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Kibble
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Joined: 22 Sep 2001
Location: Vancouver, BC
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Haven't taken the HDTV plunge yet, but am thinking about picking up the Philips 5990. Since I have a reasonably nice computer monitor (HP w2408h) that has an HDMI port and runs at 1920x1200 natively, I was wondering if I hook up a DVD player such as the Philips 5990 to an HDMI port on a computer monitor, will it actually work or will the DVD player only work on TV's?
If it does work, anyone know what limitations this set up may have?
Thanks,
Kibble
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jagabo
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Joined: 09 Dec 2005
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edDV
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Joined: 06 Mar 2004
Location: Northern California, USA
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| Kibble wrote: |
Haven't taken the HDTV plunge yet, but am thinking about picking up the Philips 5990. Since I have a reasonably nice computer monitor (HP w2408h) that has an HDMI port and runs at 1920x1200 natively, I was wondering if I hook up a DVD player such as the Philips 5990 to an HDMI port on a computer monitor, will it actually work or will the DVD player only work on TVs?
If it does work, anyone know what limitations this set up may have?
Thanks,
Kibble |
The only "problem" is how the monitor scales 1920x1080i or 1280x720p to 1920x1200. A smart monitor will scale 16:9 aspect ratio to square pixel 1920x1080 with letterbox but most computer monitors will stretch the signal vertically to 16:10 (tallish people). Some might keep square pixels and vert. scale to 1200 but chop off the sides.
Another issue will be getting a monitor brightness/contrast setting that gets a good HDMI black and good computer monitor quality from DVI-D at the same time. Ideally the monitor has independent settings per input but most don't.
Don't expect the scaler-deinterlacer quality to match a good LCD-TV. Best to output progressive from the HDMI source.
Good luck.
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dun4cheap
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Interesting you bring this up. I actually did this a week ago. I used my new 24" sceptre LCD monitor as a live preview screen from my Canon HV20. Looked great but it does 1920x1200 and offers full 1080P support as well.
I bought it from Costco a few months ago for $280
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edDV
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Location: Northern California, USA
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My eyes dislike 16:10 tall people so I use my Samsung computer monitors for HDMI only when nothing else is available. It is possible to do a custom compressed V-Size stored monitor setting to get closer to square pixels.
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Kibble
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Joined: 22 Sep 2001
Location: Vancouver, BC
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Thanks for your thoughts on this.
Since I need a new player for the main tv anyways, I'll pick one up tonight and let you know how it turns out. If it works well, I guess I'll be getting two.
Kibble
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