LCD TV used as monitor?

[knottshawk]

I'm sure this has been covered hundreds of times now, but I'm at work and can't search.

Can an LCD TV, 1080p capable, be used as a monitor? Or more specifically, SHOULD it be used as a monitor or is the resolution still too low?

 

[lostandwandering]

Well first off, 1080p is roughly the equivalent of a 1900x1200 pc monitor. That being said, that resolution is massive. If your TV can be hooked up via DVI/ VGA/ S Video(i think) and your graphics card/adapter can output that resolution then it is well worth it. I have a Dell 32'' LCD running at 1360x768 which is basically 720p (a lower form of HD). Even at this lower res, the desktop and games still look beautiful. Hope this helped.

 

[knottshawk]

How can a 32" TV, listed at 1366x768, have higher resolution than a 19" 1440x900 monitor? Maybe I don't understand resolution.... I thought this was equal to the lines horizontal and vertical? If 32" has 1366 lines... and 19" has 1440 lines... how would the 32" TV be even close to the 19" monitor?

Sorry...I'm confused!

 

[knottshawk]

Again.... 32" even with 1080 lines would still be less than a 19" with 900 lines... Right? There's a ratio here...

And the TV's I'm looking at are 1080i... sorry... is that still 1080 lines? Because they're listed at 768

 

[knottshawk]

1080i is just interlaced... so wouldn't it be listed as less than 1080 pixels? It only has to be 540...right?