32" HDTV as computer monitor

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• Aethios Member Posts: 1,527

  September 2008

  "Overscan" is basically a TV's ability to display images outside of the normal (non-HD) TV image. As an HD TV, it almost certainly does support this feature, but it's more of a passive feature than the name would imply. I know on my TV, if you set it to "overscan mode" it actually turns overscan off, and the image sort of zooms in, making it nearly unwatchable.

  It is handy though for certain devices such as DVD players and such that can't detect whether your TV supports it or not, and automatically feed an image one way or the other regardless. If your video card is like that (and it very well may be) then it would be something to figure out how to set up, for future reference.
• Tyres100 Member Posts: 704

  September 2008

  Originally posted by Balter
  
  
  So after much research, i have concluded the best way to connect my 8800GT into my Philips 32" LCD TV is using a DVI - HDMI cable, like this one (**Clicky**)
  I have seen some discussion about something called "Overscan" and i don't think my TV (**Clicky again**)  has this feature. Does anyone know if this is a problem?
  Is there anything else i need to consider compatibility wise or quality wise?
  Thank you.
   
   
  

   

  Seriously if your going to use a large 32'' LCD based display as a monitor then you will want to go with a PC grade LCD screen or a high end 1080p resolution HDTV with 120 HZ horizontal refresh rate.
  
  

  You using your 8800GT on this one will not end up in a great display. The one you linked is only 1366 x 768 resolution, hardly the resolution one wants with a 32'' LCD display for a PC. Your image may be innacurate and text will be hard to read. The display is also 8ms refresh but not in the conventional sense of a LCD panel made for a PC, this will be very bad when you try and game on it. Ghosting will be all over the screen with fast action paced games.

  Who let you in the VIP section?
• wonderful1 Member Posts: 1

  September 2008

  Originally posted by Aethios
  
  
  "Overscan" is basically a TV's ability to display images outside of the normal (non-HD) TV image. As an HD TV, it almost certainly does support this feature, but it's more of a passive feature than the name would imply. I know on my TV, if you set it to "overscan mode" it actually turns overscan off, and the image sort of zooms in, making it nearly unwatchable.
  It is handy though for certain devices such as DVD players and such that can't detect whether your TV supports it or not, and automatically feed an image one way or the other regardless. If your video card is like that (and it very well may be) then it would be something to figure out how to set up, for future reference.
  

  
  
   

  your idea is so good.......you are so nice.....
• Balter Member Posts: 1,015

  October 2008

  

  Thanks for all your insight guys

  My build: Sapphire Radeon HD 4850, Asus P5GC-MX/1333 Motherboard, 4gb G.SKILL DDR2 667MHz RAM, Core 2 Duo e7200 CPU, 250gb Western Digital SATA Harddrive, Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit.