Computer Monitor thats also a TV

[aqua]

Good morning *waves*

I wondered if any of you clever people could help me?

I would like to replace my now quite old LCD monitor with a nice new shiney one, but as the room that has the computer is also the room I do alot of my sugarcraft in I would also like a TV. Now the room isn't big enough for both and I wondered if any of you could point me in the right direction for a monitor that has a built in TV card/tuner/thing?

Bees assures me they are out there, but I haven't a clue where to start looking tbh. I'd prefer it if the PC didn't have to be on to be able to watch tele

Thanks

x

 

[subversplat]

Just do some searching

http://www.google.co.uk/search?clie...onitor+combo&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

 

[boskysquelch]

jus PM Bob_the_Lost and get him to do it for you.

lazy mare!

yer as bad a me!

 

[aqua]

No I've done the googling, I know there are things like what I want, but I wondered if people could recommend something, to avoid ones with x feature etc

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Wasn't there a PC world add about something like this?

I have reached the end of my technical ability on this problem. Hope it has helped.

 

[boskysquelch]

this is going well.

 

[aqua]

Wasn't there a PC world add about something like this?

I have reached the end of my technical ability on this problem. Hope it has helped.

thats as far as I've got. I know they're out there but thats about it

 

[selamlar]

You can just get a normal LED/whatever TV, hook it up to a TV out line (s video? something like that) from your PC and do it that way can't you? i.e. have a TV that is also a computer monitor, rather than the other way round. Or did I just make that up

 

[boskysquelch]

have you looked here http://www.computershopper.co.uk/ Ms?

or here? http://www.iwantanew.tv/

 

[marty21]

i think most modern tvs will work as a monitor, i bought a 15 inch flat screen from woolies for about £100 a year or so ago, it needed a cable (which some techie type has already posted about)

 

[aqua]

really? I'd never thought of it that way round *goes off to think*

cheers

 

[Crispy]

If it's a TV first, monitor second, it'll be a crappy monitor - in most cases.

 

[aqua]

ah right, I'd rather have a good monitor tbh as thats our main PC

*back to original hunting*

 

[Pingu]

look for a monitor that supports hdmi.

you will also need a TV card.


you can get a largish decent monitor for a couple of hundred quid (22")

 

[aqua]

I don't want a separate card ideally, I'd like a monitor with the card built in

 

[aqua]

well, thats what I'd like, if it was a £100 difference I'll get a card for the PC

 

[Crispy]

Or, a Monitor with video in, and a freeview box.

 

[aqua]

would that work? cos we could have a spare freeview soon

 

[Crispy]

That'd work just fine - just as long as the monitor has one of the yellow video in sockets (you might find one with scart, or more likely S-video, which would need an adapter, unless your freeview has s-video as well)

 

[Bob_the_lost]

Yep you can use a TV as a monitor or a monitor as a TV. But there is a difference, big difference.

LCD TVs are generally bigger than monitors, with large pixels and low resolutions. This is why a 26" LCD TV is so much cheaper than a 24" LCD monitor. Unless you're willing to spend a small fortune on the screen you're only going to be able to get a 720p TV screen, with a resolution of around 1280x720. That's useable but you'll have to sit quite a way away from the screen to use it for computery stuff, even then you're going to have limited display space.

If you use a monitor as a TV then it's the opposite problem, the screens are very high resolution (24" LCD monitor = 2560x1080 or 1080P roughly) then you're going to be limited to a mere 24" screen budget wise. Also the TV signal is 16:9 and the LCD monitors are all 16:10, so you might get some stretching of the TV signal or you might get banding (black bands top and bottom).

 

[aqua]

oooo thanks bob

so then, what would you suggest I did?

 

[Bob_the_lost]

What's the budget? How large is the room in question?

 

[aqua]

the room is only about 3m square, budget is something tbh I don't know, cos I haven't a clue what the options are! and what price range we're talking about. I want to replace our curent LCD monitor anyway, so a couple of hundred? I honestly don't know

seating from monitor probably around 2m tops

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

thats as far as I've got. I know they're out there but thats about it

I think we are in the same boat. I want something like this when I move into my new house. My computer has blown up and I need a new TV. Bingo. I await the outcome of this thread.

 

[boskysquelch]

What's the budget?

if it's not £700 plus then ....

 

[Bob_the_lost]

Thankfully that's not true anymore ( ) you can get a very nice 24" LCD monitor for £367 + shipping and some huge LCD TVs (i don't know how good though) for around the same. It's only a matter of time (and a job) before i sell on my trusty 22" LCD and get the additional 2" that i desire...

 

[boskysquelch]

kewl!

 

[aqua]

thats a bit nice

and that would take a feed in from our freeview box?

 

[Bob_the_lost]

Maybe, that one only has DVI-D (aka DVI, or the current computer visual input thingy) and D-Sub. I don't know if your freeview box has D sub, hell, i'm not quite sure what it is

There are more expensive ones, like the 2407 from Dell that have every possible input source under the sun, but you end up paying a bit more for them, the dell is £445 ish, although there's probably something inbetween if we look.

Or you could buy a new freeview box, they're cheaper than going for a 2407.

 

[boskysquelch]

mmmm

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