Re: 46" LCD for computer (Internet) use?




"Wes Newell" <w.newell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:RPu2j.20297$ng.18642@xxxxxxxxxxx
On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 22:36:17 -0800, steveo wrote:

In my experience (37" 1366x768, 6' distant, ATI Radeon HD2400 PRO
connected via HDMI ), surfing the web is ok, but not great. The fonts
are too small and the resolution is too poor to make it as comfortable
as I had hoped. I can magnify, but that messes up the formating of most
complex webpages.

Have you ever considered changing the minimum font size in your browser?
BTW, this really has nothing to do with the HDTV. When hooked to a PC,
it's just another monitor.

I could change the font size, but switching back and forth would become tiresome. Besides, I would usually rather sit at my desk, so it isn't that big of a deal. I think for me it was cooler in theory than in practice, anyways :-)

Of course it doesn't have anything specifically to do with an HDTV as compared to a monitor, but the OP asked about using an HDTV for both TV as well as a cloned desktop. I was relating my experience so he could have a better feel for what specs he should be looking for in such a dual-use monitor.

steveo

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