Using a Monitor as a TV?

[Alex C]

I don't have a tv, and would like to be able to use my old PS2 so I was considering getting a LCD monitor with a TV tuner. I'm looking for a 22" monitor in the sub $300 range, but I can't find any with a tuner. Do the tuner cards work as well as the LCD's with built in tuners? I'm guessing the computer would have to be running in order for that to work, instead of just the monitor? Is there anything else I should know about them, or is there anything special I need to get a PS2 to work with one? I don't know anything about monitors or how the tv tuners work, so any help would be appreciated.

 

[mmnno]

You only want to use a PS2 with it? A tuner is for cable/broadcast television, if you don't want to watch TV on your monitor all you need for your PS2 is a VGA box.


The only one I had experience with was the XCM 1080P box, it came with cables for wii/psp/360/PS3 (PS3 uses the same AV cable as PS2) but no VGA cable. However that box is rather expensive if you only need 480p. I'd shop around, but no matter what you get it will probably end up looking pretty bad on a PC monitor.

 

[Alex C]

I might watch a little tv on it later on if I decide to get cable. Why would it look bad? I assumed it would be similar in quality to watching a dvd on my monitor, am I wrong?

 

[0roo0roo]

go with a tuner
not optimal though, leaving a pc on to watch tv or play ps2..thats an extra 100+watts suckin down for no good reason.
but a "tv" monitor generally sucks because most small lcd tv's are 720p. and to use as a monitor you have to have one that does 1:1 pixel mode. 1280x720 on a 19+ inch monitor is not pretty when displaying text, thats the kinda res you expect on a small macbook screen of 13".