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Luftwaffe

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Ok so I've been gaming on a 50 inch tv for a few months now and I have 0 problem with it but I would like to get a monitor and put my pc in the office room. But I dont like looking at a small screen so I was just thinking of buying another big flat screen tv.

What exactly is the advantage of using a monitor other than a tv? I was looking at 27inch monitors and most of them were in the 500-400 dollar range, if i'm going to be spending that much on somthing I would really like to know the pros and cons of a tv and monitor and is it really worth that much money for something that is only 27 inches.
 
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Depends on the specifications of the panel that is in the display. TVs are essentially the same as monitors, except in the United States (can't speak for other locales) it's required they include a television tuner, if they are to be sold as a television. Other than that, they can contain identical panels and other guts.

Do be aware, however, cheap TVs usually have cheap panels, resulting in color banding and less than ideal contrast, and can often have issues of overscan, where you may never quite get a 1:1 pixel display that is satisfying. I recommend researching any particular TV you plan to purchase, before pulling the trigger.
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TV's can work for monitors, as most of them have HDMI in nowadays, but monitors are designed to be looked at from a much closer distance than TV's are. You're normally 8+ feet away from a TV, a monitor a matter of a few inches. Looking at a TV for a long period of time from that distance can cause headaches and eye-strain, I know from personal experience. The exact science behind this, I do not know, perhaps somebody else can elaborate, but I wouldn't recommend a TV as a direct monitor replacement.
 
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bigpinkdragon286

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Depends on the specifications of the panel that is in the display. TVs are essentially the same as monitors, except in the United States (can't speak for other locales) it's required they include a television tuner, if they are to be sold as a television. Other than that, they can contain identical panels and other guts.

Do be aware, however, cheap TVs usually have cheap panels, resulting in color banding and less than ideal contrast, and can often have issues of overscan, where you may never quite get a 1:1 pixel display that is satisfying. I recommend researching any particular TV you plan to purchase, before pulling the trigger.
 
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