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06-07-2004, 03:40 PM
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t.v./moniter?
is using a tv as a second moniter a good idea? someone told me that it gave really low resolution, so im here to ask the experts. thanks
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06-07-2004, 03:42 PM
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I've heard it depends what you want to use it for, for pictures it would probably be OK, but writing would probably be quite bad. If I ever get the s-video on my Geforce plugged into the TV I can tell you.
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06-07-2004, 04:10 PM
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The TV can be good for viewing pictures, watching movies, and playing games but nothing will be as sharp as it is on the monitor. A TV is worthless for text and internet browsing. An HDTV may be an exception, however. They have much higher resolution at 1020x720 I belive as opposed to 480x something on a regular TV.
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06-07-2004, 07:18 PM
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yer i have my Tv connected to my PC and it is only really good enough for pictures and movies... no good for internet and online chats (msn, yahoo etc.) but when i have it activated it does screw up your desktop layout if you start moving windows round on your TV display
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06-07-2004, 07:24 PM
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The TV will be able to display 800x600 at most, but not in a good quality, and it will be interlaced. It will look very unsharp and as said, is only good for movies and pictures.
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06-07-2004, 10:04 PM
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The best you'll get from any television is 525 lines (525 in most of Europe and 425 in N. America). And that depends on the inputs used - component video will give you the most (525 or 425 depending), s-video about 20% below that and composite video about 40% below that.
So basically a TV is not a good choice as as second monitor. To watch a video it's fine, but as a monitor, no. Dave. |
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06-07-2004, 10:59 PM
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06-08-2004, 07:58 AM
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