This 32" 720p HDTV okay for a gaming pc?

[travsav]

I just won this tv in a basketball pig contest, heh...

http://www.walmart.com/catalog...4110944&ci_sku=5623472

I already have a bigger screen in my living room, and bedroom... I thought maybe I could use this as a monitor...

I have an 8800gtx in my pc... I don't have a DVI-to-HDMI cable yet, would it be okay to use an svideo?

 

[Tegeril]

It will look pretty horrible over S-Video, but there's nothing stopping it from working. That's also fairly low res for a screen that is going to be right in front of you. Look at it this way, people bemoan the Macbook Pro 15" for still only being 1440x900 and that being too low. You'd be putting a screen over twice its size with less resolution at a similar viewing distance. Don't get me wrong, having a big screen is nice, but your workable resolution will not be pleasant imo.

Got a TV in your kitchen yet?

 

[sivart]

Good TV for video, but I wouldn't use anything less than a 1080p TV as a monitor.

 

[heyheybooboo]

It will work great and look fabulous from around 6 feet - snag a DVI --->>HDMI cable and off yah go ...

 

[travsav]

Yep, grabbed a DVI-HDMI cable... mucho better...

It will let me set the resolution clear up to 1920x1080 but the text is blurring anyway to fix this?

 

[Tegeril]

No, running a panel at a non-native resolution will likely result in the blurry effect you're seeing.

 

[sivart]

Originally posted by: travsav
Yep, grabbed a DVI-HDMI cable... mucho better...

It will let me set the resolution clear up to 1920x1080 but the text is blurring anyway to fix this?

Buy a TV with a higher native resolution.

 

[blckgrffn]

heh, I would expect to use it for games and not web browsing. Sweet for games though...