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TV as monitor

  • 15-02-2009 9:24pm
    #1
    johnnyskeleton
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 14,559 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    I am thinking of buying a new desktop computer as this one is really slow. I want to get a fairly cheap computer, but I wouldn't mind spending that bit more if instead of getting a normal monitor I got one of the Flatscreen TVs with a vga connector and used that. Equally, I wouldn't mind getting a computer with a blue ray disk drive to play through the screen.I've priced these in Northern Ireland at about £750 for a good PC & a 24" HD ready TV,but I'm wondering:
    1) are there any problems using a TV as a moitor?
    2) would the blu ray through the computer be of a lesser quality than through a blu ray player
    3) is there any benefit to Full HD (or HD 1080p) as opposed to HD ready?
    Thanks in advance,js


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  • #2
    Donald-Duck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,119 ✭✭✭Donald-Duck


    VGA cables don't do HD.


  • #3
    Blowfish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,112 ✭✭✭Blowfish


    Donald-Duck wrote: »
    VGA cables don't do HD.
    Incorrect, theoretically there is no max res limit for a VGA cable.

    In practice I'd imagine 2560 x 1600 would look pretty poor on a single VGA, but it should be fine for up to 1900 x 1200.


  • #4
    johnnyskeleton
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 14,559 Mod ✭✭✭✭johnnyskeleton


    Blowfish wrote: »
    Incorrect, theoretically there is no max res limit for a VGA cable.

    In practice I'd imagine 2560 x 1600 would look pretty poor on a single VGA, but it should be fine for up to 1900 x 1200.

    Thanks, but that's a little over my head. How would this impact watching a blu ray movie and browsing the internet on a 24" TV screen? Would a larger screen look worse and overall would it just make more sense to buy a separate monitor and TV?


  • #5
    Blazer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,475 ✭✭✭✭Blazer


    Ok first off.
    Unless you get a 1080P Full HD TV (1920x1080) it's gonna look pretty crap when used on you pc for normal stuff.
    Blu-ray is 1080p anyway so I'd advise anyone getting LCD now to get a 1080p one.
    Secondly you want to make sure that the video card you get is HDCP compliant in order to play blu-ray. The majority of new cards are though so as long as you stick to the current generation of cards you'll be fine.


  • #6
    redox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12 ✭redox


    Even if you are running 1920x1200, the larger the LCD TV, the coarser the text. You'll need to step back quite a bit to regain the sharpness you'd get from a 'proper' monitor.

    27" is the largest I'd go for 1920x1200.


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  • #7
    johnnyskeleton
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 14,559 Mod ✭✭✭✭johnnyskeleton


    The thanks button isn't working for me, but thanks to all for the replies.


  • #8
    bealbocht
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    http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=347595


  • #9
    fugazied
    Closed Accounts Posts: 162 ✭✭fugazied


    Make sure it's an LCD, I have a 40" Sony Bravia LCD (1080p) and it looks AMAZING when I plug it into my macbook pro via DVI. For games it is also spectacular. x.gif New PCs now can also have a HDMI output on the graphics card, if you have a decent HD TV with spare HDMI inputs, just get one of those cards.


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