| Forum Home | ||||
| Press F1 | ||||
| Thread ID: 118754 | 2011-06-19 08:56:00 | 32" 3D HD TV as main monitor | dinther (16433) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1210550 | 2011-06-19 08:56:00 | For my next PC I want a 3 screen setup that will cater both for software development and casual but high quality gaming. For this I want to use a 32" 3D 1080p TV as my main screen flanked on either side by 19" 1080p monitors in portrait mode. This should enable me to play games on a rather big screen placed about a 80 cm in front of me while the other monitors in portrait orientation match the screen height and are very capable to list many lines of code or documentation. Finally 32" 3D tv have become availalbe, now my main question is: - Can 3D TV's be used as a 3D monitor. What are the downsides? NVidia lists 3D Vision Ready monitors but no 3D TV's are in their lists. In other places I read about the need for HDMI 1.4 compliance. - Has anyone tried to use a 3D TV as a 3D game monitor and what are your findings? |
dinther (16433) | ||
| 1210551 | 2011-06-19 11:13:00 | My friend used a 32" 1080p LCD TV as a monitor for a while. It was horrible to look at up close, TVs are designed to be looked at from a distance. Not sure about newer models, but you're probably better off with something designed to be a monitor. | ryanjames.powell (13554) | ||
| 1210552 | 2011-06-19 13:53:00 | basically above. Because of their lounge prevalence, the depth of the 3d effect that tv's put out is likely to be different to monitors. I mean, you could probably adjust the depth somehow, but figure it out before you go spending thousands on it. I mean, I could just be talking out my backside, but yeah. |
8ftmetalhaed (14526) | ||
| 1210553 | 2011-06-20 03:17:00 | Thanks for that feedback. It is certainly something that needs to be critically tried. I have a normal LCD TV 120 hz at 32" that looks great with a computer. Also I like a bigger screen at 1080p resolution at a slightly larger eye distance because it is easier to focus on the screen. This simply has to do with older eyes and trouble with reading stuff that is too close. The TV I am looking at getting is a Sony KDL-32EX720 which I believe has a 240 Hertz refresh rate. I found this answer. Not sure why I didn't find it earlier. Maybe it is very new. Kinda wonder why 3D graphics cards don't work with 3D TV's out of the box though. www.nvidia.com |
dinther (16433) | ||
| 1210554 | 2011-06-20 04:47:00 | Yes the pixel pitch on a TV is much larger than that of a monitor, trying to read normal text etc on a TV (even a 1080p LCD) is not fun. The good thing though is that with a separate tuner you can turn most monitors into a TV so you can still have both. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1210555 | 2011-06-20 04:55:00 | I can read text on this fine, its 1080p. And yup using a tuner is pretty good. Its clear as | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1210556 | 2011-06-20 05:24:00 | Well it depends on the size of the TV too, the bigger the worse it will be to read text etc | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1210557 | 2011-06-20 09:30:00 | I've got a media PC hooked up to a 40" Sony full HD, running Windows 7 the text is readable but thats all you can say about it. There is a definite time limit to using it as a PC. | PPp (9511) | ||
| 1 | |||||