HDTV as PC Monitor

External Since: Mar 13, 2004 Posts: 7

Is there a Direct View HDTV with a native 4:3 aspect ratio that will
faithfully serve as a PC monitor at 960X720 resolution? I realize
this is low rez by today's standards, but, it is still high enough for
some apps, such as dvd output from powerdvd and such. It needs to be
able to show the entire pixel set evenly onto the screen with no black
borders and no overscanning (loss of outer pixels due to "zooming" or
switching to 16:9, as the Sony KV32DH510 is reported to do). Which of
the 32 or 36 size DHTV sets can accept 960X720 rez at 60 hz (from the
PC's video card), either as a DVI signal (preferred), or as a
component signal, and give a really good picture? If anyone has used
this kind of setup, please advise as to which TV set and video card
you are using. littlberry

External Since: Feb 19, 2005 Posts: 784

Littleberry wrote:

> Is there a Direct View HDTV with a native 4:3 aspect ratio that will
> faithfully serve as a PC monitor at 960X720 resolution? I realize
> this is low rez by today's standards, but, it is still high enough for
> some apps, such as dvd output from powerdvd and such. It needs to be
> able to show the entire pixel set evenly onto the screen with no black
> borders and no overscanning (loss of outer pixels due to "zooming" or
> switching to 16:9, as the Sony KV32DH510 is reported to do). Which of
> the 32 or 36 size DHTV sets can accept 960X720 rez at 60 hz (from the
> PC's video card), either as a DVI signal (preferred), or as a
> component signal, and give a really good picture? If anyone has used
> this kind of setup, please advise as to which TV set and video card
> you are using. littlberry

I don't think you're going to find a 4:3 TV that can actually display 720P.
There are plenty that will accept the signal but few if any that can
display it without downscaling to SD. If they're going to go to the
trouble of making a set that can display that resolution they're going to
go for the full standard which is 16:9.

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