I've tried 1920 x 1200. Everything was just too small for my eyes. I'm running 1280 x 768. That seems, at least to me, to look the best.
I can tell by your reply you're much further along than I am on this stuff.
Here's what happened to get me to this point. Last week I was at SAMS and they had a 42" Toshiba LCD TV. It looked GREAT. I thought it had the best picture of anything they had on display. It was $1,100.
I was considering it as a computer monitor and was trying to find out if these LCD TV's would stack up against the Dell 24" WS LCD monitor I have now.
A lot of the small lcd hd tv ( 26" - 32" ) have screens that are really 720p native and so they down scale 1080i and 1080p video to fit the screen. The 2405/2407 24" monitors have a higher res. than most small hd tvs, at 1920x1200 which is higher than 1080p (just a bit).
The way I read your message, I could go to Best Buy and get, let's say, a Toshiba 42" LCD at 720P and it would look every bit as good as the Dell 24" widescreen I'm now using, but only bigger?
Note: I'm talking strictly about using it as a computer monitor.
It depends...1080P = 1900 x 1080@60FPS[frames per second], 720P=1280 x 720@60FPS.
If the monitor's native resolution meets or exceeds the above standards, the monitor is considered 'HD'. Essentially what your getting is a smaller lcd tv with better color definition and brightness.
I don't think it would work as a monitor, you can use a monitor to watch TV and DVD but not the other way around. It's not going to be fast enough.
A more serious note, you MUST run your monitor in it's native resolution, (1920X1200) LED's don't scale down like old CRT monitors. But you need to make everything else bigger.
Right click on an empty area of your desktop. choose properties, then settings, then advanced, under the "general" tab change your dpi to: "custom setting" and start at 130dpi (that's pretty big) everything in windows has a way to make it larger, most everything can be found under "Display properties" appearance.
Making video watchable is a little harder. I use ffdshow and haali video renderer and bi-cubic resize so everything is played at 200% with no artifacts.
ipod is right; The HD specifications allows 2 different resolutions:
1080 = 1900 x 1080 and 720 =1280 x 720
In fact those numbers apply strictly ifyou have a fixed pixel display with a "square" pixel. For a CRT for example is important if it can dispaly 1080 lines ... There are also some plasma display with 1024 x 1024 pixels ( unsquare ones).
The HD specs also require a 16 x 9 frame (in television) sa the widescreen format. This does not stop a 4x3 classsic TV or monitor to display an HD image as long as is able to display at least 720p (progresive) or 1080i (interlace lines).
Most TVs sold as HD will have the exact aspect ratio of 16 x9 but many will not have the exact number of pixels, because the manufacturing of the panels may be simpler or cheper for a different size, but as long as the "smaller" number is at least 720 they are considered officially "HD".
Many PC monitors like the 24 DELLS have 1920 x1200 which is an 16 x10 aspect ratio, They are "full" HD ( usually the maximum HD is called "full" to differentiate it from the lower "720" specs).
If this monitors get to dispaly a standard HD frame it will fit, but some area on top and bottom will be left black ( horizontal black lines) because additional pixels.
Anyway, most DVD movies (and future Blu-Ray and HD DVD) will keep the Original Aspect Ratio of the movie which many times is different than the HD 16x9 ratio so you will have horizontal black bars even on a standard TV with 1920 x1080 pixels.
I think beginning to understand some of this stuff. The way I see it, I better hold off on the idea of using a LCD TV as a computer monitor, till the refresh rate is up to par and a full (1080) HD screen is more PC compatable.
My 24" Dell will do just fine for the time being. ;-)
computergeek200
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Tom-N-Texas
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June 26th, 2006 01:00
I've tried 1920 x 1200. Everything was just too small for my eyes. I'm running 1280 x 768. That seems, at least to me, to look the best.
I can tell by your reply you're much further along than I am on this stuff.
Here's what happened to get me to this point. Last week I was at SAMS and they had a 42" Toshiba LCD TV. It looked GREAT. I thought it had the best picture of anything they had on display. It was $1,100.
I was considering it as a computer monitor and was trying to find out if these LCD TV's would stack up against the Dell 24" WS LCD monitor I have now.
Tom
snowman81
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June 26th, 2006 01:00
Message Edited by snowman81 on 06-25-200609:30 PM
Tom-N-Texas
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June 26th, 2006 01:00
The way I read your message, I could go to Best Buy and get, let's say, a Toshiba 42" LCD at 720P and it would look every bit as good as the Dell 24" widescreen I'm now using, but only bigger?
Note: I'm talking strictly about using it as a computer monitor.
Tom
ipod3805
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June 26th, 2006 01:00
If the monitor's native resolution meets or exceeds the above standards, the monitor is considered 'HD'. Essentially what your getting is a smaller lcd tv with better color definition and brightness.
Tom-N-Texas
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Tom
andocrates
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June 26th, 2006 07:00
A more serious note, you MUST run your monitor in it's native resolution, (1920X1200) LED's don't scale down like old CRT monitors. But you need to make everything else bigger.
Right click on an empty area of your desktop. choose properties, then settings, then advanced, under the "general" tab change your dpi to: "custom setting" and start at 130dpi (that's pretty big) everything in windows has a way to make it larger, most everything can be found under "Display properties" appearance.
Making video watchable is a little harder. I use ffdshow and haali video renderer and bi-cubic resize so everything is played at 200% with no artifacts.
atopa
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June 27th, 2006 01:00
ipod is right; The HD specifications allows 2 different resolutions:
1080 = 1900 x 1080 and 720 =1280 x 720
In fact those numbers apply strictly ifyou have a fixed pixel display with a "square" pixel. For a CRT for example is important if it can dispaly 1080 lines ... There are also some plasma display with 1024 x 1024 pixels ( unsquare ones).
The HD specs also require a 16 x 9 frame (in television) sa the widescreen format. This does not stop a 4x3 classsic TV or monitor to display an HD image as long as is able to display at least 720p (progresive) or 1080i (interlace lines).
Most TVs sold as HD will have the exact aspect ratio of 16 x9 but many will not have the exact number of pixels, because the manufacturing of the panels may be simpler or cheper for a different size, but as long as the "smaller" number is at least 720 they are considered officially "HD".
Many PC monitors like the 24 DELLS have 1920 x1200 which is an 16 x10 aspect ratio, They are "full" HD ( usually the maximum HD is called "full" to differentiate it from the lower "720" specs).
If this monitors get to dispaly a standard HD frame it will fit, but some area on top and bottom will be left black ( horizontal black lines) because additional pixels.
Anyway, most DVD movies (and future Blu-Ray and HD DVD) will keep the Original Aspect Ratio of the movie which many times is different than the HD 16x9 ratio so you will have horizontal black bars even on a standard TV with 1920 x1080 pixels.
Hope this heps.
Tom-N-Texas
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June 27th, 2006 02:00
I think beginning to understand some of this stuff. The way I see it, I better hold off on the idea of using a LCD TV as a computer monitor, till the refresh rate is up to par and a full (1080) HD screen is more PC compatable.
My 24" Dell will do just fine for the time being. ;-)
Tom