Use HDTV as monitor?

"DonC" <coondwc.RemoveThis@NOSPAM.hotmail.com> wrote:

>Huh? A typical 1080p panel is 1920 x 1080 while a typical 19" WS LCD is
>1440 x 900. I wouldn't consider that "far higher resolution".
>
>And even though a 1080p has 60% more pixels, it has far fewer pixels per
>square inch: 4734 p/si vs. about 8000 p/si for a 19" widescreen.

Kinda what I thought as well..... but what do I know?!

In article <jV%uj.43424$ov5.42497@newsfe15.phx>, DonC says...
>
> "Conor" <conor_turton.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:623d6mF21tejqU2@mid.individual.net...
> > In article <bulor3p5o78r7o4kj0e0u04gpl611jdoon.DeleteThis@4ax.com>, says...
> >> Larc <larc-news.DeleteThis@saturnlink.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> >I'll admit I'm guessing here, but I suspect this HDTV with its
> >> >resolution would work fine as a computer monitor. I have a 32" LCD
> >> >HDTV with less progressive resolution than this 19" Viewsonic has.
> >>
> >> OK..... but I guess what I'm trying to learn is...why
> >> do the BIGGER HDTV sets have less resolution than this
> >> smaller 19" HDTV set?
> >>
> > Cheaper to produce the panels. The proper 1080p panels have a far
> > higher resolution than the 19's.
>
> Huh? A typical 1080p panel is 1920 x 1080 while a typical 19" WS LCD is
> 1440 x 900. I wouldn't consider that "far higher resolution".
>
The problem is that once you get above 1400x900, the display needs a
framebuffer >1Mbit or something and apparently that gets very
expensive. Oh, and it may not seem much more but you've got another
800,000 pixels to work.



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