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

Richie-from-the-Boro

ih8stress wrote: »

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.

I've just searched for PC Monitor on e-bay, the criteria was nearest first, and I found nine 19" monitors for around £20 on a ' collect only '

People use e-bay like recycle, too good to throw away but not really worth selling. Add to that the fact that at that price people don't want to box stuff up and get in a courier and you can offer to collect and save them the trouble and pay cash to avoid them paying commission and you may well be on to a winner my friend.

Think about buying by nearest postcode, email them first and ask if you can collect, and bob's-yer-uncle !

ih8stress

Richie: think I would prefer a new model to get the 12 months warranty and knowing my luck anything secondhand would be a dog!

JasX: again, I would prefer new. (I know this is a moneysaving site so really do appreciate your comments). As you say, 17" to 19" are 'old hat' so I'm hoping to pick up a new bargain with this in mind just don't know what makes and specs to be looking out for:)

Eric_Pisch

Richie-from-the-Boro wrote: »

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:

err no the viewing distance affects the viewing angle, HD TV is about immersive entertainment, the PQ is important but other factors such as quality of the source picture and condition of the viewers eyes affect image quality but they do not affect the viewing angle (unless extreme eye problems exists)

I merely mentioned 60" TV because at 12 foot its still to small to give a proper immersive experience, these are THX figures not made up, only the best kit carries THX certification.

As for my eyes I am 20/10 and I have been starring at screens for the past 30 years for 10+ hours a day with no ill effect. I am currently waiting for someone to release a 75" TV which will give me a decent viewing angle at 9 feet.

If your not using the HD TV as it was envisaged being used why buy one?

aliEnRIK

Richie-from-the-Boro wrote: »

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

Thats not entirely true

ih8stress

Am looking at Samsung monitors as these seem to have good reviews. Can someone PLEASE advise which resolution I should be looking at, as I'm totally confused by all the choice.

I have got this handy pixel guide, link given to me by Boliston on another thread, thanks:Thttp://thirdculture.com/joel/shumi/computer/hardware/ppicalc.html
and have read a few threads/forums to get ideas but am still lost in the technology:eek:

I understand that I should be looking for a low response time, vga and dvi if at all possible but am not sure about contrast ratio and brightness figures.

Also is it better to get a widescreen model? I've an old crt one at present.

Sorry for all the questions but my new pc is on order from Dell and I'll be losing internet connection for over a week from tomorrow.

Eric_Pisch

sammys are fine units

for a tv / pc monitor you want full hd which is 1920*1080 resolution

response time as fast as you can get 2ms really helps for fast action games that pan, if your not gaming the response time does not matter so much

the problem with contrast etc is there are many ways to measure it so there's no way to know how meaningful the figure is, pannys new TV based on the pioneer kuro technology has a 5 mill to 1 contrast ratio for instance

aliEnRIK

Eric_Pisch wrote: »

sammys are fine units

for a tv / pc monitor you want full hd which is 1920*1080 resolution

response time as fast as you can get 2ms really helps for fast action games that pan, if your not gaming the response time does not matter so much

the problem with contrast etc is there are many ways to measure it so there's no way to know how meaningful the figure is, pannys new TV based on the pioneer kuro technology has a 5 mill to 1 contrast ratio for instance

Agree with the contrast, its all BS

Response time is completely wrong though as your confusing it with LAG (Not the same thing at all)

Eric_Pisch

aliEnRIK wrote: »

Agree with the contrast, its all BS

Response time is completely wrong though as your confusing it with LAG (Not the same thing at all)

on the whole thou the faster the pixel switching (and again theres several methods of measurement) the less the screen lag, and between contrast and lag, lags the one that will probably make you motion sick so its more important

of course getting a plasma over comes this as they switch in ns not ms

ih8stress

Eric_Pisch wrote: »

sammys are fine units

for a tv / pc monitor you want full hd which is 1920*1080 resolution

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I don't really need it as a tv (it's just that the original posting was of a tv),
just as a pc monitor - so does it still need to be 1920*1080 resolution?

aliEnRIK

Eric_Pisch wrote: »

on the whole thou the faster the pixel switching (and again theres several methods of measurement) the less the screen lag, and between contrast and lag, lags the one that will probably make you motion sick so its more important

of course getting a plasma over comes this as they switch in ns not ms

Again, your confusing response time with lag

Response time is the time taken for a pixel to turn from black to white and back to black again (usually)
Anything under 10ms is fine
LAG is the time taken from when the unit receives the signal to when it actually displays it and can EASILY be over 50ms (Average is 30 on flatscreens)
Its why hardcore gamers still use CRT tvs as they have near zero lag