TV vs Monitor ? !

YoungOzzy

YoungOzzy

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I used to have 2 x 22" for i worked on photoshop and after effects stuff, unfortunately the second one fell and was unable to claim it on house insurance.

Sold my Panasonic 32" LCD HDTV today for £200 and have the single monitor now, at the minute im thinking of selling the monitor as well and buying a very good spec tv ! Looking to get the deal in Argos for the 32" LG for £299 we have it downstairs and its unbelievable ! But of course it ended today ! B**tards.

Can you get a 30"+ monitor for under £300 ?

Dont watch much TV normally use the online options like iplayer if i want to watch anything.

Want i want TV wise :- 1080 p/i , HD, 1920 x 1080 res for PC via HDMI

What you think i should do ?
 
Buy 2 23" monitors for £300 with 2048x1152 resolution? I would only say that because I own them...

I personally dislike TV's due to the pixel pitch, do you sit far away from your machine during normal use?
 
I'm using my Samsung SyncMaster as my main screen. I find there's almost no difference between that and my monitor at home (the monitor cost about £100 more and is bit bigger/higher contract). Its useful for when I want to play on my Xbox. Saved me having to bring a two screens down to uni. Shouldn't be too hard to find a nice TV to use. :)
 
i'm using a 37" lg lh7000 and its pretty awsome only problem is you can only use 60hz when using any tv as a pc monitor which is a shame as anything over 60hz on a tv is software controlled with in the tv.
 
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EdwardTeach said:
what do you mean by pixel pitch?
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Basically the size of the pixel. So say on a 15" you had a resolution of 1920x1200 the size of the pixels would need to be substantially smaller than a 24" screen as it has less space to fit into.

Long story short, large screens with high resolutions will often have very high pixel pitch (meaning the individual pixels are more visible) which causes issues if you sit close.

Some people will notice it more than others, I've always been working on fine pixel pitch monitors so if I see large pixels I run away.

**Added a calculator for you... if it makes any sense to you**
http://thirdculture.com/joel/shumi/computer/hardware/ppicalc.html

For reference, my pixel pitch is: 0.2486 @ 2048x1152 23" making my pixels very hard to see even when up close to the monitors.
 
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Which is better ? TV or 2nd monitor ? Last TV i had would only go to 1360 x 768 and was crap for Pc, where as the downstairs (32LH3000) goes to 1920 x 1080, and was beautiful for a monitor the 15 mins i tryed it !
 
I'm currently using a 1080P 37" LG LCD that I picked up last year for £399

Pretty decent as a monitor actually :p

It's not as good as a dell ultrasharp - but that's to be expected.

I was using a 24" 1920x1200 LCD before, so I've taken a "res hit", but that increased size makes up for it!
 
YoungOzzy said:
Which is better ? TV or 2nd monitor ? Last TV i had would only go to 1360 x 768 and was crap for Pc, where as the downstairs (32LH3000) goes to 1920 x 1080, and was beautiful for a monitor the 15 mins i tryed it !
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LH 32LH3000 is an awesome TV for the price. i bought my mum one and it impressed me so much i was forced to buy a 42LH7000.. which is double the price and tbh i dont think its any better, infact im trying to return it but the online retailer is giving me grief. I got my eye now on the Samsung 46" LE46C650.. which is this years model with freeview HD tuner which = World Cup in HD :D

back to OP: From my research the main drawback for HDTVs is that monitors have much better input lag/refresh rate which = better for gaming. And this 100hz feature is not that good as its not true 100refreshes a second. But still the size difference is a big positive.

I still think TV would be a good idea aslong as you do your research.
 
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rexehuk said:
Basically the size of the pixel. So say on a 15" you had a resolution of 1920x1200 the size of the pixels would need to be substantially smaller than a 24" screen as it has less space to fit into.

Long story short, large screens with high resolutions will often have very high pixel pitch (meaning the individual pixels are more visible) which causes issues if you sit close.

Some people will notice it more than others, I've always been working on fine pixel pitch monitors so if I see large pixels I run away.

**Added a calculator for you... if it makes any sense to you**
http://thirdculture.com/joel/shumi/computer/hardware/ppicalc.html

For reference, my pixel pitch is: 0.2486 @ 2048x1152 23" making my pixels very hard to see even when up close to the monitors.
Click to expand...

So any 1080i/1080p TV will be usable as a monitor? Of course if he wants a bigger TV then it would have more of an impact. I would assume anything under 30" would be acceptable.
 
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