I'm in the process of selecting a new LCD tv that will also serve as a computer monitor. I'm looking at using it for a computer monitor primarily, and a tv on the side occasionally. I've been told countless times it's better to just get a small lcd monitor to use for the computer and get a TV set seperately, but I really don't have space for this anymore, and really want to just have something that is good for everything all around.
I *had* an Acer 37" LCD which was fantastic for both these purposes, but the particular set I had was having issues like displaying red and green texts on some programs (mIRC, some websites and other things) in very odd ways. Like the widths of the texts would vary from thick to narrow, and some parts of the letters would be greyed or dimmer than others. As well the TV would reset back to the lowest resolution possible whenever I started up my computer, and I know this wasn't my video card doing this because it never happened when I had the Acer 32" LCD model. I was told by Acer customer support my TV was likely defective and to send it in for a replacement. Since I had only had it for just over a week, I thought it over and opted to get the store I bought it from to heckle the Acer distrubutor into giving me a refund instead of a replacement, because I was worried if it did it again or the set really just wasn't that quality, that I would be stuck with a $2100 lemon 🙁
Anyways since then I have tried a Samsung 40" LCD (the new one with the 5000:1 contrast ratio) which I never got a chance to try with a DVI -> HDMI cable because it just looked so awful with everything except DVD's and a proper HDTV signal (regular cable looked horrid, as would be expected with such a highly detailed set) it definitely was not worth the $4000 it cost, so I ended up taking it back pronto especially after seeing what an awful picture it gave me with AVI from my PC. I now have one of the newest Panasonic models, the LX600 32" LCD with 2 hdmi inputs and planned on using this with a DVI -> HDMI cable for my monitor. However when I tried this it just looks AWFUL. The text is unreadable and everything is flickering and very out of focus. I tried playing with all the settings on my video card and nothing seems to fix it. I've tried reading up some stuff on the web about this and haven't found a clear answer yet, so I'm coming here in hopes that someone might know something about this. The TV set is wonderful and I really want to keep it, but if it's no good for a computer monitor then unfortunately I'll have to take it back and find something that is.
Can anybody offer any input or ideas on how to get an HDTV to display a proper image for a computer monitor using a DVI -> HDMI cable? I'd really appreciate if anybody could shed some light on this, and thanks for taking your time to read this post.
I *had* an Acer 37" LCD which was fantastic for both these purposes, but the particular set I had was having issues like displaying red and green texts on some programs (mIRC, some websites and other things) in very odd ways. Like the widths of the texts would vary from thick to narrow, and some parts of the letters would be greyed or dimmer than others. As well the TV would reset back to the lowest resolution possible whenever I started up my computer, and I know this wasn't my video card doing this because it never happened when I had the Acer 32" LCD model. I was told by Acer customer support my TV was likely defective and to send it in for a replacement. Since I had only had it for just over a week, I thought it over and opted to get the store I bought it from to heckle the Acer distrubutor into giving me a refund instead of a replacement, because I was worried if it did it again or the set really just wasn't that quality, that I would be stuck with a $2100 lemon 🙁
Anyways since then I have tried a Samsung 40" LCD (the new one with the 5000:1 contrast ratio) which I never got a chance to try with a DVI -> HDMI cable because it just looked so awful with everything except DVD's and a proper HDTV signal (regular cable looked horrid, as would be expected with such a highly detailed set) it definitely was not worth the $4000 it cost, so I ended up taking it back pronto especially after seeing what an awful picture it gave me with AVI from my PC. I now have one of the newest Panasonic models, the LX600 32" LCD with 2 hdmi inputs and planned on using this with a DVI -> HDMI cable for my monitor. However when I tried this it just looks AWFUL. The text is unreadable and everything is flickering and very out of focus. I tried playing with all the settings on my video card and nothing seems to fix it. I've tried reading up some stuff on the web about this and haven't found a clear answer yet, so I'm coming here in hopes that someone might know something about this. The TV set is wonderful and I really want to keep it, but if it's no good for a computer monitor then unfortunately I'll have to take it back and find something that is.
Can anybody offer any input or ideas on how to get an HDTV to display a proper image for a computer monitor using a DVI -> HDMI cable? I'd really appreciate if anybody could shed some light on this, and thanks for taking your time to read this post.
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