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| Thread ID: 93824 | 2008-10-02 05:57:00 | Buying a straight monitor, or TV come monitor, which is better? | ssssss (2100) | Press F1 |
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| 709194 | 2008-10-02 05:57:00 | I feel it is time to change from my trusty but old Philips CRT monitor, and buy a new LCD one. I am taken by the idea of buying a TV that can double as a monitor. But would these give the same quality for computer work as a straight monitor without TV? Also are dead pixels much of an issue these days, as they were several years ago? I don't want to buy a screen and have this problem. Thanks. :) |
ssssss (2100) | ||
| 709195 | 2008-10-02 05:59:00 | Dead pixels can still happen even on new out of the box LCd's but that's what the warranty is for. Don't know about monitor/TV's never used one | gary67 (56) | ||
| 709196 | 2008-10-02 06:30:00 | I'd buy a normal LCD monitor and a TV tuner. It'll probably work out cheaper. | pine-o-cleen (2955) | ||
| 709197 | 2008-10-02 19:19:00 | An LCD TV won't have nearly the resolution of a monitor of the same size so your picture will look pretty bad. A TV tuner & decent monitor would be the better option. |
autechre (266) | ||
| 709198 | 2008-10-02 19:24:00 | +1 | linw (53) | ||
| 709199 | 2008-10-02 19:59:00 | What size tv are you looking to get? the best 32" lcd screens have only a resolution of 1920x1080 24" monitors have a resolution of 1920x1200, whlie 30" monitors have a resolution of 2560 x 1600, so it will depend on what you actually do with your computer. I would have expected an actual monitor would be better for things like writing documents, coding etc as the image will be substantially sharper due to the higher pixel pitch |
utopian201 (6245) | ||
| 709200 | 2008-10-02 20:23:00 | If the LCD TV is anything like my 22" one then using it as a PC monitor would be downright awful. Use a PC monitor for computer work and put a TV card in your computer to get the best of both worlds. |
CI Sue (14168) | ||
| 709201 | 2008-10-03 05:05:00 | Thanks for the advice. TV isn't all that important to me, so may treat myself to just a monitor. I wonder what Acer monitors are like? DSE seems to have a few. Are new monitors easy to set up, and will they work with Windows XP & Me? (I use the two computers with a KVM switch) :) |
ssssss (2100) | ||
| 709202 | 2008-10-04 11:49:00 | Acer are pretty horrible quality (as most people here will tell you) At least, I hear that all the time about their laptops . Not sure about the monitors though . Monitors are one of the easiest things to install . 1) plug it in 2) set your resolution/refresh rate accordingly (if needed) 3) use it A separate TV tuner card would be best if you ever did want TV, then you can record to your hard drive as well as do timeshifting etc |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 709203 | 2008-10-04 19:42:00 | What size monitor are you thinking of getting? I am very happy with my 20" Viewsonic LCD widescreen monitor. An online store such as Ascent (http://www.ascent.co.nz) has a large selection of monitors to choose from. | CI Sue (14168) | ||
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