I was turned on to Anandtech by my brother. He recently built his first computer, and talked me into building my next computer instead of buying. My ex computer guy told a friend of mine not to buy a 19" monitor, but to get a 21" flat screen TV (or some dimension thereabout) for use as his monitor. I have always just used a computer monitor. Does anyone know what the limitations of a TV would be vs a monitor. Would you still be able to change settings on the TV monitor the way you are able to on a regular computer monitor? Whoever has experience or expertise with this type of set up, please share it with me.
A Television As A Monitor? What Do You Think?
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Well unless you don't want to go higher than 800x600 don't get a TV. I don't know how high HDTV can go but then you're paying just as much if not more than you would for a monitor.
If you want a large screen then go with a 19" monitor or higher. TVs really don't make good monitors. Plus you have to pay more for your video card becuase you would need one with TV-out. Go with a regular monitor, you wont be sorry.
If you want a large screen then go with a 19" monitor or higher. TVs really don't make good monitors. Plus you have to pay more for your video card becuase you would need one with TV-out. Go with a regular monitor, you wont be sorry.
the only TV i'd use as a monitor is a 42" plasma display that can do 1024x768, they do make those...
HDTV is meant to be ok, but you are much betetr off getting a 19" monitor than a current analogue tv.
TV output to a standard TV would look... Bad compared to a decent 19" monitor, and the 19" would be capable of far higher resolutions (the highest TV output I've seen is 1024x768, and it wasn't pretty. 800x600 was better, though.).
It'd be good for gaming, but I wouldn't use it for day to day tasks personally.
It'd be good for gaming, but I wouldn't use it for day to day tasks personally.
I have one of my rigs using a TV as its' only display, a 31" Panasonic SuperFlat, but for my main rig? No way in he!!.
If you have a machine dedicated to video, editing, playback, DVD etc, then the TV is fine, you will go nuts trying to read text. I'm using every one of the Windows display "for the legaly blind" tweaks that I can and still have to rely on memory to do many things as the text is simply too poor. I also would reccomend having it networked to a machine with a traditional monitor to do any tasks that require you be able to read lots of text(file management etc).
If this is going to be your primary machine, I would go with a 15" monitor over a 21", or even 31" flat screen TV. It is nice for gaming and video, but that is it.
If you have a machine dedicated to video, editing, playback, DVD etc, then the TV is fine, you will go nuts trying to read text. I'm using every one of the Windows display "for the legaly blind"
tweaks that I can and still have to rely on memory to do many things as the text is simply too poor. I also would reccomend having it networked to a machine with a traditional monitor to do any tasks that require you be able to read lots of text(file management etc).If this is going to be your primary machine, I would go with a 15" monitor over a 21", or even 31" flat screen TV. It is nice for gaming and video, but that is it.
what if he got a scan convertor that was capable of outputting at a resolution of 1024x760 or something like that would it look okay then or at least better then a tv out on a video card for day to day uses that is...
The ATI and Matrox TV out is top notch
TV's are physically limited to about 700x500 resolution or some such drivel.
You can drive it with 1024x768 if you want but its just gonna get blurry.
Unless you buy a really expensive HDTV or one of those 'primo' analog ones (cost you about $2000) then its not worth it.
Eric
TV's are physically limited to about 700x500 resolution or some such drivel.
You can drive it with 1024x768 if you want but its just gonna get blurry.
Unless you buy a really expensive HDTV or one of those 'primo' analog ones (cost you about $2000) then its not worth it.
Eric
The ATI and Matrox TV out is top notch
TV's are physically limited to about 700x500 resolution or some such drivel.
You can drive it with 1024x768 if you want but its just gonna get blurry.
Unless you buy a really expensive HDTV or one of those 'primo' analog ones (cost you about $2000) then its not worth it.
Eric
TV's are physically limited to about 700x500 resolution or some such drivel.
You can drive it with 1024x768 if you want but its just gonna get blurry.
Unless you buy a really expensive HDTV or one of those 'primo' analog ones (cost you about $2000) then its not worth it.
Eric
The ATI and Matrox TV out is top notch
TV's are physically limited to about 700x500 resolution or some such drivel.
You can drive it with 1024x768 if you want but its just gonna get blurry.
Unless you buy a really expensive HDTV or one of those 'primo' analog ones (cost you about $2000) then its not worth it.
Eric
TV's are physically limited to about 700x500 resolution or some such drivel.
You can drive it with 1024x768 if you want but its just gonna get blurry.
Unless you buy a really expensive HDTV or one of those 'primo' analog ones (cost you about $2000) then its not worth it.
Eric
just one question, do you plan on reading any text out of that television. if so, forget about it.
the sharpness of most (non digital) television sets are not enough to show text without being fuzzy. also, the resolution of televisions are low, so you can't do much of anything.
i would very much love to use one display for everything, but televisions are not monitors.
the sharpness of most (non digital) television sets are not enough to show text without being fuzzy. also, the resolution of televisions are low, so you can't do much of anything.
i would very much love to use one display for everything, but televisions are not monitors.
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