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Post Date: 2010-02-17
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    Posted: 17 Feb 2010 at 9:57am
If a Monitor has HDMI capabilities, can it be a TV AND a computer monitor?

Is the 1900x1200 resolution a good resolution to play at?
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I would assume you will need a TV card installed in your computer to receive over the air TV. If you are talking about hooking a PS3 up to the same monitor you use on your computer, that works just fine. I have a 1920x1200 rez monitor with a HDMI input and a DVI input. I have my PS3 connected to the HDMI and my computer connected to the DVI input, all I have to do is switch between the two to view what I want. As far as the 1900x1200 rez goes it is great for gaming, but you will need some computing horse power to get your frame rate up to an acceptable level. The amount of power needed also dependes on the games you are running. DS can build you a rig with plenty of power.
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hdmi is not what decides whether a monitor can be used as a tv or vise versa.

Edited by DST4ME - 17 Feb 2010 at 5:32pm

Nvidia Drivers----AMD Drivers
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ShockedNick 123,
 
   In the past I,ve used a computer monitor for a television screen, but that was in the day of Commodores and composite video. You can watch streaming Video from the internet without a tv card. A & E, Sci-Fi, NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, etc. ,etc, ALL have streaming video online. I used to miss a lot of shows until I found Fancast, a part of Comcast. Some of the episodes show up a week later but most the next day after airing. You usually have to download the free codec for watching the various stations.
 
    Also Pinnicle makes a USB "stick" usually for laptops, but will work with any computer USB port. It is a tuner with a tiny remote and will receive analog as well as digital television. It has a coax connecter for the included laptop antenna or you can hook a rooftop antenna or a lead from your cable company's box and get HI DEF. I used it on my HP laptop and it actually works suprisingly well.
 
    I've been toying with the idea of hooking up the $40 converter from the government coupon to a monitor to see if it works as a tv.
 
    I just got my DS computer a week ago with an ATI 5770  and am using the HDMI port on that card for my 32" Hitachi 1920 x 1080; and am using the DVI port adapted to the VGA input on a 19" Sanyo 1920 x 1080 HDTV . Someone said I was losing a lot of definition with the VGA conversion so I'm going to the Iocal Goodwill store to look for a used monitor with DVI inputs.
 
    The picture on the 32" is really beautiful and games are a blast on something that size or better yet 40" or 50".  lol............JPTOuch


Edited by jaypeetee44 - 17 Feb 2010 at 6:44pm
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