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Keleynal

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What's the difference between TVs and monitors anymore? Is there any reason they can't be interchangeable?
 
I use my 42" plasma for my monitor for my rig. While there are some things that are nice about it, sometimes I wish I had something like a 22 to play on. Monitors usually have faster refresh rates than tvs because they're smaller, which will give you smoother graphics for action style things. Other than that they both honestly work the same.
 
TVs usually have a different look to them due to larger pixels and resolutions. Refresh rate as well. If on a desk a tv is also not the ideal situation due to view distance needed.
 
I use my 32 inch sharp tv as my monitor and have since I was in college like 4 years ago, just have a large HDMI cord. It brings the sound with that and I play it through my bumpin surround sound system. I should take a pic sometime since my dad made me a keyboard/mouse stand from scratch just so I didn't have to have a desk type thing too.
 
Computer moniters have a diffrent aspect ratio 16:10 i belive also have a denser pixel ratio i have hooked my tv up and i can see a diffrence unless i switch it to game mode then its not as bad but moniter is way better.
 
GameFreak said:
Computer moniters have a diffrent aspect ratio 16:10 i belive also have a denser pixel ratio i have hooked my tv up and i can see a diffrence unless i switch it to game mode then its not as bad but moniter is way better.
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16:10? You're very wrong.

I'll clear this up: A TV usually has more inputs like Coaxial cable (Cable TV); SCART (a very, VERY old cable standard unlike HDMI), YPbPr, composite video (you know, the yellow cable?).
Next to that it has functions like digital TV (atleast a lot of the latest ones which have a card reader) and channel browsing (some even have USB).
They generally have a higher response time too as they're mainly used for watching movies.
And I think that the pixels are usually larger than the ones on monitors too (kinda explains another factor, the smaller the pixels, the harder to make and thus more expensive but I could be way off).

A monitor just does what it has to do: HDMI/DVI/VGA or DisplayPort in, an LCD panel (atleast most of them are LCD) and a small OSD for calibrating and all.
But they're also a lot more precise, smaller pixels, lower response times, more PPI (pixels per inch).

But yeah, most TVs now might give you an monitor quality of 5 years ago (which was pretty good tbh, most people won't notice anything bad).
 
GameFreak said:
yes i am very wrong along with the 16:10 thier is also 16:9(and yes i know there are even more then that but are very expensive), and if your saying i am wrong that there are 16:10 i have one
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Nah I just meant that there are more aspect ratios, I'm using a 16:10 monitor too. Welcome to the club. <3 *LOVVVE*
 
I think the main difference between monitors and TVs are where they are positioned for use. TVs are usually viewed from at least a couple yards away, whereas monitors are typically within 5 feet. I'll have to look at 20" TVs with high ppi and see how the price compares to monitors.
 
Keleynal said:
I think the main difference between monitors and TVs are where they are positioned for use. TVs are usually viewed from at least a couple yards away, whereas monitors are typically within 5 feet. I'll have to look at 20" TVs with high ppi and see how the price compares to monitors.
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If you are in the 20in area get a monitor not a TV monitors even at 27inch are no more than 300 dollars these days.
 
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