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  • From: Michael Czeiszperger <michael AT czeiszperger.org>
  • To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [internetworkers] Difference between LCD monitors and TVs?
  • Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 11:05:44 -0500

My iMac died this week, and I found a used Mac computer to replace it, but the new home entertainment center computer needs a monitor, and am trying to figure out what to get.

With LCD monitors and televisions the distinctions seem to be blurring. TV traditional come with a tuner built-in, but with most people getting their video through cable, and using stereo speakers to listen, I don't think there's a reason why you'd need to have those things in the TV anymore.

What we've been doing at home with the iMac is kicking the cable TV habit, and watching everything on the computer via DVDs or the occasional iTunes, so there's no need for a TV tuner. The upside is the computer is truly an entertainment center, containing all of our music on iTunes, all of our pictures, and computer games.

The downside is screen size, in that 27" LCD TV screens are available for under $1000, where monitors that size are hard to find, and considerably more expensive.

Connectivity is also an issue, where the monitors usually can accommodate video inputs from a DVD player or cable box, but TVs usually can't accept input from a computer.

And HDTV fits in there somewhere, although with our current computer- only solution its not an issue until HD DVDs hit NetFlix and iTunes.

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