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Monitors or TVs?
Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 11:25 pm
by Deuce Bigolo
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
Re: Monitors or TVs?
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 6:51 am
by mart
Since the specs include an inbuilt tuner I guess that makes it a TV.
Mart
Re: Monitors or TVs?
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 1:19 pm
by Ned
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.
Re: Monitors or TVs?
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 2:17 pm
by Sam Slater
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.
Re: Monitors or TVs?
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 6:51 pm
by Deuce Bigolo
cheers for the feedback guys
Re: Monitors or TVs?
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:10 pm
by wustenfuchs666
I was looking at this 22" monitor/tv
Not bad for ?250. 1680 x 1050 resolution.