HDTV as PC Monitor

[weezerdude]

ok this question has been bugging me for days.. how good of quality will a hdtv tv monitor with 720p/1080I resolution be compared to a nice old 19 CRT monitor at the resolution of 1280 by 1024 .. Im really thinking about getting a nice 30 inch widescreen hdtv.. not plasma or lcd... and using it as my computer monitor as well a tv .. currently my room has a big crt and a tv.. i feel like im wasting space in my room...

 

[islandtechengineers]

all i can suggest is give it a shot and let us know the results (or hopefully someone whos got this down tried it and is willing to post up).

 

[mitchafi]

I'd be interested to know the results...sounds like something I might want to do.

 

[Dravic]

The only issues i can see are:


The resolution in HD should work fine for a monitor. But..

1. HD Widescreen format.. needs a card that can support 1920x1080(for 1080i/p) or 1280x720(720p) lines.

2. DVI inputs for the computer video cards and Home Theater/DVD players have different specs. The PC card DVI format won?t pass blacker then black into a TV's DVI. PC's pass RGB values from 0-255, Video equip passes RGB values from 16-235. So PC DVI tends not to display the lightest and darkest parts as 16 and 235 are not at the ends of its spectrums. This can leave movies like the matrix, and other dark films a little flat if going from a PC video card to a TV monitor

If you use component you should be fine.

 

[spidey07]

I'd be concerend that the TV couldn't even come close to actually having 1920/1080i resoltion.

Most can't even do 1280x720p unless they are fixed pixel.

 

[Noid]

I used to send my output to my 50" Mitubishi.

It was hard to read text, but good enough for movies.

30" would be better with text than my 50" I would think.