monitor vs. TV?

[hodgenutts]

Ok not sure if this is the right place, but this section in called, video cards and "graphics"

I was wondering, right now 1080p 24 inch tv's are cheaper than 1080p monitors. If I'm wanting to run 1080p resolution for gaming on my pc, and other than the TV having a tuner, what are the real differences (i.e. advantages, disadvantages) between using 1080p monitor or TV. Thank you very much for the help.

 

[Itchrelief]

Are you sure you're not looking at 24" 720 TVs or accidentally selecting IPS/MVA monitors? Run of the mill 60Hz TN vs TN without insane pixel response ratings, they seem approximately the same to me, $150ish to $250 or so, maybe with the TVs being slightly more expensive by $10-$20.

 

[hodgenutts]

With holiday sales, there's a slew of 60 hz 24" 1080p 5ms led backlight and lcd tv's running at $129 price point. But the question was, what are really the advantages, disadvantages between 1080p monitors and TV's other than the Tundra.

 

[runzwithsizorz]

I was wondering the same thing...except I'm looking at a 32/36"" TV (Samsung 1080p) vsa 24" monitor. Price is a factor, but If a TV would perform as well as well as a monitor for gaming, I would consider the Samsung. However, I do not know if a Samsung TV would perform as well as a PC monitor for games. If anyone has any thoughts on the subject, please respond. Also, hodgenutts, you might want to post on "Peripherals" as well.

 

[ShintaiDK]

For me TVs are horrible as monitors. And I got the lastest Samsung 7 series TV (UE55ES7005). We got the HTPC connected to it.

 

[runzwithsizorz]

I kind of agree with Shintai...I have done lots of research, and as of now, I don't think there are any TV's out there that will be quite as good for PC gaming as a monitor. I could be wrong...if anyone has another opinion, it would be appreciated. Look for lag time, resolution, and are the options available on the video card/PC gaming settings transferable to a TV? I'm no techie, and may not be expressing myself incorrectly, but unfortunately I don't see a TV has as many options as a monitor.

Wife of Runz

 

[frozentundra123456]

For me TVs are horrible as monitors. And I got the lastest Samsung 7 series TV (UE55ES7005). We got the HTPC connected to it.

Horrible in what way? Could you be more specific as the why they didnt work well? I was thinking of giving my old low end gaming computer to my grandson to hook up to his TV.

 

[arkcom]

I use a 42" LG 42CS560 as my primary monitor. Love it.

 

[KriB]

My receiver feeding TV signals to my Samsung UA55D8000 needs a 90 ms delay on the sound to be synchronized with the video. That makes it unplayable, even in "Game" mode. Maybe I am doing it wrong or I am unlucky with my set, but that made me give up on even trying playing games using my TV as monitor.

 

[ShintaiDK]

Horrible in what way? Could you be more specific as the why they didnt work well? I was thinking of giving my old low end gaming computer to my grandson to hook up to his TV.

Maybe I am used to high quality monitors. But its night and day for me to compare the 2. The view quality is simply way way too low for me on TVs. They work fine for the TV motion part, not really that much for text and other things that require precision.

The monitors I use to compare is Dell U2407FPW and Dell U2713HM.

But how can people even be in doubt. There is a reason why a 30"+ TV cost a fraction of the same monitor.

Its an interesting topic tho for an Anandtech article.

 

[Jimzz]

I use a "tv" for my computer monitor.

You have to compare apples to apples. A cheap LCD TV is the same as a cheap LCD monitor just the TV has a tuner.

If you don't need 120+hz and other features like that then the 1080p tv should be fine. If you need the higher features (esp higher than 1080p Res.) then get a high end monitor.

 

[ShintaiDK]

I dont consider a UE55ES7005 a cheap TV