Ever used a 1080p HDTV as a PC Monitor?

[DaveJ]

Originally posted by: joshsquall

Originally posted by: ajtyeh

Originally posted by: DaveJ
I've got my 58" 1080p HP DLP hooked up to a HTPC, and it's awesome. Surfing the web is pretty much impossible even if I bump the resolution down to 720p, but movies and games are excellent. I definitely wouldn't want to use it as my primary monitor though.

Dave

why is surfing the web impossible

I'd like to know as well. My main uses for my computer are: surf ATOT, check email, chat online, and play Dota.

For me it's because most websites screw up their text sizes. IE is fairly tolerable because you can set the text larger and have it override the website's default. You can do that in Firefox too but it doesn't work quite as well. And even then you've still got sites that use graphics for everything (buttons, etc) and those don't scale well at all.

YMMV though... My vision sucks anyway, even at ~7.5ft from a 58" screen I still have to bump the text zoom up 4 or 5 notches to see anything. I'm currently running my 21" CRT at 1024x768.

Dave

 

[oogabooga]

Originally posted by: Rage187
I use a 37" 1080P Westy and sit just a couple feet away, it's phenominal, and I wish I could afford the 42".

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I was thinking i was content with my 20in widescreen LCD... Now i'm not so sure...

 

[tomt4535]

Currently Posting from a 32in LCD @720p. Text is a little hard to see from ~6 feet back, but its not too bad. Games and TV are friggen amazing on it though.

 

[ajtyeh]

Originally posted by: Azndude51

Originally posted by: joshsquall

Originally posted by: ajtyeh

Originally posted by: DaveJ
I've got my 58" 1080p HP DLP hooked up to a HTPC, and it's awesome. Surfing the web is pretty much impossible even if I bump the resolution down to 720p, but movies and games are excellent. I definitely wouldn't want to use it as my primary monitor though.

Dave

why is surfing the web impossible

I'd like to know as well. My main uses for my computer are: surf ATOT, check email, chat online, and play Dota.

Probably because it's hard to read the text.

like is it small or blurry

 

[The Batt?sai]

Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
my friend and housemate has a 37inch 1080p monitor he uses for a computer monitor. it looks swweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet.

:thumbsup:

 

[Shadowknight]

While it was cool to see it on a 40-something screen at the Dell-booth in the mall, seeing games like Unreal 2 on a bigger-than-a-normal-monitor (I'm even including the Apple widescreen monitor here) just didn't do much for me. 21-inche tvs and and monitors FTW.