Peripherals: Using HD tv's as Monitors
Re: Only 480 lines on Sony
by dave2718525 - 4/24/07 2:00 PM In reply to: Only 480 lines on Sony by dave2718525I resolved this by downloading the latest drivers for the Nvidia card. BTW the FX5600 works very well with my Sony. It has a nice selection of scan resolutions and allows trimming the overscan off the desktop.
Help on getting sound from the TV coming from the PC
by ragenrat - 6/28/09 10:57 AM In reply to: Re: Only 480 lines on Sony by dave2718525HELP!!!
Hello I have HDMI from my PC to my TV but no sound? Does anyone know what I need to do to get the sound going?
I have this hooked up from the PC in the back office to the flat screen HD TV in the living room. (PERFECT PICTURE)but no sound?
Thanks in advance.
Mark
Not all PCs can pipe sound over HDMI.
by R. Proffitt
- 6/28/09 11:35 AM
In reply to: Help on getting sound from the TV coming from the PC by ragenrat
Be sure to create a NEW discussion and add in the make model of all parts of that PC.
LCD Big Screen
by econcors - 2/23/07 5:31 PM In reply to: Using HD tv's as Monitors by AlexanderMagnusI purchased a Olevia 37" LT37HVS LCD/TV monitor it has the whole works installed. I just hooked it up and it was astonishing,no problems,it has split screen,as well. got it at Tiger direct$999 with $100 rebate.
econcors
HD TV purchased from Tigerdirect
by slh53041 - 2/23/07 7:19 PM In reply to: LCD Big Screen by econcorsDid you ever get the Tiger rebate????
Big Screens (HDTV) as monitors
by Naxman - 2/23/07 9:20 PM In reply to: Using HD tv's as Monitors by AlexanderMagnusI do this from time to time. The biggest bang for your buck would be on a 1080p system as you can then take your resolution up to 1920x1080
I have a 1080i screen and as one of the other respondents said, your stuck at a maximum 1280x720 which gives you a very vertical screen. But the net effect of using the HDTV as a monitor is great if you get all the screen content visible that you desire. I get clear picture resolution and text and graphics are fantastic. One other thing I would point out is that you can also use the tv as an additional monitor (running two monitors on your PC) which give you the ability to do detailed stuff on your small monitor while showing your big results on the big screen. I currently run my 1080i screen at 1024x768 via my laptop and I get a really good picture. Hope that helps.
Connect via VGA if possible
by mkoehne - 2/24/07 5:31 AM In reply to: Using HD tv's as Monitors by AlexanderMagnusI wanted to connect my Sony Vaio desktop running MCE2005 to my HDTV Sony 55" LCD. I used a DVI to HDMI cable. The results were VERY disappointing. No matter what resolution I used, the text was blurry and difficult to read. Graphics are just "ok". Since this TV has no VGA input, this was my only option on this set.
So I then took the same PC and connected to my 37" Vizio HDTV LCD via its VGA input. This is AMAZING! Great picture. Clear, readable text. Score 1 for Vizio!
I was the first
by dolbyg - 2/24/07 10:34 AM In reply to: Connect via VGA if possible by mkoehneI was the first to put a computer system together with an HDTV seven years ago. I use one of the VGA inputs on my 36-inch RCA MM36100 (with USB hub) in SVGA mode (800*600). You can't buy this HDTV anymore. There are far better ones on the market today.
The other VGA input is from my RCA DTC100 HDTV receiver (also obsolete). The component input used to be from my DVD player, but is now from my HD DVR. I play DVDs in my computer's DVD burner, now.
I haven't had a "computer monitor" this century. That was not a problem. The problem I saw in advance was the mouse, keyboard and game controller being so far away (12 feet through wood). So, I bought the mouse, game controller and keyboard first. Most on the market are only good to 6 feet and many require line-of-sight. Those would never do.
I am still using my RF Intel Wireless Series keyboard and mouse, but upgrading to Windows XP killed the game controller and crippled the rest.
I ordered the RF "Long Ranger" keyboard and mouse today. It is said to be good to 100 feet without barriers, but reviews complain about the layout and key feel.
People with modern HDTVs will not have the troubles I have had. Mine will not exceed 800*600, and some programs will not work at such low resolution. Get a life! I can't see the pixels from 12 feet away, so why do I need more?!
Not a problem with the Sony.
by tifffany - 3/13/07 8:14 PM In reply to: Connect via VGA if possible by mkoehneYour images were blurry on the Sony because you didn't hit the native resolution of the TV with your video card. The TV cannot adjust to resolutions outside of its range and it does the best it can when presented with an in-range but not native resolution. All you have to do is find out the res. by looking at the specs at the back of the manual. If you can't find it there, go the the Sony website and see if they have it in their knowledge base. The Vizio was able to display your video card's output resolution natively, therefore the picture is excellent, as would the Sony's be if the res was right. Try it, but as folks said in previous posts, don't go PAST the native resolution. Good luck!
Lazarus Afoot
hdtv as monitor
by abogdan51 - 2/24/07 2:10 PM In reply to: Using HD tv's as Monitors by AlexanderMagnusyes, you can do it and should work fine. I have hooked my Vista pc(with an ATI Radeon x1600pro)-via normal VGA- to 42 Plasma HD(Samsung), and it runs at 1280/768 without any problems, and the quality is absolutely brilliant. Vista can adjust the settings for you if you use the media center tutorial, but for me it worked just fine by letting the tv to auto-adjust the images that received(I believe though that depends on the tv...).If you got an LCD, you would probably be able to get a higher resolution(plasma have their limitations for the moment...), but also consider the graphic card.
Just as a personal finding, I will go from now on only for ATI cards, as Windows installed them without any problems or drivers needed, and also the TV worked in a perfect tandem with this cards(I have used three different ATI cards on three computers), whilst the Nvidia caused me headaches with the drivers not accepted by windows and miserable display(with all settings adjusted to very fine tuning, i.e.:instead of a nice green colour I was receiving a red colour for a field of grass...). If you wish, you can buy a VGA-HDMI adaptor, but make sure that the tv has at least two HDMI ports, otherwise it would be very unconvenient to unplug all the time the HDMI to plug the other one from your Sky or satelite.
These being said, I wish you luck with your choice.
hdtv as computer moniter
by Herb Poole - 2/25/07 8:52 AM In reply to: hdtv as monitor by abogdan51I am using a 32 inch hdtv as a computer moniter, that said you need to purchase a tv with a lot of contrast ratio. the less ratio you use there will be more of a goast trail when the colors move on the screen
I am using a Soyo brand 32 inch lcd hdtv with 1600 to 1 contrast ratio and I am wired through the VGA port and I didn't have to ajust anything but the picture quality controls to get a great picture.
You can purchase this TV on the Home Shopping Network
its all about the resolution, monitors are not a rip off
by mgason - 2/26/07 7:03 AM In reply to: Using HD tv's as Monitors by AlexanderMagnusHi,
you may well be just fine using a tv as your monitor. Personally I think 1366 x 720 is not a paticularly great resolution. If you go full 1080, which obviously costs more it would be pretty sweet.
Monitors are not a ripoff though, the dell 30 inch monitors have a resolution of 2560x1600. The monitor currently sells for $1349 and are highly recommended.
Thats a lot more pixels on a monitor.
1366x720 = 983,520 pixels, just short of 1 million
1366x768 = 1,049,088 pixels
Full HD 1080 TV is 1920 x 1080 = 2,073,600 pixels
The monitor at 2560x1600 = 4,096,000 a bit over 4 million
so the monitor still has almost twice the pixels of a the highest resolution of the best high def TV.
You will need one beastie of a video card to run it well (a video card in the $300 range for good performance).
(No I don't work for dell, I just looked up the specs because I had read good things about this monitor)
I don't think so...
by mkoehne - 2/28/07 1:59 PM In reply to: its all about the resolution, monitors are not a rip off by mgasonOk. You've spouted a lot of impressive sounding numbers, but have you ever actually seen 2560x1600 on ANY monitor? At any size?
How close are you going to sit to that 30" monitor? I don't remember the exact formula, but I know the recommended optimal distance to my 55" Sony HDTV is about 10 feet away. Since 30" is about 2/3 of 55", that would put you still over 6" away. I'm thinking that unless you have awful good eyesight, 2560x 1600 is gonna be kinda hard to read from that distance. Aren't those letters are gonna be kinda small??? Maybe the specs are different for Monitors and TVs. I don't know.
But all of that is just guesswork. The reality is, I've used the 37" HDTV in my bedroom as a monitor at 1366x768. Maybe I'm just an old man, but even from about 8 feet away, it's a little hard to read. It looks very good, just small from that distance. Pack 4x as many pixels into that screen and there's no way it's gonna be a good experience.
Oh, yes, one more thing. I paid $899.99 for my 37" HDTV and IT'S ALSO AN HDTV!!!!!!
Resolution doesn't necessarily mean tiny text.
by dblair871 - 3/6/07 7:03 PM In reply to: I don't think so... by mkoehneHaving a really high resolution does not mean you have to have tiny text or icons. There are settings in Windows that allow you to up the default font and icon size.
My goal is to put TV/LCD Monitors in Conference rooms for Architects and Engineers. I did one but found that the tv/monitor tried really hard to zoom in a bit too far. We got around it using software called Powerstrip, but it required learning a lot more about video settings than I really cared to. People tend to sit between 6 and 8 feet from the screen, and while readable and clear, angled lines looked a bit pixellated.
I'm not an expert in this arena, but believe the higher resolution would only server to make things clear, angled lines crisper, etc. with the right settings.
I'm also wondering about aspect ratio. i.e. would circles be round? Anybody have any experience with this?
Architects and Engineers
by dolbyg - 3/6/07 8:09 PM In reply to: Resolution doesn't necessarily mean tiny text. by dblair871mkoehne is really getting into deep waters with his application: Technical drawings for Architects and Engineers. This is where lots of pixels are required... up until 1-pixel-wide lines disappear. At such high resolutions, yes, you must set Windows to use large icons and fonts. Enable anti-aliasing to smooth the edges of angled lines.
That is as far as you can go with basic Windows settings. An advanced (expensive) graphics card could have its own control panel settings to do more, but you will surely need to get into the monitor settings to get correct circles. Ideally, the monitor has adjustments of picture size with separate width and height settings. These can acheive the right aspect ratio. Don't bother until you have the right width and height of pixels for the display. That ratio and quantity must first match your screen.
In a professional application such as yours, where you don't want to read 5 books, call in a freelance professional to set up the displays and then don't change a thing.
Oh. One other thing: buy TFT LCDs with a high contrast ratio (low black level) over 3000 and less than 20 milliseconds (mS) response time.
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