[Chester LUG] HD TV/Monitor

[Paul Williams]

This is assuming there are any left to buy after last week's antics.

Paul

> Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:50:31 +0100
> From: marcus.jones.wxm at gmail.com
> To: rcgibson at iee.org; chester at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [Chester LUG] HD TV/Monitor
> 
> Hi Roger,
> 
> Almost all decent LCD / Plasma monitors have a VGA input as standard.
> You'll be hard pressed to find one that isn't. Having a PC input
> doesn't instantly make a TV set sub standard in some way.
> 
> The only thing you'll struggle with is aspect ratio. Unless your
> laptop has a widescreen display, you may find yourself with a strange
> sized desktop on your TV. That said, it's never been a major problem
> for me personally. Just play around with the resolution until you find
> one that suits both.
> 
> Just buy the best model you can afford. If this is to be your main TV
> set as well, try and get one with a true HD panel.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Marcus
> 
> 
> On 15 August 2011 19:14, Roger Gibson <rcgibson at talktalk.net> wrote:
> > I'm minded to buy an HD TV, now that digital has arrived in South Cheshire.
> >  I could also do with a monitor in the same room to make working with a
> > laptop more congenial.  Is there any merit in using the same screen for
> > both, or is it a bit too much phaphing around, and you get the worst of
> > both.  Any comments, experience etc most welcome - Roger.
> >
> > PS  I could not work out why I continued to get analogue TV after the recent
> > Digital switch over, but then realised that once the Wrekin had closed down,
> > my tele homed in on Sutton Coldfield.  Birmingham has yet to switch.
> >
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