LCD TV as Monitor?

Confused when I see LCD TV's advertised with VGA or DVI adapters on them.
Does this mean it can function as a computer monitor or would the picture on
a LCD TV be of much less lower quality then a product labeled LCD MONITOR?

Thanks.

Al Franz, , the gill-equipped, negligent
door-to-door salesman, and eater of common weeds, squeaked:

Confused when I see LCD TV's advertised with VGA or DVI adapters on
them. Does this mean it can function as a computer monitor or would
the picture on a LCD TV be of much less lower quality then a product
labeled LCD MONITOR?
Thanks.

Sometimes it's difficult to find the specs but all the LCD TVs that I have
checked have a very low resolution if used as a PC monitor. I am used to
1600 x 1200 so even 1024 x 768 seems far too small but they were lower
still.

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An LCD TV has far fewer pixels, thus lower resolution, than an equivalent
size LCD monitor.

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"Al Franz" wrote in message
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Confused when I see LCD TV's advertised with VGA or DVI adapters on them.
Does this mean it can function as a computer monitor or would the picture
on a LCD TV be of much less lower quality then a product labeled LCD
MONITOR?

Thanks.

An LCD TV has far fewer pixels, thus lower resolution, than an equivalent
size LCD monitor.

Ok

But can I ask the reverse question then?

Does a LCD monitor and PC with TV card in it make a
better "TV" than an LCD TV?

In article , says...
An LCD TV has far fewer pixels, thus lower resolution, than an equivalent
size LCD monitor.

Ok

But can I ask the reverse question then?

Does a LCD monitor and PC with TV card in it make a
better "TV" than an LCD TV?

Not in a million years. Even the LCD PC monitors WITH a dedicated TV
tuner in look ****e.


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Not in a million years. Even the LCD PC monitors WITH a dedicated TV
tuner in look ****e.

As compared to what?

In article , says...
Not in a million years. Even the LCD PC monitors WITH a dedicated TV
tuner in look ****e.

As compared to what?

A TV or even a CRT monitor with a TV tuner card.


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Conor

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In article , says...
Not in a million years. Even the LCD PC monitors WITH a dedicated TV
tuner in look ****e.

As compared to what?

A TV or even a CRT monitor with a TV tuner card.

Not arguing with you but the LCD TVs I've seen look ok

What exactly do you see in the LCD units that isn't up
to par?

On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 20:16:28 -0500, wrote:


Not arguing with you but the LCD TVs I've seen look ok

What exactly do you see in the LCD units that isn't up
to par?

Pixellation, poor tonal scale. Take it from someone with an external
Viewsonic N6 TV tuner who has hooked it up to both my 17" LCD and
upscaled it to 1280x1024 and hooked up to my 19" CRT upscaled to
1024x768, the CRT looks superior. LCD looks passable and is great with
cartoons but when it comes to contiuous tone images it is inferior. I
could live with LCD monitor for TV but I own a CRT monitor too so I
don't have to.

In article , says...
In article , says...
Not in a million years. Even the LCD PC monitors WITH a dedicated TV
tuner in look ****e.

As compared to what?

A TV or even a CRT monitor with a TV tuner card.

Not arguing with you but the LCD TVs I've seen look ok

Yes..proper dedicated LCD TVs. These run at a far lower resolution than
a LCD monitor. TV broadcasts for NTSC for example are at 720x480. What
this means on a LCD monitor running at a native 1280x1024 is that it
has to use interpolation. This results in a massive degredation of
image quality.

Basically you realise just how low quality TV pictures are compared to
the average resolution of a PC.

What exactly do you see in the LCD units that isn't up
to par?

Noise, blurring, moire patterns for example.


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