Which TV to buy as monitor

[Paaco1981 10+ year member]

There are not many 32" 1080p TV's. Does 1366x768 really look bad as a monitor? I do have a 55" LCD in my living room that's a couple years old that will do 1080i, but I didn't really want to use it.

 

[JarvisB 10+ year member]

It will be great!

I got a Philips 32" 720p myself

it looks great.. I have no idea how the hell would someone say it is "shitty".. It is great, but obviously not as good as 1080p cuz it is 720p for god's sake..

But take my words, it would look good as a computer monitor

 

[Jmac 10+ year member]

???
I got a 42" 720p/1080i

looks great.. not shitty at all, but of course I would take 1080p over my tv.. but I cant complain as of now since it is in my budget..

Do you use it as a PC monitor ?
You're taking basically the same resolution that a 15.4" laptop uses and blowing it up to 32" ... That's over 4 times more screen to cover ...

 

[Paaco1981 10+ year member]

Thanks uglydimple. I was already leaning toward the Sony, Walmart has a 90day retuen policy with no restock fee. if I get it hooked up and it looks bad I can always take it back. Thanks for all the reviews guys.

 

[Paaco1981 10+ year member]

Do you use it as a PC monitor ?
You're taking basically the same resolution that a 15.4" laptop uses and blowing it up to 32" ... That's over 4 times more screen to cover ...

I understand what you're saying about the resolution being low as a monitor. But I'm not going to be sitting at a desk using it. I will probably 6-7 feet away. So the lower resolution shouldn't be too noticeable. I honestly don't know for sure though and that's why I asked. Thanks for the comments Jman.

 

[Jmac 10+ year member]

There are not many 32" 1080p TV's. Does 1366x768 really look bad as a monitor? I do have a 55" LCD in my living room that's a couple years old that will do 1080i, but I didn't really want to use it.

For videos, 720p is fine ... It's borderline acceptable for gaming, assuming you use high-levels of anti-aliasing (recommend minimum of 4X) ... However, for general PC use (internet, documents, etc.), it's horribly inadequate ...
My friend uses a Toshiba 32" 1080p unit for his PC and, while not the greatest HDTV out there, it looks a hell of a lot better than every 32" 720p unit I've seen when it comes to actual PC usage ... This is based on viewing from a couch in a living room, BTW ...

 

[JarvisB 10+ year member]

hmm interesting, I got a friend who uses 720p as a monitor, looks good?

I thought that the computer would "upconvert" into the monitor size?

 

[zack39648 10+ year member]

i have no idea why you would say that... i have a 32" lcd in my room i always hook my laptop up to and it looks just the same as it does on my laptop screen from 2' away...

 

[Jmac 10+ year member]

hmm interesting, I got a friend who uses 720p as a monitor, looks good?
I thought that the computer would "upconvert" into the monitor size?

Uh ... Why would it "upconvert" ? His graphics card is capable of outputting any resolution between 640x480 and 2560x1600 ... It's not a DVD player w/ only one output option, 720x480, that needs to be upconverted to fill a 1366x768 screen ...

 

[TurdFergueson2 5,000+ posts]

Samsung. Amazing picture quality.

Yup.......Do it.

I'm actually using my Samsung plasma as mine.

 

[Paaco1981 10+ year member]

Someone mentioned Toshiba having a great picture. How would this be compared to the two I have listed? http://cgi.ebay.com/Toshiba-REGZA-32RV530U-32-1080p-LCD-HDTV-ATSC-NTSC-QAM_W0QQitemZ370068784263QQihZ024QQcategoryZ61399QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247QQ_trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247 It's a refurb, but it is in the same oprice range and 1080P

 

[Jmac 10+ year member]

Someone mentioned Toshiba having a great picture. How would this be compared to the two I have listed? http://cgi.ebay.com/Toshiba-REGZA-32RV530U-32-1080p-LCD-HDTV-ATSC-NTSC-QAM_W0QQitemZ370068784263QQihZ024QQcategoryZ61399QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247QQ_trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247 It's a refurb, but it is in the same oprice range and 1080P

Works great as a PC monitor ... Same one that one of my friends uses ...

 

[Scoobydoo 5,000+ posts]

I use a 37" Olevia 720p daily as a pc monitor. I sit about 4 feet away when I browse and it looks fine.

With those pc specs it seems like you would want to game on it so I would definately get a 1080p monitor for that reason

 

[KCha 10+ year member]

Had 2 samsungs and wasn't pleased with either one. One had weird wavy lines when it was powering up and on darker screens. The other I don't even want to get into. Have heard many good things about the sonys and the ones I have seen look very nice.

I really like panasonic though =P

 

[JarvisB 10+ year member]

Uh ... Why would it "upconvert" ? His graphics card is capable of outputting any resolution between 640x480 and 2560x1600 ... It's not a DVD player w/ only one output option, 720x480, that needs to be upconverted to fill a 1366x768 screen ...

True I forgot about the graphics card..

My laptop got an output at 720p..

I forgot all about that, my bad..

But like evry1 says, if you re not going to be close to the monitor then you'll be fine