The "burn in" issue has not been a problem. But they are
>>> not designed to do what actual monitors are capable of when it comes to
>>> small detail.
>>>
>>> Paul Fretheim
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>>>> Now that HD TVs offer full 1080 lines vertically and the horizontal
>>>> resolution needed to support 16:9 frames, they have the nominal
>>>> resolution to act as PC monitors. In fact 1920 x 1080 is about the
>>>> maximum resolution my video board supports. I don't know whether the
>>>> steadiness of the image is good enough, or whether anyone is already
>>>> trying it, but at a nearby discount store they are offering a
>>>> Panasonic 32" 3D display, which would be very nice for viewing stereo
>>>> images and would double as a computer display, which is probably the
>>>> only way I could justify its purchase to my wife. What do people
>>>> think. It would kind of dominate my desk, that's for sure... (grin)
>>>>
>>>> Roger W.
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPad
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