TV as a monitor?
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how many of you guys are using a 1080p tv as a primary monitor? Best buy is offering a no interest credit on TVs over 1000$ until 2012... so I figure if it's a good enough picture, I might pick up a 40" aquos or samsung to replace my 4:3 lcd monitor :P 1080p is supposed to be 1920x1080... that's MORE desktop space than I can ever hope to use... and prevent me from going blind at squinting at smaller monitors.
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I haven't heard of this personally but I'm sure it's possible and some people do it, but you might want to wait for real responses about this before you make your move.
but I mean who cares really right? we'll all be gone by 2012 anyway...
I can either spend 300 for a new 22" samsung widescreen... or I can pay 50 bucks a month for 3 years and get a 42" tv
I'd just go with a second LCD monitor, cheaper and will probably work a lot better.
42" monitor... aug, think my brain would explode.
Good point about contrast ratio/gamma tho... I had forgotten about that with lcd monitors.
Another drawback I was considering was that the tv might not like switching to non 720 or 1080p resolutions.. some directx apps might try and force a resolution it doesn't like.
ha ha ha, i loled. . .
but seriously, i would go nuts trying to draw on my 9X11 tablet for something as large as a 40" screen. but it sure would be cool!!
If you're planning on only paying the minimum for 3 years...chances are you shouldn't be buying this TV!
I have a couple buddies that use a Samsung[SomethingSomethingModel#Here] TV that they use as a monitor. I would make sure it has a PC mode, though. Otherwise, like previously mentioned, the contrast ratio and colors are kinda wishy washy.
never had any problems with screenburn or anything, gamin on it is sick, once i set up the brightness/contrast properly, i could use it for photoshop too. i love it and i'm never going back.
i just go out from the DVI port in my pc, to the HDMI in the tv. it's a pure digital signal, so i can't understand why anyone would have problems =/
it can vary and be quite horribly high on many tv's
As for the dragging payments out, it's not really an issue with me. My credit debt is about 2k as it is right now and can be paid off fairly quickly, adding another 1.5k would not overburden me as I do have enough cash to deal with anything bad should it arise. I'm looking at it purely as a cost/usefulness evaluation.
Good god I envy that low of debt
When I move into my new place next month I was thinking about hooking up my PC to my 50" SXRD set to see what it looked like. Got to make sure to keep my monitor nearby to check for consistency issues.
mind you, I do have a house and car payments... but I consider those expenses more than debt :P
as useful as it sounds, I think I'm going with a standard samsung 22" monitor, on sale this week for 199.
I'm paranoid about my vision issues, (very near sighted) and when I can get bigger things to look at, my eyes don't bug out as much midway through a workday
Its just really cool to have speedy access to your media. I wouldn't work on this set up at all.
you're not running your graphics card at the screens native resolution. and if you are, you're not running the screen at a 1:1 pixel ratio.
Hi I'm looking for a good ~50" tv to use as monitor
I had tried Sony X80J but refresh rate too low when using it on PC. Perfect as a tv tho.
I'm now looking at X85J which has 120hz refresh rate.
I'm looking for 1440p ~1kCAD, less if possible
Any recommendations?
On my second workstation i use the Samsung M7 43" Smartmonitor. Not the best but big.