Monitors or TVs?

Deuce Bigolo · Post by **Deuce Bigolo** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 11:25 pm

Have Computer Compatible TVs with HD made computer monitors obsolete?

I've seen some obscure brand names at the bottom end of the market like this

It makes me wonder if its just a monitor being called a TV given the price

mart · Post by **mart** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 6:51 am

Since the specs include an inbuilt tuner I guess that makes it a TV.

Mart

Ned · Post by **Ned** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 1:19 pm

Some LCD tvs at the low end are not proper tvs, they are monitors and as such they chop and crop the image rather than presenting it properly. So I'm told.

Sam Slater · Post by **Sam Slater** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 2:17 pm

That TV's resolution is only 1024 x 768 (4:3 ratio), but standard for a 15" screen I guess.

HD digital resolutions are:

1080p/i = 1920 x 1080 (16:9 ratio)

720p = 1280 x 720 (16:9 ratio)

480p/i = 720 x 480 (3:2 ratio)

On a 15" screen, watching HD means either lots of cropping for 1080i, or a tiny picture. For 720p there isn't as much cropping/picture resizing, but you're still losing quality.

Deuce Bigolo · Post by **Deuce Bigolo** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 6:51 pm

cheers for the feedback guys

wustenfuchs666 · Post by **wustenfuchs666** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:10 pm

I was looking at this 22" monitor/tv

Not bad for ?250. 1680 x 1050 resolution.

egafd.com

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