TV as PC monitor

[Pero_1]

Im thinking about buying PC and I was thinking could I use my TV as monitor for PC. Its Grundig 32VLE6730BP. Is it the best ti use HDMI for that or VGA?

 

[reedo_43]

HDMI would be best for sure

 

[JoeMomma]

I found a TV isn't good as a monitor. I worked and it looked fine,
I don't know why but my TV hurt me with eye strain and made me cross-eyed until I had to go to the eye doctor.
Once I started using a monitor again my eyes got better right away.

 

[reedo_43]

Not a gamer and have been using a 32 in Toshiba TV as monitor for years with no issues. Sit maybe maybe 2 feet away.

 

[Pero_1]

So its usable? There wont be big lags or things like that?

 

[reedo_43]

Like I said, I am not a big gamer so I can't advise on that. If you already have the TV, why not just give it a try?

 

[modeonoff]

I found a TV isn't good as a monitor. I worked and it looked fine,
I don't know why but my TV hurt me with eye strain and made me cross-eyed until I had to go to the eye doctor.
Once I started using a monitor again my eyes got better right away.

Sorry to hear about that. What did your doctor say?

I went to BestBuy last year. The guy told me that if I use the 55" TV as monitor, I would have my eyes damaged permanently as it is too bright.

 

[b.andrefilipe]

Im thinking about buying PC and I was thinking could I use my TV as monitor for PC. Its Grundig 32VLE6730BP. Is it the best ti use HDMI for that or VGA?

1. You'll use your PC for what purpose? Asking because Video Monitors has its name because it has very little latency when proccessing video data and displaying that data. If you plan on gaming, you'll want to run form a TV like it's the plague, because TVs add a ton of lag between it receiving the data and actually displaying it on-screen.
2. How far from this TV will you be sitting at? Asking because it's a 31 inch TV with only 1920x1080 resolution. Which means you'll have a significantly low pixel density per inch and sitting with this low pixel density right in your face is actually damaging to your eyes.

So, all things considered: You should really focus on an actual video monitor if you expect any kind of good response performance by your video display and you should also focus on the proper pixel density per inch base on the distance at which you'll be seeing the image.

 

[rgs80074]

here's my experience with this.

I have two monitors hooked to my computer
one pc monitor asus hd 1080
the other is a 43 inch 4k tv

playing videos and such on the tv monitor is just fine and the reason i have it

can't say anything about gaming as i don't really game.

as for pc work, i will say word, surfing etc on the tv monitor is, well sub par, i've tried but nothing gets the text and such clear, on the actual monitor its nice and clear and crisp.

i hope this helps some.

 

[b.andrefilipe]

here's my experience with this.

I have two monitors hooked to my computer
one pc monitor asus hd 1080
the other is a 43 inch 4k tv

playing videos and such on the tv monitor is just fine and the reason i have it

can't say anything about gaming as i don't really game.

as for pc work, i will say word, surfing etc on the tv monitor is, well sub par, i've tried but nothing gets the text and such clear, on the actual monitor its nice and clear and crisp.

i hope this helps some.

Hi!
The reason why your 4K TV didn't look as sharp as the monitor was probrably because Windows' poor scaling feature. If it didn't scale the content (enlarging it to your tv display) it'd look sharp BUT very, very small. So windows probrably auto scaled the content going to your TV to avoid this "problem", but as I said: windows' scaling feature isnt optimal and it blurs the hell out of the content, specialy text

 

[modeonoff]

Does your TV has Chroma 4:4:4? I heard that if not, text will not be displayed as sharp as a monitor. Too bad TV manufacturers do not state clearly if their TV have such feature.