Would this tv be any good as a monitor for my desktop pc?

ih8stress

Have just seen this on hotuk:

http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/634356/21-6-full-hd-1080p-lcd-tv-with-free


and wondered if it would be suitable as a monitor for my new Dell Inspiron 560 pc? (as a possibility as using it as a spare tv as well in the future)

Richie-from-the-Boro

Any TV is more than capable of displaying a computer 1080.

I gave my grandkid a 40" Samsung 1080p as a bedroom tele and he uses it as a monitor on his [ 24 inches from his eyeline ] computer desk.

- just a warning for those who don't know ' viewing distance ' !

Very impressive for his teenage bragging rights, but if I live another 5 years I'm sure he will have a white stick and dark glasses and I don't want that to happen.

10 to 12 foot is the recommended distance for a TV that size, your size however is ok at 24 inches or so !

S0litaire

I've got that same LCD. I got it over a year ago and it's a great Computer monitor.

Can pump out a 1080p videos from my Atom ION media center with ease and it's easy on the eyes for a desktop screen...

If you use VGA things will be fine

If you use HDMI then you might have to play with the screen size For some reason Nvidia cards get the pixel size wrong, so the 1080 resolution goes off of the screen, so had to tweak the settings a bit.

Also you'll get audio through the screens speakers with HDMI.

Eric_Pisch

Richie-from-the-Boro wrote: »

Any TV is more than capable of displaying a computer 1080.

I gave my grandkid a 40" Samsung 1080p as a bedroom tele and he uses it as a monitor on his [ 24 inches from his eyeline ] computer desk.

- just a warning for those who don't know ' viewing distance ' !

Very impressive for his teenage bragging rights, but if I live another 5 years I'm sure he will have a white stick and dark glasses and I don't want that to happen.

10 to 12 foot is the recommended distance for a TV that size, your size however is ok at 24 inches or so !

4.5 - 6.2 foot is the recommended viewing distance for a 40" tv (THX)

http://myhometheater.homestead.com/viewingdistancecalculator.html

JasX

I've seen other posts on here with people finding decent branded 24" PC screens from £160 ish when good deals come along.

Personally I steer clear of unbranded LCD monitors as alot of the performance can be down to a manufacturers control circuitry which some do well and some really don't.

Conclusion: yes it would 'do' / work. but if you can save a little more and wait a month or to you'll probably find something alot more satisfying of better quality and value

Richie-from-the-Boro

Attn : Eric Pisch

"" 10 to 12 foot is the recommended distance for a TV that size, your size however is ok at 24 inches or so ! ""

- the : http://myhometheater.homestead.com/viewingdistancecalculator.html site you referred me to gives a ' resolved ' distance for 1080 of 6 foot.

- I have 280 channels of which only six are [ resolved ] true 1080, so my advice of 10 to 12 foot is correct for 274 channels and I could pull my chair 6 foot closer for the 6 HD channels.

- I'm in that lucky band of people that is able to upscale all 280 to HD and I can tell you that I would most definitely not want to view them at 6 foot, I'm over 70 and have no wish to add blindness to my already arthritic body, or pay an osteopath to treat my stiff neck as a result of watching a footy match at one and a half screen width / distance.

Eric_Pisch

Richie-from-the-Boro wrote: »

Attn : Eric Pisch

"" 10 to 12 foot is the recommended distance for a TV that size, your size however is ok at 24 inches or so ! ""

- the : http://myhometheater.homestead.com/viewingdistancecalculator.html site you referred me to gives a ' resolved ' distance for 1080 of 6 foot.

- I have 280 channels of which only six are [ resolved ] true 1080, so my advice of 10 to 12 foot is correct for 274 channels and I could pull my chair 6 foot closer for the 6 HD channels.

- I'm in that lucky band of people that is able to upscale all 280 to HD and I can tell you that I would most definitely not want to view them at 6 foot, I'm over 70 and have no wish to add blindness to my already arthritic body, or pay an osteopath to treat my stiff neck as a result of watching a footy match at one and a half screen width / distance.

its primarily about viewing angle 12 foot is to far for a 60"

S0litaire

JasX wrote: »

I've seen other posts on here with people finding decent branded 24" PC screens from £160 ish when good deals come along.

Personally I steer clear of unbranded LCD monitors as alot of the performance can be down to a manufacturers control circuitry which some do well and some really don't.

Conclusion: yes it would 'do' / work. but if you can save a little more and wait a month or to you'll probably find something alot more satisfying of better quality and value

UMC are not a "no-name" brand, they're actually one of the largest OEM's when it comes to sub 23" LCD's

(hint: check out any Argos catalogue with sub 23" LCD's notice how the designs look very alike? UMC make them.)

Richie-from-the-Boro

Eric_Pisch wrote: »

its primarily about viewing angle 12 foot is to far for a 60"

Ok we'll leave it there, :wave: I've just looked at the first 5 on a search - plus yours - 6 in total.

My five say 12' yours says 6'.

- 5 to 1 ratio we will agree to differ
- first you say ' viewing distance ', then change it to viewing angle
- I said 40 inch, and you changed it to 60 inch

- and no, I don't want to go on another tangent, reference viewing angle, or you'll change the rules as you go along and we will end up nowhere again my visually challenged friend.

60 inch set at six foot - :rotfl: - :T -:) - :eek:

ih8stress

Thanks for all the input.

As I'm used to just a 15" monitor at present (about 5 years old) I think I'll probably be best looking for a 17" to 19" monitor. I hadn't thought of the viewing distances, so thanks for that.

I'll probably just go for a monitor then, as opposed to a tv that can also be used as a monitor. Any suggestions around the £100 mark would be appreciated.

Thanks.

JasX

you can probably pick up an old 17 or 19" monitor 2nd hand very cheeply, or even on freecycle.

My 24" monitor is a pleasure to look at and sub 20" screens seem postage stamp sized by comparison, and are also a little dated as a standard size now for a 'new' PC w/ monitor.