Re: TV monitor

From the computer I will mainly watch youtube video and was thinking of
reading webpages from the Internet and documents from the computer. I
thought I might be good to do this at times. I was planning to sit
across the room and enlarge the print, but it sounds like it will be a
problem.

On Mon, 7 Dec 2015 01:41:38 -0700
Gustin Johnson <[email protected]> wrote:

> It really depends on the make and model.  Some tvs work better than
> others when connected to a computer.  Even different models from the
> same manufacturer can be wildly different.  One common problem I have
> had I'd that the full desktop is cut off on the edges, on my
> raspberry pi I sometimes have to set weird resolutions to display
> properly on TVs.  TVs also sometimes have of our noon existent EDIDs
> so your computer may not automatically be able to pick the best
> resolution and refresh rate.
> 
> Some of the new 4k TVs are only 4k @ 30 hz which is really less than
> ideal for connecting computers to.  My 74 year old dad would notice
> this.
> 
> Also TVs were designed to be viewed from a couple of metres away.  A
> 40" TV with a 1080p resolution when viewed @ .5m you can see the
> spaces between pixels, which does not make things appear more clear.
> A 40" 4k monitor, a 27" 1440p monitor, and a 22" 1080p monitor all
> have roughly the same dot pitch (loosely the same density of pixels).
> 
> With 1080p and higher you will want to use digital inputs like HDMI
> and display port (or the older DVI).  This time it depends on what
> the TV and video card support.
> 
> Before making any suggestions I guess I would want to know what it is
> you want out of the TV as a monitor?  are you just looking for
> physically large monitor?
> On Dec 6, 2015 23:13, "Joe S" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 

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