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12-20-2006, 02:24 PM
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LCD TV or LCD Monitor?
Hey everyone,
Im new here, but not to message boards in general. Ive been searching and reading old posts, but haven't found most of the anwsers I'm looking for. Im about to build a PC, & one of my main concerns is the monitor. I've had my eye on this 27" LCD from Circuit City. It says its PC-Compatible, and seems like it'd be ok to use as a primary monitor for my PC. http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/OLEVI...oductDetail.do I dont know much about resolutions and contrast ratios, etc. Soo I was wondering if any of you could help me out. Would this size of a TV totaly jack up my settings for my computer? Would everything like my desktop and videos and games all look distorted? I like the idea of this TV because its bigger, and for the same price, i'd only be able to get a 19-20" LCD monitor w/ a TV tuner card. But I'm new to all of this, so I'd like to hear your opinion on which would be a better choice. LCD TV....or LCD Monitor ??? |
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12-20-2006, 06:39 PM
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That's a nice price for that size TV. But it only has the analog 15 pin D-Sub input for PCs. So you woulnd't be getting the best picture possible from your new rig. Especially if the video card only has DVI outputs, then you would have to downcovnvert the signal to Analog. Wait to see what other members have to say about it...
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12-20-2006, 10:05 PM
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I was thinkin there would be another way to hook it up. The TV has a HDMI imput...I was thinking DVI to HDMI from the PC....woudn't that work?
Ok, so yes, Connection and Resolution...will I have issues? |
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12-21-2006, 10:08 AM
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Yes...that would work nicely. HDMI and DVI use the same encoding scheme. So you won't need a converter box. Just a DVI-to-HDMI cable. HDMI carries audio and video signal. DVI only carries video. That and the connector is the difference between the two standards.
The resolution listed in specs is 1366 x 768. I'm assuming that's native. I'm thinking that as long as you get a video card that supports that resolution, you shouldn't have any trouble using the TV as a monitor. Hope that helps e.n.
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12-22-2006, 07:05 AM
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12-25-2006, 12:09 PM
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Bump....
Anyone else?? Do the majority of you use LCD monitors w/ a tv tuner?? Or do you use TV's and just hook up the CPU to it? I'm just trying to figure out what the majority of people do, and why... I just really dont want to go get this TV, and then my screen/cpu look horrible on it....I'm just still not sure what to do. |
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12-25-2006, 12:59 PM
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Wrench Bender
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1366x768 resolution for a 27" computer monitor is pretty low. That's about the native resolution for a 15" LCD computer monitor. For computer work the image would be very grainy.
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