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 Posted: Sat, 11th Feb 2006 22:42 Post subject: Does an LCD TV will work as a PC screen |
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Im about to get a 27" LCD TV and i was wondering if it can work as a PC screen with the S-video cable...liek will i get the same quality/frame rates with games that i get with a normal PC screen?
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kosmiq
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| Posted: Sat, 11th Feb 2006 22:47 Post subject: |
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It will probably now be as sharp as a monitor and you will not be able to run as high resolution (lets say you run 1600x1200 on your PC monitor).
other than that the refreshrate will prolly be 50/60Hz so the framerates will be the same or higher thinking about the lower resolution.
To give my pov on using a TV to a PC:
Watching movies from on the TV used as a screen: perfect!
gaming: naah never really liked it but I a mate of mine thinks it is sweet.
so test it out for yourself and see what you think.
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| Posted: Sat, 11th Feb 2006 23:06 Post subject: |
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Why s-video, doesn't the tv have a sub-d or dvi port, if not i would choose another one, my 26 inch tv has a dvi port and is connected to the pc with its native resolution of 1280x768. It looks really sweet.
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| Posted: Sun, 12th Feb 2006 01:39 Post subject: |
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| whoKnows wrote: | | Why s-video, doesn't the tv have a sub-d or dvi port, if not i would choose another one, my 26 inch tv has a dvi port and is connected to the pc with its native resolution of 1280x768. It looks really sweet. |
Well i said S-Video cause its the only thing i could think of. The TV i will buy will be DVI, my Video Card is a Radeon X800 XL with a ViVO adapter so any help to show me the best way to be done is appreciated
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| Posted: Sun, 12th Feb 2006 09:07 Post subject: |
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You connect one DVI port of your Radeon to your tv and that was it, just like a regular TFT. Just make sure that the tv you are buying has a DVI port with HDCP, otherwise you can't connect new HD-DVD or Blueray Disc players to that DVI port. But most modern tv's have that anyway. Mine doesn't have it as it's an older model, but you should still be able to use your pc on a DVI port with HDCP, soon there will be graphics cards with an encrypted (HDCP) DVI port.
Some infos on HDCP:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDCP
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| Posted: Sun, 12th Feb 2006 15:21 Post subject: |
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| whoKnows wrote: | You connect one DVI port of your Radeon to your tv and that was it, just like a regular TFT. Just make sure that the tv you are buying has a DVI port with HDCP, otherwise you can't connect new HD-DVD or Blueray Disc players to that DVI port. But most modern tv's have that anyway. Mine doesn't have it as it's an older model, but you should still be able to use your pc on a DVI port with HDCP, soon there will be graphics cards with an encrypted (HDCP) DVI port.
Some infos on HDCP:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDCP |
That was really helpfull...thanks for all the info but does the DVI cable come with the TV or i need to buy it seperatly?
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| Posted: Sun, 12th Feb 2006 15:45 Post subject: |
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That depends on the model i guess, mine came without one, so i bought a 5m cable seperatly.
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| Posted: Sun, 12th Feb 2006 17:09 Post subject: |
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My bud just got a 27" LCD. With S-video, movies looked fine, but anything else you tried to do looked kind of crappy (ie. grainy text, colors a little off, unable to navigate programs, due to not being able to read the screen.) I hooked it up as a duel monitor setup, and viola. That sucker is as clear as a bell, and is tighter and crisper than his 15" LCD. You will love it, just dont use s-video, and use the DVI port, or In my case I ran it into the monitor port in the back. Best of luck.
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| Posted: Mon, 13th Feb 2006 01:17 Post subject: |
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| Ass_Issues wrote: | | I hooked it up as a duel monitor setup, and viola. |
That was my next question, i saw in some forum that to be able to use a TV as a PC screen, its still need to have a PC monitor hook up at the same time in dual...is this true? Cause the point of getting a LCD TV, is too get more free space on my desk
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| Posted: Mon, 13th Feb 2006 02:13 Post subject: |
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Dont know much about DVI, but if the TV has a VGA port I dont see any probs with running it as a single display. I could be wrong though, I never tried it by itself.
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| Posted: Mon, 13th Feb 2006 17:28 Post subject: |
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| Kommando wrote: | | Ass_Issues wrote: | | I hooked it up as a duel monitor setup, and viola. |
That was my next question, i saw in some forum that to be able to use a TV as a PC screen, its still need to have a PC monitor hook up at the same time in dual...is this true? Cause the point of getting a LCD TV, is too get more free space on my desk |
nah, that's not true, i can use my LCD-TV just as a normal pc screen too if i wanted to.
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| Posted: Tue, 14th Feb 2006 00:33 Post subject: |
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| whoKnows wrote: | | Kommando wrote: | | Ass_Issues wrote: | | I hooked it up as a duel monitor setup, and viola. |
That was my next question, i saw in some forum that to be able to use a TV as a PC screen, its still need to have a PC monitor hook up at the same time in dual...is this true? Cause the point of getting a LCD TV, is too get more free space on my desk |
nah, that's not true, i can use my LCD-TV just as a normal pc screen too if i wanted to. |
Nice...thanks
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nouseforaname
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| Posted: Wed, 15th Feb 2006 18:08 Post subject: |
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monster cables are extremely overpriced. check ebay.
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| Posted: Wed, 15th Feb 2006 22:29 Post subject: |
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| nouseforaname wrote: |
monster cables are extremely overpriced. check ebay. |
hahaha...no shit...bought the same cable but 4m instead of 2m and paid like 40$ with shipping on ebay
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