Olevia HDTV as a monitor

[Fardor]

My friend is wondering if he can use an Olevia (I think 27in) HDTV as a PC monitor.

Will it work well or be fuzzy? What kind of cables does he need?

 

[Tempered81]

it'll work - DVI

 

[CatchPhrase]

It will not be as sharp.
It most likely is 720P so that means 720 pixels across 24+- inches.
A pc monitor has 720 pixels across 15+- inches, much sharper than a tv screen.
It will work via dvi but you should know that the pixels are twice the size. That means jaggy.

 

[Cabages]

I believe it depends mostly on how far away you are sitting from the screen.

It will definitely work, but you may have to sit a farther back from the screen than a usual monitor.

 

[sutahz]

It will work, but only you know if it will give you the performance you want.
27"(you think) so 99% chance its a 1080i/720p TV so it has ~1366x768 resolution. Are you used to 1024x768 or 1440x900? If your use to 1600x1200 or 1680x1050 however, you may not be as happy w/ it as you would like to be. Big screens do rock though.
If the TV has a DVI input, you can just use a normal dvi-d to dvi-d cable. If it only has HDMI then you need a DVI-D to HDMI cable.
http://www.monoprice.com/produ...%3E&keyword=DVI%20HDMI