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Can the new 1080p HDTVs coming out from Samsung, Mitsubishi, and Sharp
be used as 1920x1080 dvi monitors? How well do they work in that
capacity?

Thanks,
Tom Payne

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"Tom Payne" <thp@cs.ucr.edu> wrote in message
newsgkp4b$cgc$1@glue.ucr.edu...
> Can the new 1080p HDTVs coming out from Samsung, Mitsubishi, and Sharp
> be used as 1920x1080 dvi monitors? How well do they work in that
> capacity?

In general, LCD or plasma TVs of a given pixel format,
assuming they have a compatible interface (such as a DVI
or VGA input), will work just fine as PC displays. With a
CRT TV, be aware that support for a given HDTV format
or "resolution" doesn't necessarily mean that it can actually
resolve all the pixels. A "1080p" (and especially a "1080i" )
CRT-based HDTV will almost certainly NOT fully resolve
1080 lines vertically or 1920 pixels horizontally - perhaps
more like about 70% of that. As such, you may not be as
happy with the results with PC imagery as you would be
on a "real" PC monitor, designed to fully resolve a 2 Mpixel
format.

Bob M.

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Bob Myers <nospamplease@address.invalid> wrote:
>
> "Tom Payne" <thp@cs.ucr.edu> wrote in message
> newsgkp4b$cgc$1@glue.ucr.edu...
>> Can the new 1080p HDTVs coming out from Samsung, Mitsubishi, and Sharp
>> be used as 1920x1080 dvi monitors? How well do they work in that
>> capacity?
>
> In general, LCD or plasma TVs of a given pixel format,
> assuming they have a compatible interface (such as a DVI
> or VGA input), will work just fine as PC displays. With a
> CRT TV, be aware that support for a given HDTV format
> or "resolution" doesn't necessarily mean that it can actually
> resolve all the pixels. A "1080p" (and especially a "1080i" )
> CRT-based HDTV will almost certainly NOT fully resolve
> 1080 lines vertically or 1920 pixels horizontally - perhaps
> more like about 70% of that. As such, you may not be as
> happy with the results with PC imagery as you would be
> on a "real" PC monitor, designed to fully resolve a 2 Mpixel
> format.

I'm looking at the new 1080P DLPs from Mitsubishi and Samsung and at
Sharp's 45" flat-panel LCDs, which are on sale at Fry's for $3999.
The salesman claims they have DVI and HDMI at 1080P/60hz.
Unfortunately, I've learned the hard way to be suspicious about such
claims. "Be not the first by whom the new is tried, ..." ;-)

Thanks,
Tom Payne

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Tom Payne wrote:

>I'm looking at the new 1080P DLPs from Mitsubishi and Samsung and at
>Sharp's 45" flat-panel LCDs, which are on sale at Fry's for $3999.
>The salesman claims they have DVI and HDMI at 1080P/60hz.
>Unfortunately, I've learned the hard way to be suspicious about such
>claims. "Be not the first by whom the new is tried, ..." ;-)

I wouldn't be concerned about how "new" the 1080p DLP sets are. It's
just an extension of the tried-and-true lower-res chipsets... The new
"smoothvision" technology (which eliminates the screen-door effect) is
pretty impressive, as well.

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chrisv wrote:
> Tom Payne wrote:
>
>
>>I'm looking at the new 1080P DLPs from Mitsubishi and Samsung and at
>>Sharp's 45" flat-panel LCDs, which are on sale at Fry's for $3999.
>>The salesman claims they have DVI and HDMI at 1080P/60hz.
>>Unfortunately, I've learned the hard way to be suspicious about such
>>claims. "Be not the first by whom the new is tried, ..." ;-)
>
>
> I wouldn't be concerned about how "new" the 1080p DLP sets are. It's
> just an extension of the tried-and-true lower-res chipsets... The new
> "smoothvision" technology (which eliminates the screen-door effect) is
> pretty impressive, as well.

How are they doing with the rainbows? We've got a DLP projector in the
office, and the rainbows are so bad I can't even look at it.

--
Mike Smith