Re: 46" LCD for computer (Internet) use?
- From: "Bill's News" <billsnews@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:55:43 -0800
<jimrainfordson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I'm considering purchasing a 46" LCD for watching DVD and HD
via my
antenna. (Yes, I have local HD channels). I don't even have
cable TV
let alone HD cable so that's not a big concern. However, I'd
like to
use the LCD for my computer as well and that brings me to my
question.
Viewing from about 9 to 11 feet away on center, I'm wondering
how well
I'll be able to surf the net? Will I be able to read the
fonts as
easily as I would when surfing the net from my regular
computer
monitor?
In particular, I'm considering the Sony Bravia KDL-46S3000.
This is
only a 1366 X 768 model. Should I assume I'll need a
1920X1080 in
order to read webpages from that distance?
Ideally, I would like to be able to run my current monitor and
my new
HDTV in clone mode or otherwise be able to switch between the
two with
relative ease. I'm successfully using the S-video to view the
picture
on both my monitor and my current (old school) TV.
My PC video card (Evga e-Geforce 7900 GTO) has dual DVI-I
connectors
and has an integrated NVIDIA TV Encoder
(HDTV,S-Video,composite-
output). For the best signal, which connector cable should I
use and
how long can it be before the signal degrades?
Thanks very much for any help and advice. I can check out
local
places to see the TV in action but it's hard to find a place
that will
let me see a webpage.
Thank you!
Interesting thread;-0)
I only use 42" LCDs (1080p) but one is connected via DVI, the
other VGA. I don't really notice any difference between them,
though they are not side by side thus it's a very subjective
POV.
In the rec/tv room I also have a 17" LCD monitor on a desk about
14' away via DVI from the 42" and switch the desktop between the
monitors depending upon what I'm doing and where I'd like to do
it. The video cards are ATI x1300-pro, yours are surely their
equivalent. In the other room the VGA connection is 6', though
it need only be 3', and I've a 15' VGA extension cable I've used
in the past, for a total of 21'. None of these cables is "high"
quality (read: high priced).
I have two HDTV capture devices that record both OTA and QAM
transmissions. I rarely watch anything "live." So the cropping
features of the player (such as MPC or VLC) pretty much handle
whatever image size is received. For live or time-delayed
viewing, the capture/player is not quite as flexible in this
regard but has other features not found in the playback
software. The monitors are featureless - no zoom, no
upconverting, no tuners. The PC graphic cards and software do
all that is needed. I've retired every other piece of hardware
ever involved in TV/DVD viewing.
I have altered the fonts in Display Properties - Appearance -
Advanced and have setup several profiles for faster switching
(I'd done so anyway, as I prefer reading without my glasses -
and slightly larger fonts make that possible). From an easy
chair about 80" from the 42" display, I can read email and these
NG postings in OE - also without glasses. BTW I can pass the
DMV eye test without glasses but need them to read small print
in less than sunlit conditions.
As for viewing web pages, I've also always overridden both
fontsize and font styles (Internet properties - accessibility)
and will go back into that setting for colors whenever I get to
a truly objectionable web page design which may have some
content of interest.
Don't forget that IE supports ZOOMing - one click in the lower
right of the page (or Ctrl+) zooms in, but other than Ctrl-, its
a pulldown to zoom out. While watching movies with others,
there is often a question regarding cast, or plot, etc. and
we'll bring up IMDB. Zooming to the weakest eye in the audience
is quite simple. When non-PC neighbors visit to access the net,
we always use the 42" and sit comfortably in the lounges. All
KBs are RF wireless, as are mice or built-in trackballs.
For those instances where the app in view does not support
zooming, I keep a pointer to the magnifier on the desktop (I use
a magnifier other than the MS included program, but the concept
is the same).
There is, all in all, absolutely no problem to using a larger
monitor at a distance - just learning some previously unused
"tricks." I can not address how this relates to monitors other
than 1080 though.
There are trade-offs whenever you fiddle with fonts and
accessibility options because none of the outsourced programmers
seem to ever test their results against all that windows
supports and can do. Beside gays there are apparently no
handicapped people in parts of Asia either, I guess.
.
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