Anyone using a big LCD tv as monitor?
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Matthias King
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I worked at a studio for a while that had something like a 46" or so HDTV as the monitor. It was great for the most part, but it was mounted up too high and it was fatiguing on my neck pretty quick. Mind where you mount it relative to your listening position and you'll probably love it. I'm likely going to get a pair of 22" monitors, but if I had more room, I'd go with something like a 32" HDTV or a pair of them. Go for it.
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I'm curious about this as well. I need a monitor for another setup and I might use my 23" there and buy a 32" or similar for my mixing place, so I can get it further behind my speakers to avoid the nasty sound reflections.
How far away from the screen do you have to be to feel comfortable with a 30"-ish lcd tv?
How far away from the screen do you have to be to feel comfortable with a 30"-ish lcd tv?
TheWinterSnow
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HDTV's resolution suck for computers. As their resolution implies, a 1080 is going to have a slightly smaller resolution of a 22" screen blown up to at least 42". In a way, it doesn't look so hot. And HDTV's cost more.
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that was my fear. But isnt Full HD like 1920 per something else? I mean, for a 26 or even 32 thats not too high.
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yeah im running 1920x1080 and it looks far better than my 19" widescreen monitor running at 1440x900. that monitor is a blurry piece of shit compared to this tv.
i regret nothing! my 19" monitor now gets used exclusively for winamp, a facebook screen and a screen for nuendo's mix window.
i regret nothing! my 19" monitor now gets used exclusively for winamp, a facebook screen and a screen for nuendo's mix window.
MOSHWITZ
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If your gonna go with a big lcd tv,, you might want to consider going bigger than a 26".
I have one for my rig and it is just barely adequate , and I find myself wanting a couple or three 22"s spread out right in front. and yes, like M.K. said, pay mind to how high you mount it, as after a few hours I find my neck feeling a little fatigued. But being broke right now, I'll just have to keep on keeping on
MOSHON
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If your gonna go with a big lcd tv,, you might want to consider going bigger than a 26".
I have one for my rig and it is just barely adequate , and I find myself wanting a couple or three 22"s spread out right in front. and yes, like M.K. said, pay mind to how high you mount it, as after a few hours I find my neck feeling a little fatigued. But being broke right now, I'll just have to keep on keeping on
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amarshism
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I use a 46" HD tv for my primary monitor and a 24" down below which usually carries my mix window. Love it.
arv_foh
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I use a 37" 720p HDTV to edit photos and mix. It's great and sharp, I don't know why you would think the resolution is poor... lower than 1080p doesn't mean you have a blurry mess by any means
gemini8026
always a n00b
a 32' at 1080p is really good (especially if you want to game)
You'll need to keep the color down though.
Ill tell you this, after spending top dollar on the best 40" LCD at the time, I took it back, and ended up with 3 24" monitors which is EXCELLENT for using in Cubase. You have a toolbar screen, a mixer screen, and your project screen, works great, and I much prefer this solution, it was much cheaper too
You'll need to keep the color down though.
Ill tell you this, after spending top dollar on the best 40" LCD at the time, I took it back, and ended up with 3 24" monitors which is EXCELLENT for using in Cubase. You have a toolbar screen, a mixer screen, and your project screen, works great, and I much prefer this solution, it was much cheaper too
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Yeah but you have a wall of displays messing up the sound from your speakers that way. Unless they can be set up far enough from the speakers to not reflect too much sound, without being too far away from your eyes. I haven't tried 24" so I'm not sure about this but I'll look into it.
Progressive scanning keeps things fairly sharp - general consensus is you need to be around an inch from the screen to see a major difference between 720p and 1080p.
But that's not the point. Microsoft and Apple by default assume the display works at 96 pixels per inch - which at 1280x720 means the displayed image is only 15.3" diagonally. You're stretching that image over more than double that
In contrast, my 24" monitor runs at 1980x1200 - which at 96ppi means the image is 23.6". So whilst my main screen is running at virtually 1:1, yours is running at 1:2.4. It's like get a photo enlarged - you don't lose any detail, but because everything is bigger, any lack of detail is far more obvious. By having a screen that big with the same resolution as a 17" monitor, all you do is dilute the detail that's already there - you can't display any more, you just stretch out what you've got over 4 times the area. Then, to make it look as good as a screen half the size, you have to put it as least twice as far away.
Steve
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Torniojaws
They call me Juha
Yes, Full HD is definitely 1920x1080, which isn't so small after all
Yep, Full HD = 1080p = 1920x1080. Don't ask me why the name only quotes the vertical resolution
1920x1200 is the standard resolution for 24" LCDs, and that's what I use. If you'd upscale this to double size, it will not look very good at all! Blurfest mayhem
Dalinkwent48@aim.com
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Occasionally i run my mac through my 42" lcd....looks sexy enough for me...then i can just chill on the couch or lay in bed throw on a pair of headphones and mix away
arv_foh
Brian K
Tech talk aside--my 37" screen is clear as day, be as technical as you want as to why it should look bad (and I understand what you're saying, essentially 1 pixel is stretched to twice the size)--it doesn't. I need a big screen to edit photos, and it works great. What is the point of ultra high resolution if the screen is so small you can't see anything?
