Anyone use an LCD TV as computer monitor?

[Dial_tone]

My next apt will have a smaller bedroom so I will move the 46" screen to the living room. I still want tv in the bedroom (since little magic is happening there) but two devices seems redundant. I'm thinking about getting a 30'ish inch LCD TV and using that as computer monitor as well. I have a 22" monitor now. All I really do is email, surf and watch pr0n. I just wonder if the pixels would look large, plus the downside of not watching tv while surfing at the same time.

Anyone use a TV as a full-time pc monitor?

 

[SpyWizard]

I have a splitter that i use to project onto the plasma.. but i use a high def 19" with a fast refresh as my normal interface..

 

[Phate1]

My next apt will have a smaller bedroom so I will move the 46" screen to the living room. I still want tv in the bedroom (since little magic is happening there) but two devices seems redundant. I'm thinking about getting a 30'ish inch LCD TV and using that as computer monitor as well. I have a 22" monitor now. All I really do is email, surf and watch pr0n. I just wonder if the pixels would look large, plus the downside of not watching tv while surfing at the same time.

Anyone use a TV as a full-time pc monitor?

i used to use my 120" projector as a computer monitor, and no, pixelation won't be a problem if you connect the two with a VGA cable, they can handle high def easily

 

[stosstruppe]

Not me, desk too small

 

[Dial_tone]

Not me, desk too small

I would just hang the tv on the wall, freeing up desk space.

 

[stosstruppe]

I would just hang the tv on the wall, freeing up desk space.

That is actually an idea, lol.

 

[ConstantChange]

Check out the Samsung T240HD. 24" monitor with a built in tuner. It also has a remote.

 

[chris302001]

my lappy has HDMI output so its super easy. But full time? no.

 

[Razorguns]

remember bigger screen + same # of pixels = bigger pixels and less sharpness. Won't matter if you're watchig transformers in the living room, but matter if you're looking at a tiny text in the corner. To see this effect, take a screenshot of a screen at 800x600 and blow it up to 3x it's size. Also ask people who surf the web on their ps3 how their pages and text look. But honestly depends on how big the tv is.

r

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

You can always adjust the resolution to something more readable too. Of course it still won't be like sitting right in front of a monitor, but it will be better than trying to read the fine print on cable tv ads. The biggest hassle is finding a comfortable place to use the kb/mouse.

 

[ortiz34]

verizon has media manager, plays photos, downloads, videos
I also have third party software to watch videos (youtube etc) on my home tv
I don't use it as my main screen
I got a wif and kid
no elite going down on the tv

 

[chris302001]

anyone know the max resolution that xp/vista/windows 7 support?

 

[ortiz34]

google is your friend on that question

 

[Mr. dB]

remember bigger screen + same # of pixels = bigger pixels and less sharpness. Won't matter if you're watchig transformers in the living room, but matter if you're looking at a tiny text in the corner. To see this effect, take a screenshot of a screen at 800x600 and blow it up to 3x it's size. Also ask people who surf the web on their ps3 how their pages and text look. But honestly depends on how big the tv is.

r

...and how far away from it you're sitting.

 

[Dial_tone]

It would probably be a 30" HD LCD TV. That would be 1920x1080 which isn't far off the 1920x1200 a 28'ish LCD monitor would use anyway.

Another option is just getting a big LCD monitor with a tv card and using that as tv also. That might cause some issues with HD channels but I might not care about those on a bedroom tv anyway.

 

[Lambruh]

you bet

i'm laying in bed right now with a wireless keyboard + mouse, the 38" LCD on the wall used as my monitor... I'm watching the T.O. show on left half of the TV and typing on EF on the other half. Sounds like a fat slob setup, it is, I have 3 of my TV's connected to the same CPU, everything is just wireless and wifi

 

[Dial_tone]

See I am thinking I'd hang a tv on the wall over a desk. I'd sit at the desk to use the computer but sit in bed behind the desk to watch tv.

 

[Lambruh]

sounds nice, do it

if you're running cords make sure whatever TV you buy has a VGA input

 

[Whiskey]

the newer rear projecton t.v.'s are supposed to work great like this. haven't done it though

Whiskey

 

[Mr. dB]

anyone know the max resolution that xp/vista/windows 7 support?

I would imagine the limitation is in the video cards and drivers, not operating system.

 

[chris302001]

I would imagine the limitation is in the video cards and drivers, not operating system.

yeah i think you're right