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| Thread ID: 107526 | 2010-02-19 22:14:00 | Using a TV as a monitor. | Guerilla Surgeon (6848) | Press F1 |
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| 860032 | 2010-02-19 22:14:00 | I like to see two pages of Microsoft Word at once when I work. I was thinking of getting a bigger screen, so that I can see it without mucking around with the size too much. When I get to the shop the guy says you can use any TV screen as a computer screen now. Sounds great I could get a cheapish 32 inch or 26 inch LCD, and use that? It sounds too good to be true are there any drawbacks? | Guerilla Surgeon (6848) | ||
| 860033 | 2010-02-19 22:20:00 | You would be better off going the other way - using a computer screen as a TV combined. LCD Computer screens are far cheaper than TV LCD's. Our media center has a 32" Wide Screen TV, the TV is fine, the Computer side is OK, but not that great, I wouldn't like to try and work on it, Eg: Word Documents or spread sheets - its mainly used for playing DVD's / Movies and Music on the computer side.. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 860034 | 2010-02-19 22:24:00 | Sorry, could you be a bit more specific :-)? Particularly about the computer side being okay but not that great. Larger size computer screens also seemed to be very expensive, I'm speaking of 23 inch and above here. Compared to a 32 inch TV which I can pick up for about $650. | Guerilla Surgeon (6848) | ||
| 860035 | 2010-02-19 22:28:00 | Because TVs then to be way lower resolution than monitors. | pctek (84) | ||
| 860036 | 2010-02-19 23:39:00 | You won't get the same resolution on a big screen TV as with a big monitor. Your text on the big screen TV would look fuzzy. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 860037 | 2010-02-20 02:16:00 | AH. Dammit. Thanks. | Guerilla Surgeon (6848) | ||
| 860038 | 2010-02-20 03:37:00 | You could use 2 monitors. | Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 860039 | 2010-02-21 00:59:00 | My 37" LCD @ 1920x1080 is just a clear with text as my 22" monitor @ 1680x1050. As long as you go full hd on the tv itl look fine, just have to pay the extra bucks |
hueybot3000 (3646) | ||
| 860040 | 2010-02-21 01:40:00 | You won't get the same resolution on a big screen TV as with a big monitor. Your text on the big screen TV would look fuzzy. :) Not neccessarily....many TVs are above 720p resolution these days..(lots of 1080p TVs too) I agree with hueybot - A TV of the same resolution and screen size as a monitor would cost much more due to the extra ports, which are unneeded unless you plan to use it as a TV. You can easily get a 23.5" decent Full HD for around $300 Viewsonic, Samsung and LG are good. Blam |
Blam (54) | ||
| 860041 | 2010-02-21 04:52:00 | Kinda goes against the point of resolution. Most TVs are 1080p these days anyway, BUT it's still the same amount of visibility... Which is just a waste of space, IMO. I wouldn't particularly want it that big. Not if you are going to be within 5m of the screen. But meh, to each his own. |
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