Re: [Discuss] HDTV's as a computer monitor

2012-07-21 Thread Chris Tyler
On Sat, 2012-07-21 at 19:49 -0400, John Abreau wrote: > I picked up a 13-inch HDMI monitor last year to use on an Efika MX Smarttop, > and I found that it clipped the edges of the display so that I could > not see the > menubar at the top of the screen or the panel at the bottom of the screen. > >

Re: [Discuss] HDTV's as a computer monitor

2012-07-21 Thread John Abreau
I picked up a 13-inch HDMI monitor last year to use on an Efika MX Smarttop, and I found that it clipped the edges of the display so that I could not see the menubar at the top of the screen or the panel at the bottom of the screen. I never tried it on another HDMI display, so I'm unsure if this w

Re: [Discuss] HDTV's as a computer monitor

2012-07-21 Thread Richard Pieri
On 7/21/2012 3:54 PM, Doug wrote: good, but computer monitors stop in the the 28" range. Anyone using an HDTV for their computer monitor? I have a mac mini. I did for a while. The problem with using a TV set is that you get a 30-40" screen with the same resolution as you get on a 17" notebo

Re: [Discuss] HDTV's as a computer monitor

2012-07-21 Thread Daniel Feenberg
On Sat, 21 Jul 2012, Doug wrote: Can it be done? Should it be done? I saw a 36" Sony WEGA HDTV 1080i available on Craigs list. My 28" Hanns-G probably roasted a capacitor somewhere and now the screen washes out for large sections. BIG is good, but computer monitors stop in the the 28" rang

Re: [Discuss] HDTV's as a computer monitor

2012-07-21 Thread Kent Borg
> HDTV 1080i Interlace is not good. Computer will want progressive. -kb ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [Discuss] HDTV's as a computer monitor

2012-07-21 Thread Kent Borg
> Doug wrote: >Can it be done? Should it be done? I saw a 36" Sony WEGA HDTV 1080i >available on Craigs list. My 28" Hanns-G probably roasted a capacitor >somewhere and now the screen washes out for large sections. BIG is >good, but computer monitors stop in the the 28" range. Anyone using

Re: [Discuss] HDTV's as a computer monitor

2012-07-21 Thread Laura Conrad
> "Doug" == Doug writes: Doug> Can it be done? Should it be done? I saw a 36" Sony WEGA Doug> HDTV 1080i available on Craigs list. My 28" Hanns-G probably Doug> roasted a capacitor somewhere and now the screen washes out Doug> for large sections. BIG is good, but computer