PC on a TV, LCD or CRT??

[imperfectcircle25]

I am setting up a HTPC and I need a 26-30in screen. I am looking at the 27in HDTV's since a 30in monitor like the Apple or Dell are over $2k. My question is, how does a 27in LCD television comapare to a regular HDTV tube televison when it comes to connection a PC?? Most of the televisions cme with either a DVI or HDMI onnection so connectiong my video card shouldnt be a problem. Im just wondering if a tube television will have as sharp a picture as an LCD?? I was looking at something like this
hdtv

Will it work as wel as an LCD televsion of the same size when used as a cmpurter monitor??
thanks
Frank

 

[kerriritter]

We have two of these - both hooked up to our pc's. Husband is a big gamer and is nuts over it. I use mine for graphics work and programming and there is plenty of room on screen and text and graphics are super clear to my old eyes. We have had these since the end of january.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16889107001

The connection for these types of displays to your pc is either by a dvi (digital) or vga (analog) cable from the lcdtv or monitor to your graphics card. Your resolution options differ some between dvi and vga.

 

[imperfectcircle25]

What kind of graphics card do you use with it?? Is text sharp on the screen??
thanks
Frank

 

[kerriritter]

hi frank,

in one system, had the evga geforce 7800 GT 256mb initially AND upgraded to geforce 7800 GTX KO 256mb for gaming, not to improve the visual/text quality on the viewsonic.

in my system, used the geforce 7800 gtx 512mg which i still have, but have upgraded to the ati x1900xtx.

with all 4 of these cards, honestly, from a desktop/workstation standpoint, they all look the same quality-wise. there is a tiny bit of difference with the ati card for text...to me it seems a bit clearer. i do graphic design and tend to see the tinest of variance - stuff NO ONE else around here ever notices.

i have a couple of other cards i could check, bit lower end. what did you have in mind for a graphic card? btw, i finally plugged in the cable tv "thingee", lol, just this morning. that works great too, though i can't imagine using the tv side much in real life. 😀

I checked and here are other cards: ATI FireGL 3100 128MB, Nvidia Quadro FX1400 128MB, and some old Nvidia GeForce MX don't know what it is - from an Dell Dimension 8100.