Using a HD Plasma as a monitor.

[RDM]

Having to set something up in work.

Most of the plasma tvs we are looking to buy for a display board/TV seem to have 1366x768 as their HD resolution but only support 1024x768 as their PC resolution.

Is there anyway to get them to display the full resolution?

 

[chaparral]

A 1080p LCD would be better for a display board....No image retention/or screenburn..

 

[Legionaire68]

Not sure about plasmas but I used my 37" LCD as a monitor for a while. You can use a lower res but you just have black space round your desktop. As far as connectors go get a dvi to HDMI is your telly has an HDMI port as its really sharp for text and makes the d-sub look awful.

 

[ugly ferret]

Avoid plasma like the plague if you want to mainly use it as a monitor. They not only have lower resolutions but often awkward ones that don't work with PC's in the proper aspect ratio, they suffer from screen burn and use a lot more power.

Not sure about plasmas but I used my 37" LCD as a monitor for a while. You can use a lower res but you just have black space round your desktop. As far as connectors go get a dvi to HDMI is your telly has an HDMI port as its really sharp for text and makes the d-sub look awful.

It really depends on the TV, most of the time d-sub is better than hdmi as it offers 1:1 pixel mapping, only 1080p's usually do this over hdmi.