TVs are designed for across the room viewing, so this might suit your use case. A lot will depend on the operating system and video device in the computer that you will be using, before even getting to the specific model of TV.
You are also going to need to do some math and planning beyond just thinking in terms of "across the room...". Measure the distance from where you are planning to sit, and then use one of the plethora of online calculators to determine the physical size of the TV that will suit this distance. Some useful links https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimum_HDTV_viewing_distance http://thewirecutter.com/leaderboard/tvs/ http://www.rtings.com/tv/learn/size-to-distance-relationship The wire cutter has awesome reviews and is largely why I chose my most recent TV purchase. Check that site to see if they have reviewed a model that you are interested in. They also have great reviews of other tech products. I would also make sure that wherever you buy from has a generous return policy. If the specific TV that you get does not work for you, it is nice to be able to try a different one. Also keep in mind that most of what you will find on the internet it targeted at home theatre applications, so the objective for them is to fill the field of view. This is still ideal but there is a lot of wiggle room to accommodate budget. Also, moving a couch or chair forward is a perfectly valid solution. Hth, On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 11:11 PM, Joe S <joes...@shaw.ca> wrote: > From the computer I will mainly watch youtube video and was thinking of > reading webpages from the Internet and documents from the computer. I > thought I might be good to do this at times. I was planning to sit > across the room and enlarge the print, but it sounds like it will be a > problem. > > On Mon, 7 Dec 2015 01:41:38 -0700 > Gustin Johnson <gus...@meganerd.ca> wrote: > > > It really depends on the make and model. Some tvs work better than > > others when connected to a computer. Even different models from the > > same manufacturer can be wildly different. One common problem I have > > had I'd that the full desktop is cut off on the edges, on my > > raspberry pi I sometimes have to set weird resolutions to display > > properly on TVs. TVs also sometimes have of our noon existent EDIDs > > so your computer may not automatically be able to pick the best > > resolution and refresh rate. > > > > Some of the new 4k TVs are only 4k @ 30 hz which is really less than > > ideal for connecting computers to. My 74 year old dad would notice > > this. > > > > Also TVs were designed to be viewed from a couple of metres away. A > > 40" TV with a 1080p resolution when viewed @ .5m you can see the > > spaces between pixels, which does not make things appear more clear. > > A 40" 4k monitor, a 27" 1440p monitor, and a 22" 1080p monitor all > > have roughly the same dot pitch (loosely the same density of pixels). > > > > With 1080p and higher you will want to use digital inputs like HDMI > > and display port (or the older DVI). This time it depends on what > > the TV and video card support. > > > > Before making any suggestions I guess I would want to know what it is > > you want out of the TV as a monitor? are you just looking for > > physically large monitor? > > On Dec 6, 2015 23:13, "Joe S" <joes...@shaw.ca> wrote: > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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