What would be the best monitor or TV for use as both?

[HeroOfPellinor]

Sorry for a possibly confusing title. If you wanted the best TV viewing and the best computer monitor what would you need to get? Also needs to be flat to fit on a wall. LCD TV? LCD monitor?

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Depends on your budget and what size you want.

 

[Agnostos Insania]

I've been contemplating getting this on Black Friday for $900. It's a CRT though and I don't know how good it is for computer use, but it seems like a good deal to me.

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Unlimited budget and somewhere in the upper 20's for size ideally.

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Originally posted by: Agnostos Insania
I've been contemplating getting this on Black Friday for $900. It's a CRT though and I don't know how good it is for computer use, but it seems like a good deal to me.

Argh...forgot. Needs to be flat.

 

[Matthias99]

For use with a computer (at least for dynamically generated content, like 2D desktop work or 3D games), a fixed-pixel display with a digital input and good response time is what you are looking for. Most high-end LCD/DLP/Plasma HDTVs would work well, assuming you can get them to play nice with your video card (avsforum.com has forums with lots and lots of info on this topic). Most of the newer ones have enough pixels to display 720p HD content natively, but not enough for 1080i/p. There are some 1080p LCD HDTVs coming out (or maybe they are out at this point?), but they are not cheap.

For the best video performance, it's hard to beat a high-end CRT like a Sony XBR direct-view CRT HDTV. You could run 720p or 1080i from a computer into one of these as well, but it wouldn't be quite as sharp for desktop work. Computer games would probably look great, though.

The Dell 2405FPW is also a very good 1080p LCD computer monitor that can be used for video display as well. The only problem is that it doesn't have HDCP support, so you can't watch HD content that requires HDCP. It's also only 24", as compared to 30-40" or more for an HDTV.

 

[ribbon13]

$1700 - Westinghouse LVM-37w1
37" 1920x1080p 12ms HDCP

 

[Matthias99]

Originally posted by: ribbon13
$1700 - Westinghouse LVM-37w1
37" 1920x1080p 12ms HDCP

Dang. Those things came down in price pretty quick.

Do you know who makes the LCD panel in that TV?

 

[Agnostos Insania]

While looking at a page I read that 1080i is inferior to 1080p in that it basically halves the framerate. Is 1080p worth the absurd amount of money?

 

[ribbon13]

i = interlaced
p = progressive

Interlacing should have been abandoned as far as I'm concerned.

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

So I'm definitely looking for an LCD monitor and not a plama or LCD TV, then?

 

[JonnyBlaze]

if they are in the budget, check out these from samsung: http://product.samsung.com/cgi-bin/nabc..._path=%2fAudio+and+Video%2fTV%2fDLP+TV

if those are too much go with the westingouse.

dont get something that doesnt support 1080p.