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[David Minton <dminton AT mindspring.com>]

One reason there is such a difference in price between TVs and monitors, is
resolution. A 27" HD TV is likely no more than 1366x768 pixels, where as a
24" monitor will be around 1920x1200 pixels. A 30" Monitor is likely 2560 x
1600 pixels.

I would think you would get good results connecting a computer to a HD TV
via DVI.

David


On 2/8/07 11:05 AM, "Michael Czeiszperger" <michael AT czeiszperger.org> wrote:

> 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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