Monitors over 28 inches ?

[NYJimbo]

I have several Hanns-G 28" monitors in my shop and they are great for showing customers stuff when they drop in. I would like to go to a larger size however it seems once you go above 30" the prices on monitors just seem to skyrocket.

When I look at "TV" monitors 30" or above the prices don't skyrocket. I notice they all have HDMI, DVI and VGA inputs so what am I missing?.

I know before digital TV anything a computer showed on a TV looked like crap, but today TV monitors seem to be able to handle higher resolultions like this one:

http://biz.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4649269&Sku=L49-3230 BX

Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Response Time: 4 ms​

I am not a "gamer", just a regular PC user so I dont need the very best graphics. So can we show a good 1280 x 720 display on these "TV" monitors or am I missing something ?

 

[JosephLeo]

So long as your computers output matches the tv's input you can display at max resolution of that TV.

Note though that 720p has three common different resolutions....1280 x 720 is standard 720p then there is 1280x768, 1360x768, 1366x768. Very rarely you will find 1280x800, 1440x900 and 1680x1050 though in televisions.

I've created many HTPC setups (all of which I now recommend a PS3 now instead) and found that a tv is just a big monitor and I've never had any trouble setting one up.So, go ahead and buy your TV.

ALSO- 2048 x 1152 is the second highest resolution available (apart from super monitors like QuadHD, or 4K) there is and the smaller screen models are actually cheaper than the same sized 1920x1200's.That resolution is 16:9 btw, so it's not odd.


Edit: I forgot to mention. 720p looks horrible on a PC especially after you hit the 32" mark. 28" is more than enough so just get a 1920 x 1200 monitor and be done with it.

 

[NickCat11]

I have several Hanns-G 28" monitors in my shop and they are great for showing customers stuff when they drop in. I would like to go to a larger size however it seems once you go above 30" the prices on monitors just seem to skyrocket.

When I look at "TV" monitors 30" or above the prices don't skyrocket. I notice they all have HDMI, DVI and VGA inputs so what am I missing?.

I know before digital TV anything a computer showed on a TV looked like crap, but today TV monitors seem to be able to handle higher resolultions like this one:

http://biz.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4649269&Sku=L49-3230 BX

Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Response Time: 4 ms​

I am not a "gamer", just a regular PC user so I dont need the very best graphics. So can we show a good 1280 x 720 display on these "TV" monitors or am I missing something ?

Not to go off topic but Jimbo, how do you like those Hanns monitors? I was looking at the 28" on Newegg to replace my monitor at home with. Thanks.

 

[ProTech Support]

Not to go off topic but Jimbo, how do you like those Hanns monitors? I was looking at the 28" on Newegg to replace my monitor at home with. Thanks.

I recently bought a 22" or 23" (don't recall the exact size at this very moment) for a good friend of mine. It had surprisingly good response and a nice picture. Grant it, the picture was not as "sharp" as I have seen on some other monitors, but for the price it was satisfying.

 

[NYJimbo]

Not to go off topic but Jimbo, how do you like those Hanns monitors? I was looking at the 28" on Newegg to replace my monitor at home with. Thanks.

Very nice. My main work monitor is the Hanns HG281D and everyone who comes into the shop is amazed how big and sharp it is.

 

[JosephLeo]

I think Hanns uses either Samsung, or NEC screens. I've never opened one up myself- but I am going off of quality since Hannspree makes some pretty damned good screens.

 

[NickCat11]

Great, looks like I'll treat myself early for Christmas

 

[Mouse Mate]

My desktop goes to a standard 19" widescreen LCD monitor and also to my 37" 1080p Samsung LCD via DVI. I must say it looks fannytastic on the big screen.

 

[JosephLeo]

My desktop goes to a standard 19" widescreen LCD monitor and also to my 37" 1080p Samsung LCD via DVI. I must say it looks fannytastic on the big screen.

mhmm, but if it were 720p the OS fonts would have to be all set to bold by default because they would look almost unreadable and ugly...believe me

 

[frostbyte5014]

I bought a Vizio 32" VOJ320 1080p Widescreen LCD HDTV about six months ago for $550 on ebay and I love it. You can get it for less than that now.

• 32" at 1920x1080, 1300:1 contrast ratio, 480 cd/m2 brightness
• 6.5ms response time, ATSC/NTSC/QAM tuner, 3x HDMI / 2x Component inputs

 

[Cue]

I just set up a Philips 42" LCD Full HD for a client, With a 7600GF DMI to HDMI and it looked fantastic at 1920x1080 (Full HD)!

I would go for that, same price as a much smaller monitor, but looks very good.

 

[Tweak]

Having not used 1920X1080 how much difference do you feel it is from using a 24in native res of 1920X1200, any reasons this would be less desirable?

 

[JosephLeo]

Having not used 1920X1080 how much difference do you feel it is from using a 24in native res of 1920X1200, any reasons this would be less desirable?

It's takes a couple minutes to get used to. Just try and remember the jump from 4:3 to 16:10- only a lot less drastic.

 

[frostbyte5014]

You will never notice it. I do some graphics design and I can't tell the difference.

 

[Tweak]

Thx guys............

 

[hondablaster]

http://www.everythinghdtv.com/best-hdtv/samsung-lna550


I used this TV as my main monitor for about 2 years. (DVI to HDMI) Before I got a 21.5 inch for school. I gamed I browsed I did everything from my couch at 1280x720 and now that I have a desk I use a dual setup. Both at 1920x1080. There is no difference between the two. Actually there is..... The Samsung 37" TV I use looks better and more colorful then the Acer 21.5"

If you want to look at bluray's with fast motion (example, Transformers, Batman) I recommend you get the 120hz HDTV the level of detail is awesome @ 120hz otherwise there is no difference between the LCD monitor and LCD TV.

I think I was Costco and looking at some lower priced Vizios they looked amazing and your not spending a billion dollars for it.
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Lets put it this way. My friends were so amazed at how it looked on a TV that two separate buddy's went out and got HDTVs to watch Hulu as well as other things. My other buddy SOLD HIS XBOX 360 to PC game on his TV. They also look amazing at 720p. But Win7 doesnt seem to fit on the screen at that resolution. (some windows were not re-sizable and they would be off the screen)

You would impress a lot of clients if you could woo them with a HDTV over a monitor. Maybe start selling HTPCs.

 

[JosephLeo]

http://www.everythinghdtv.com/best-hdtv/samsung-lna550


I used this TV as my main monitor for about 2 years. (DVI to HDMI) Before I got a 21.5 inch for school. I gamed I browsed I did everything from my couch at 1280x720 and now that I have a desk I use a dual setup. Both at 1920x1080. There is no difference between the two. Actually there is..... The Samsung 37" TV I use looks better and more colorful then the Acer 21.5"

If you want to look at bluray's with fast motion (example, Transformers, Batman) I recommend you get the 120hz HDTV the level of detail is awesome @ 120hz otherwise there is no difference between the LCD monitor and LCD TV.

I think I was Costco and looking at some lower priced Vizios they looked amazing and your not spending a billion dollars for it.
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Lets put it this way. My friends were so amazed at how it looked on a TV that two separate buddy's went out and got HDTVs to watch Hulu as well as other things. My other buddy SOLD HIS XBOX 360 to PC game on his TV. They also look amazing at 720p. But Win7 doesnt seem to fit on the screen at that resolution. (some windows were not re-sizable and they would be off the screen)

You would impress a lot of clients if you could woo them with a HDTV over a monitor. Maybe start selling HTPCs.

Toshiba (I think) makes 240Hz tv's now...120Hz is yesterdays news
Also- can video cards display refresh rates that high in the first place?

 

[hondablaster]

Toshiba (I think) makes 240Hz tv's now...120Hz is yesterdays news
Also- can video cards display refresh rates that high in the first place?

Good question!!!!!

When I purchased mine at Fry's they were pushing the 120hz at that time I didn't think it was a difference. He took me to a PC connected to a 120hz machine and played Battlefield 2.

After he was done demo-ing the 120 Hz TV. I took @ look at the refresh rate and saw it was 60hz and I said specifically "If you can make this adapter card and TV run @ 120mhz. I will buy this TV otherwise your whole demo was at 60hz." They called over a tech who said it was not possible. @ that time 120mhz Samsung was a $2200 dollar deal.

Ive never seen a TV and a PC run @ 120mhz yet.

 

[JosephLeo]

Good question!!!!!

When I purchased mine at Fry's they were pushing the 120hz at that time I didn't think it was a difference. He took me to a PC connected to a 120hz machine and played Battlefield 2.

After he was done demo-ing the 120 Hz TV. I took @ look at the refresh rate and saw it was 60hz and I said specifically "If you can make this adapter card and TV run @ 120mhz. I will buy this TV otherwise your whole demo was at 60hz." They called over a tech who said it was not possible. @ that time 120mhz Samsung was a $2200 dollar deal.

Ive never seen a TV and a PC run @ 120mhz yet.

The fastest refresh rate I remember seeing was on those old CRT's and it was 110Hz from what I remember. So I guess it's possible to display 120Hz and above. I think the problem is the input on the TV itself only takes 60Hz in and then fills it in with maybe a "frame-tween" or a "fade-in" giving the illusion of 120Hz output.

TV manufacturers are sneaky like that...I remember in the early days of HD one TV advertised "FULL HD QUALITY*" and in the * text it said "HD Quality means Hi-Fidelity Diffusion" which basically meant the integrated speakers were good.