TV as Monitor

[big_b]

I'm currently using 27" monitor on my PC. I have a TV card in the box so I can watch TV when I want to as well.
But the reception is not that good at times as I get a lot of lag & breakup due to the PC doing it's thing while watching TV.
I was wondering how a 32" HD ( 1920 x 1080 res ) TV would go as a monitor.
The way my desk is set up I am sitting about 30" from the screen.

Dave

 

[cascaderailroad]

I have often wondered how to connect a PC to a 70" TV, and run Trainz on it ... I'm going out to the store, to buy a 70" Plasma TV ... all I need is money now ... @ $4000.

When I hit the lottery ... I'm going out to buy, more lottery tickets, a whirlybird, and a new John Deer tractor !

 

[RoysTrainz]

Yes you can but be warned and check with the store any tv connected on losing pixels due to burn into the screen when to long same pict active so I am not sure you want to go that way and pls double check with experts what they advice you, I would say be very careful on the burn in of pixels anyway!

regards

Roy

 

[NCkilla333]

I have two TVs that I use as PC monitors, and yes one of them will burn in if I leave it for too long on the same screen. No pixels have died, but it takes at least a few hours for the burnt in image to fade away. If you can find a TV that has a DVI input it is better that standard VGA.

 

[tension69]

I use my 40" JVC LCD Widescreen with the PC, and have been doing so for over a year now with no problems!

 

[shaneturner12]

Burn-in usually affects the older cathode ray tube (CRT) monitors (the ones that look like big boxes). Flat screen models usually do not suffer from this problem.

Shane

 

[cascaderailroad]

How about using a video projector, to make playing Trainz really huge on a wall.

 

[Lataxe]

I'm currently using 27" monitor on my PC. I have a TV card in the box so I can watch TV when I want to as well.
But the reception is not that good at times as I get a lot of lag & breakup due to the PC doing it's thing while watching TV.
I was wondering how a 32" HD ( 1920 x 1080 res ) TV would go as a monitor.
The way my desk is set up I am sitting about 30" from the screen.

Dave

I generally use a 30" 2560 X 1600 NEC monitor which does very well indeed with both computer imaging (eg Photoshop, Trainz) but also works perfectly as a TV, using a PC dual tuner card that will receive both SD and HD signals. I have the PC upscale both SD and HD to the monitor's native resolution and it looks great. It helps to have a good GPU as well as a decent processor that handles multi-threading well.

I also have (at another building) a similar PC displaying through a 32" Panasonic HD TV at 1920 X 1080. This is fine for TV pictures but doesn't display computer images nearly as well as a monitor. The contrast, colour and sharpness settings all need to be turned down quite a lot to prevent photo files, Trainz or other computer-generated images from looking much too garish and ragged, especially from only 30" away (i.e. when the TV is viewed close-up, as is a monitor when sat at a desk).

Part of the problem is that the pixels are "too big" on a 32" HD TV displaying 1080p when viewed close-up. But the TV is also configured to give a more vivid and contrasty image for video content that does not seem to suit photos or other output from a PC.

Personally I would use a monitor as a TV, using a set-top box and a separate sound system to receive and output a TV signal, if a PC tuner card doesn't run well in the PC itself. TV screens seem to be configured only for TV pictures whereas monitors can cope with anything, including TV. Many monitors these days have an HDMI input which is HDCP-conformant so that content such as Blu-ray with DRM protection can be viewed.

But I may be finicky because my monitor is used mostly for photo-editing & viewing, which needs certain image dislay qualities not really essential for other content such as Trainz, perhaps......? What is your main use for a display? That should perhaps decide the kind of display you'll be content with.

 

[fran1]

Just started using a (I think) 40 inch screen. HDMI lead from the gpu to the telly, telly remote ,select source=hdmi.
Nvidea settings in control panel on the comp auto detects what you have coupled up, tick the telly, untick monitor.
When you first use the TV you will have to find which screen size suits trainz best, the standard resolution gave me to large a screen ( my drivers were half off the screen for eg). Much better on the TV.