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LCD TV / monitor

  • 08-11-2004 10:57pm
    #1
    gs39t
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 691 ✭✭✭


    Has anyone used one of those LCD TV's for both a TV and a monitor? In short, my CRT monitor died and i was going to buy a new TV and think i can kill two birds with one stone. Whats the real difference between an LCD TV and an LCD monitor?

    Also, has anyone used a plasma screen TV as a monitor, and what were the results?

    TIA

    Gary


Comments

  • #2
    jesus_thats_gre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,441 ✭✭✭✭jesus_thats_gre


    I am considering the same thing to be honest. Would love something really special like the new Dell 23 inch thing with component video in and HDTV support.. Want it as a TV for satelite and consoles and as a monitor.

    edit: Sorry the 26 inch


  • #3
    skywalker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,707 ✭✭✭skywalker


    how much would that set you back jesus? you got a linky?


  • #4
    OfflerCrocGod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,334 ✭✭✭OfflerCrocGod


    Don't go near them they are total crap for action movies they have respones times of 25ms or greater and cost a fortune!


  • #5
    zilog_jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,638 ✭✭✭zilog_jones


    Yes, just because they're not 100-year-old technology (like CRTs) doesn't mean they're the best thing on earth. LCD displays still have a crappy viewing angle, unless you're spending loads on a 16ms one any motion will be blurry, they won't have decent RGB SCART inputs like a proper TV (you'll have to put up with expensive component cables, inferior s-video or even worse composite video for everything that isn't your PC), they can't handle interlaced video (i.e. any TV content that wasn't originally filmed, and most modern console games) properly (they often halve the vertical resolution making it look crap), and the Analogue-to-Digital conversion will make any analogue TV reception that isn't absolutely *perfect* look awful.


  • #6
    jesus_thats_gre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,441 ✭✭✭✭jesus_thats_gre


    http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/lcd_w2600?c=ie&cs=iedhs1&l=en&s=dhs

    This is the bad boy I was thinking off.. The only thing I would be worried about would be the not so high resolutions when using it as a monitor..

    My current Dell 18inch TFT monitor has a refresh time of 25ms and I have not noticed the problems mentioned above that other LCD/TFT users tend to notice with theirs.


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