monitor??

[hassali]

Hi, i was hoping someone could help me, my monitor broke down a wee while ago, and i was looking for a new one. From what ive seen, id rather go for a tft monitor, and apparently iyama seem to be the best at that. However i was wondering if i could use an LCD TV? if that was able to connect to my computer??

Any advice would be greatly appreciated

The best price i could find was £310 for a 17" Iyama tft monitor

thanks

[808smokey]

However i was wondering if i could use an LCD TV? if that was able to connect to my computer??

Sure you can hook one up, if your video card has some type of TV out on it. But your resolution will suck. You'll have to use 800x600 or something like that.

[cjb1118]

I heard that some LCD monitors, have a DVI output.
More graphics cards will have a DVI out that a TV out (s-video)

[bottle-necked]

TV out or S/Video out won't help you much if you haft to reinstall your OS!!

[gmatov]

Smoke,

800 X 600 is more than a standard monitor's resolution. My VooDoo 3000, for Pete's sake, warns that it will reset output to that, does so, and the TV display is excellent.

Hassali's biggest problem might be getting some visual interface, a GUI, to see what he is doing. How do you get into Control Panel to set output to TV if your monitor is dead? It does not default to "Whatever is connected".

It is specific.

Cheers,

George

[808smokey]

Smoke,

800 X 600 is more than a standard monitor's resolution. My VooDoo 3000, for Pete's sake, warns that it will reset output to that, does so, and the TV display is excellent.

You need to read and comprehend. I never said it will only work at 800x600. You just won't be able to read the icons that's all, they'll be the size of a thumbtack if not smaller with a setting that high or higher. Standard TV's are 640x480 (I think)

Hassali's biggest problem might be getting some visual interface, a GUI, to see what he is doing. How do you get into Control Panel to set output to TV if your monitor is dead? It does not default to "Whatever is connected".

You're correct, he'd have to use another monitor to set it up.

[julio]

check his out just bought 19 in tft £375 awsome
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