Any actual experience using HDTV as primary monitor?

I have a Sharp Aquos 26" which I believe is HDTV? I sometimes use that
as a PC monitor and it has a super resolution.
Sometimes I download HDTV recordings of TV shows and they look fantastic
on the Aquos, whereas the cable TV leaves a lot to be desired. .

Before I got my other monitors, this was my only PC monitor. I sat on
the floor when I used it. This was the big problem. You usually sit in a
different way when you use a TV to when you use a PC. So you have to
decide which of the two to optimise the TVs position for. Mine was
optimised for TV viewing which was why it was invonvenient. However at
the time I hardly used the PC at all at home because I was so sick of it
after a whole day at work in front of one!

Some of these high end tv monitors have a number of different input
channels, for example mine has Analogue and Digital TV, 2! DVD, VCR and PC.

I had a party a while back and put on some music with a really cool
psychedelic screensaver on the PC. All my (non-techy) friends thought
that was really cool.

You'll have no trouble using your HDTV as a monitor - ideally check the
manual before you buy it to confirm that it has PC DVI or VGA in.

Johanna

Mike T. wrote:
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>>Is anyone currently using or has anyone actually used an HDTV as their
>>primary monitor? How is/was it?
>>
>>Thank you.
>>
>
>
> Interesting question. You do realize that the primary differences between
> computer monitors and HDTV monitors are usually aspect ratio and selection
> of video inputs, right? Heck, I've seen HDTV LCD sets with DVI and even
> D-Sub (SVGA) inputs.
>
> That said, it should work as good as any ordinary LCD computer monitor,
> depending on where it is placed in reference to where you are
> itting. -Dave
>
>
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I tried a Viewsonic LCD TV ... I think about 36 inch. It was
awful. Unreadable at monitor viewing distance. I tried
picture in picture, but again unreadable. TV monitors
don't have enough native resolution capablilty along
the horizontal axis to be used for text. I can clearly
see all the vertical lines in the text. TV relies on moving
images for smoothing, and also, TV assumes much
greater viewing distances.

johns
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>I tried a Viewsonic LCD TV ... I think about 36 inch. It was
> awful. Unreadable at monitor viewing distance. I tried
> picture in picture, but again unreadable. TV monitors
> don't have enough native resolution capablilty along
> the horizontal axis to be used for text. I can clearly
> see all the vertical lines in the text. TV relies on moving
> images for smoothing, and also, TV assumes much
> greater viewing distances.
>
> johns
>

You could have a point there. The cheapest HDTV I could find at walmart is
1366 x 768. At anything larger than about 24" screen, that might look a bit
fuzzy if you sit too close. -Dave
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John Doe wrote:
> Is anyone currently using or has anyone actually used an HDTV as their
> primary monitor? How is/was it?
>
> Thank you.

The problem with using your TV as a monitor is that you need a "dongle"
that will upscale your resolution from your video card to the
appropriate resolution for your TV.

Just plugging in your S-video from your vid card's output to the
S-video input on your TV will look horrible.
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