Can I use my 60 inch plasma as a monitor

[davies_01]

Hey, I was wandering what issues im going to have rigging my 60 inch 3d plasma to my new computer. The computer has dual DVI outputs but a straight hdmi output as well. The graphics card is a gtx560 and is capable of stereoscopic 3d, however will the tv 3d and the pc 3d match up and if not can i at least get 1080p on my screen?

 

[rolli59]

Yes at least get the 1080P, I have not studied the 3d but would not be surprised it worked!

 

[CG_Gamer]

Stereostropic 3D is limited only to the refresh rate of your monitor, you need at least 120 hz but preferably 240, plasma tvs average about 600 so you should be fine, however that being said when you enable 3d you are essentially rendering 3 different images at the same time, at 1080p the 560 lacks the VRAM in order to run smoothly, you can experiment with different resolution settings but know that there will be a serious drop in performance when you enable 3d

 

[davies_01]

great, thanks guys

 

[rcfant89]

Let us know how it works out and good luck

 

[amuffin]

Why the hell not? XD

 

[GeneticWeapon]

Plasma's burn in really easilly. You'll have a windows start bar silhouette in your screen when your not using it as a monitor... if you're not careful.

 

[rcfant89]

If it's an old one, yeah. The newer plasmas have been very good about fixing that though.