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    Samsung LE26R74BDX as a PC Monitor

    I'm thinking about buying one of these today as a TV and monitor. I know the resolution (1366 x 768) isn't as high as an equivalent sized dedicated monitor, but was wondering what people thought about using the TV like this.


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    It should be fine, i have my 32" hooked up and i can use it for stuff. The low res would be a pain tho.

    Also untill i installed MCE (and i suppose the MCE ATI drivers) I could not use the correct res for the screen.
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    i use my 32" samsung with my mce htpc.
    i use it all the time for looking around the internet in the living room, in fact i am using it now to post this!

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    I use mine as a secondary monitor (usually for playing games) and it's fine..

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    no no no no no no no

    no no no

    no

    that screen has a 0.4215mm dot pitch (i.e. the size of each pixel is about half a milimetre)

    if you want to decide if that's okay, try this simple test: a 19" lcd monitor is 409.243982mm viewable horizontally, so try using one day-to-day with the resolution set to as near to 971x607 as you can get

    if you say what monitor you have currently, i can give accurate figures for you to compare against

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    It would be a primary monitor as I want to stick it in the corner of my room where the desktop is now. To be honest, I use the desktop much less than the laptop; just seems like a convenient solution.

    How do you guys find the TV performance (26" preferably)?


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    Quote Originally Posted by directhex
    if you say what monitor you have currently, i can give accurate figures for you to compare against
    I have a Hansol 910A 19" that I use at 1280 x 1024


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    Quote Originally Posted by Ruggerbugger View Post
    I have a Hansol 910A 19" that I use at 1280 x 1024
    then i guessed well.

    get it running as close to 971 x 607 as you can - that will give you the same "definition" as you'd get with a 26" tv - just a bit less desktop space (about 50% less)

    and before someone calls me on it, i know it's not ideal due to interpolating and non-native lcd resolutions. it's till going to give an idea of the desktop size/space

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    no, wait, it's a crt. make that 868 by 651 (i.e. 800x600 is the closest comparison)

    if you find that a comfortable resolution for day-to-day, then you can consider a tv as a monitor

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    what a simple way to prove a point
    It is Inevitable.....


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    Anyway, for us less technically minded bods, the TV works fine!

    It looks fine to me as a monitor too. Mine's a secondary, I have a 22" Iiyama as my main one but I could quite happily use the Samsung as a single monitor if I didn't have the other.. I'm planning on getting a big arsed 30" Dell or 26" NEC in the not too distant though.. I got the Samsung as a secondary and ran a media centre PC on it for a while and that looked good to me too.

    YMMV of course.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pollaxe View Post
    Anyway, for us less technically minded bods, the TV works fine!
    i'm not trying to force technical mindedness. here's the short version:

    26" tv at native res = 19" crt at 800x600

    if you'd happily use a 19" crt at 800x600, then fine. if you'd use it at higher, you'll be unhappy

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    Quote Originally Posted by pollaxe View Post
    Anyway, for us less technically minded bods, the TV works fine!

    It looks fine to me as a monitor too. Mine's a secondary, I have a 22" Iiyama as my main one but I could quite happily use the Samsung as a single monitor if I didn't have the other.. I'm planning on getting a big arsed 30" Dell or 26" NEC in the not too distant though.. I got the Samsung as a secondary and ran a media centre PC on it for a while and that looked good to me too.

    YMMV of course.
    same here my usual monitor is a 20" synchmaster but i use my 32" inch samsung as my living room monitor.
    and although on paper it sounds as though it would be rubbish, and to be honest i was not expecting great results, but it really is quite good and if i was pushed i really could use it as an everyday monitor!

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    Can't see it working for me, could always buy the 32" as a main telly.


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    i dont know if it makes much of a difference but the samsung hdtv's support 1:1 pixel mapping over vga!

    for more info you could check out http://www.avforums.com/forums/index.php they might have some answers for you!

    here is a picture of mine i took about 5 mins ago...

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    Quote Originally Posted by leeglf View Post
    i dont know if it makes much of a difference but the samsung hdtv's support 1:1 pixel mapping over vga!
    not quite. they support 1360x768 over vga, but the panel is 1366x768, leading to a slight horizontal stretch

    here is a picture of mine i took about 5 mins ago...
    i never said it couldn't display things.

    i said it had the same dot pitch as a 19" crt at 800x600 (which is true)

    your image only goes to show that - and it's very uncomfortable using a screen that large at a point-blank range on a such a low resolution

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