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Large LCD HDTV as a Computer Monitor?
An anonymous reader asks: "I have seen $2000 27"and $1400 23" HDTV LCD sets at Costco, and similarly priced smaller sets elsewhere. I asked a salesperson (elsewhere) if I could try one with my laptop's DVI, and was told that the TVs wouldn't work well. DVI and VGA inputs, 400-600:1 contrast ratio, fast refresh rates (for gaming?), and HDTV capability for other uses, why can't they work? The prices run from as above to very significantly more. Has anyone tried the inexpensive large LCD HDTVs, or the expensive ones, for their desktop? I want to reduce the clutter in my family room and upgrade to highdef? Is it time?"
At that point you stop measuring Dots Per Inch, but Inches Per Dot.
When you can snatch the DVI adapter out of my hand, grasshopper, it will be time for you to upgrade.
You little whippersnappers must be too young to remember the days when hooking your computer up to the TV was your ONLY option? In my day, we had to hook our Commodore 64 up to a 13" Zenith with vacuum tubes - and we liked it!
\/\/oobie
I believe this BOFH chapter is appropriate here.
Ah, yes. The T221. Formerly knows as the "Big Bertha" display. I saw a prototype of this thing running Quake 3. At that time, it required four separate computers with specialized software and a custom, physically very large piece of hardware.
Yes, that's right, I saw $100,000 worth of equipment used to play Quake at 3840x2400. I cried tears of joy that day, not just for the beauty of the sight, but for the thought that dozens of people, in triumphant togetherness, were able to work so hard for so long so that I might behold the wonder of 9 megapixel Quake.
Is that what your gf tells you? Can you do math? When was the last time you saw a shrink? I see the begining of a libido related problem.
When I watch a 16:9 format movie
1) on the Apple display, I see a 1920x1080 picture. That's 2,073,600 pixels.
2) on the Dell display , it would be a 1600x900 picture. That's 1,440,000 pixels.
That comes to 44% more pixels on the Apple display. Hardly comparable. Then of course, if you are pushing Dell, you gotta be smokin' some stuff, dude.
Apple's offering may not be beautiful in every one's eye, but a comparable Sony's offering lists for $3,000 (that's 50% more than Apple's). Even their "sale price" is 30% higher than Apple's regular price. If you buy a Mac you can get up to $500 off the display price.
So, if you actually crawled out of your parent's basement, gave up your job at MucBurger, got an education, become a professional, started making tons of $$, became an outstanding citizen of the USofA by buying lots of stuff, and learned the fine art of conversing with the morons who troll as ACs on /., you'd find that your Dell is not in the same league as my Apple. Next you'll be mouthing off that your Kea is better than my BMW. (I would have actually gotten a Jag, but my patients expect me to drive a Beemer. Ah well!)
Generally, I don't give professional advice for free (the AMA frowns on that kinda behavior). But for you, kiddo, here it is, gratis: Forget about your mommy. Return her panties at once! Move out. Get a job - a Real Job. Drink some kool-aid: Job's kool-aid. You'll find its a lot better that the Dell Dude's reefers. And remember, get your drugs only from an person certified by the AMA.
You are welcome. It was my pleasure.
Dr. Freud
Technology meets Transportation.
There's a Freudian slip you don't see every day. ;-)
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