Homer Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 so has anyone used some of these new big screen high def flatscreen tv's as a monitor? i'm just curious cuz i'm wondering why i would spend $200 on a 22inch monitor if i could get a significantly larger screen that is also used as a tv. for anyone who's used them, is there a change in quality? or anything else i should look for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thome25 Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 I got a 37 inch flat screen HDTV that I got alittle less then a years ago that I could hook up to the computer but I never tryed it. I mean it has the inputs for it to took up I just have'nt tryed it out yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted December 3, 2008 Author Share Posted December 3, 2008 that's what i'm curious to see since these big screens are high def, unlike tv's of past where everything gets blurry if you hook it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrigleyville33 Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 My friend has. We played company of heroes on his big screen vizio. The quality seems flawless to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RdSoxFan618 Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 I have hooked my PC up to our 40'' HDTV once when a friend was over, it was SWEET. I played America's Army on the TV while he would sit on his computer on the floor and play on his computer. That's what's great, his TV uses PIP, so we have the Wii on the right side and a computer screen on the right. It is great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted December 3, 2008 Author Share Posted December 3, 2008 i just can't believe more of us haven't tried this. cuz if this works out, i'm never buying a monitor again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted December 3, 2008 Author Share Posted December 3, 2008 I have hooked my PC up to our 40'' HDTV once when a friend was over, it was SWEET. I played America's Army on the TV while he would sit on his computer on the floor and play on his computer. That's what's great, his TV uses PIP, so we have the Wii on the right side and a computer screen on the right. It is great. what about for things like browsing the internet or working in photoshop, or word...is there any loss of quality there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOHN3057 Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 What do you guys use to connect?? S-video, HDMI?? Just curious. I have a decent size HD TV and havent tried yet. My PC only has s video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanzarelli Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 I have my laptop connected to my 32" HDTV via HDMI. Granted, my laptop has it's own HDMI Output. The video quality is also frigging superb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stecropper Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 I use a Vizio 47" LCD HDTV solely for the game and very seldom use it as a TV. For the game it is every bit as good or better than the previous high quality monitors I used. I would suggest you make certain you have a traditional PC RGB hookups for the PC to the TV ---- thus it is connected just like a traditional PC Monitor would be. And make sure that the TV has at least 8 milliseconds or less respond time as one of it specs. I have used both a 37" Vizio with 8MS respond time and this 47" that specs at 5MS which has been really good on both. Good Luck, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cococrispy Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 I have a 40" tv, I have been too busy lately to hook it up though. However, it should look great on a big TV. I just need to fix the sound on my TV when I hook it up to my computer... (my problem) Anyway, a nice big hd tv should work perfect. I sometimes play Call of Duty 4 (PC) on this big TV, with the graphics boosted up to the max, it is AMAZING. So, yah, its definitely worth it to get a big TV and hook it up with the computer and play it. I am assuming that you play with a gamepad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiheat32 Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 i had that same thought homer and i went out and bought a $400 22 inch aoc hd lcd monitor (that i got for 200). first of all, the hdtv quality is great for its 780i or whatever it is. the only problem is that my stupid graphics card makes it impossible to get widescreen on the tv because the resolution on the monitor does not support 1920x1200 (it only goes up to like 1780x1200) and that is the only widescreen setting that my graphic card provides . anyways, i have to stretch the screen to make it look widescreen because there is no other option. just make sure you look at the resolutions on your computer and those of the tv before purchasing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil1182 Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 What do you guys use to connect?? S-video, HDMI?? Just curious. I have a decent size HD TV and havent tried yet. My PC only has s video. S-Video is not suitable for HDTV's. I think the resolution limit is 480i or 576i. I tried it on my 42in. 720p TV and it looks like crap. I have to get a DVI to HDMI connector. It also depends on the video card you have. Obviously the new HD cards will be better to hookup your TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted December 3, 2008 Author Share Posted December 3, 2008 i'd be willing to upgrade a graphics card for a 36 inch monitor. you guys have convinced me now. i will give this a shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mav3rek Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 It may also depend on your video card. I know they make video cards with HDMI outputs. That may be your best bet if you are going to do this. You can get on at walmart for 99 bucks or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigPaPa Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 My parents have a 46 inch top of the line samsung at their place and ive plugged my computer into it and i must say that any game that is a computer version of a console game is pretty stunning on it, but for general computing or High end PC only games its just not high enough resolution for the screen size and things start to get grainy. If you want a TV that is really able to act as both HDTV and an all purpose PC Monitor check out: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16889237014 The smallest 1080p tv on the market and at a decent price. Doesnt have the eye poping Specs of a samsung but its small enough to be able to use for Web Surfing ect. and big enough to still be pretty awesome for gaming. As for how to plug in most Video cards today have either a DVI out or a S-Video out or both. Either of those can carry a full 1080p signal with the right converter. HDMI is a little better but the main upgrade form DVI to HDMI is that HDMI can carry a 1080p signal and 7.1 surround audio on the same cable so DVI is just fine. Even jsut your average VGA monitor port can do it but that tends to look a little bit mroe grainy in my opinion but it would work. Other things to keep in mind is that in MVP reaction time is very important so a TV with 5-8 MS delay may mess up your skillz till you get used to it so a 2 or 3 ms delay might be better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted December 4, 2008 Author Share Posted December 4, 2008 i'm looking in the 36 inch range or higher. unless of course as you mentioned, the quality of surfing and gaming goes down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigPaPa Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 gaming, no but web surfing and word processing and every other mundane non entertainment related thing becomes a bit annoying as you have to sit pretty far back to ger a good look at it. If you want something that big and money is no object id look at one of thse: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList....5151&name=30%22 main disadvantages are no sound and its only single channel so its slightly more work to make a TV out of it, BUT the 2460 x 1600 resolution makes it serviceable as a All Purpose Monitor and Makes Gaming look better then any HDTV in the world. I mean i LOVE playing MVP and other game son my parants Samsung the colors are so vivid everyhting looks life sized good enough to drool over but trying to do anyhitng but game gives me a Major headache. Reading off those screens is brutal because the words are so god dam big it jsut makes my head hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted December 4, 2008 Author Share Posted December 4, 2008 i have a pretty deep desk space, so moving it back and forth is fine. plus, viewing x-rays on a high def screen that size is amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RdSoxFan618 Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 what about for things like browsing the internet or working in photoshop, or word...is there any loss of quality there? Well, working in Photoshop, I haven't tried it, but basically everything would be really small, but you'd have a huge area for the canvas and you'd be able to fit all the different windows on the right hand side. As for the internet, if the page is absolutely positioned, then a lot of sites will appear small but readable. No loss of quality at all. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkB Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Hey Homer, sorry for the late post. I purchased a 37" LCD a few months ago and have used it as a monitor to play MVP and watch movies on using a 5-metre VGA cable from my laptop. It works absolutely great, but I wouldn't recommend it for everyday use unless you have a desk quite far away from the TV, it's not really suitable for day-do-day internet use and word processing. If it's of any use, here's a photo of MVP on it for reference. http://www.mvpmods.com/Forums/download/id=3253.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted December 15, 2008 Author Share Posted December 15, 2008 i've got a set up in the den that would be good for it. i can actually mount the tv on the wall with the desk in front. but also have the couches beyond that so it can be used as both as a game tv, monitor, and a tv. i figured the text would be rather large and stuff, along with everything. i guess my main concern was with the text being blurry and such. but i appreciate the feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cococrispy Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 I played on my big 40" tv with MVP 05 PC a week ago, and the best feeling ever happened. Everything, so nice... crisp... amazing... and worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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