TV for Monitor

[Jim D Burns]

ORIGINAL: Zap
Clearer, directions are needed I agree. It would be even better if they had that all worked out beforehand. So when you wanted to plug in the computer things would be a simple "plug-in-hole" computer works; pull plug out TV works.

Finally got it all working (turns out one of my new monster cables was one way only and I had it plugged in backwards, D'oh!). Now that it's hooked up and I have set up different settings via the TV's menu's for HDMI1 (set up for the PC) and HDMI 3 (set up for the TV), its a simple task now of simply pressing the input key on the TV remote to jump between the two HDMI inputs. But getting to this point was a major pain in the arse and I can see many non-tech people simply giving up on trying to figure it all out for themselves.

My guess is they do it this way to keep the Geek Squad at Best Buy employed and very busy.

Jim

[LoungJu]

Sure u can, but the qualitty of the image, wont be the same as special display for gamers. Like refresh rate, sometimes different can be around 3-5 ms.

[Jim D Burns]

ORIGINAL: LoungJu

Sure u can, but the qualitty of the image, wont be the same as special display for gamers. Like refresh rate, sometimes different can be around 3-5 ms.

Not true for the new 4k TV's. My new TV has specific picture settings for gaming and refresh can be set as high as 120Hz.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/lg-65-class ... Id=4517900

Though for gaming I recommend getting some HDMI monster cables, expensive but worth it.

Jim

[PipFromSlitherine]

HDMI is a digital signal. Expensive cables will make no difference [:)]

http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/tvs-ente ... lute-proof

Obviously the office is full of HDMI cables and I pay about $6 for them!

Analogue audio cables on the other hand...

Cheers

Pip

[Jim D Burns]

ORIGINAL: PipFromSlitherine
Expensive cables will make no difference [:)]

Now he tells me...

On an off topic note, here's a copy of a PM I tried to send to Erik (box is full so it bounced).

Hi Erik,

Had my power supply fry on my old PC and it sent an electrical surge through my PC that wiped out the Motherboard, CPU and video card, so just bought a whole new system including hard drive and operating system so none of my old settings/cookies apply.

I went to buy the New AGEOD title and I get a security certificate warning stating the certificate from the store site isn't from a trusted certificate issuer (can't even get to the shopping cart without a warning). The warning goes on to state it may be a fictitious site etc. etc.

Bad for business I'd say. Just wanted to give you a heads up so you guys can work on getting a certificate for the store that doesn't give this waning to first time buyers, my guess is it scares a lot of people away.

Jim


Edit: I haven't forced a bypass to make the purchase yet in case you want me to test any changes you might make. Let me know if/when you want me to test it.

[PipFromSlitherine]

Thanks for the details. Could you possibly open a thread in the site feedback forum (tt.asp?forumid=1269) so that the web guys can follow up to try and work out what is going on wrt browser OS etc. Thanks!

Cheers

Pip

[Gilmer]

ORIGINAL: Jim D Burns

ORIGINAL: Zap
Clearer, directions are needed I agree. It would be even better if they had that all worked out beforehand. So when you wanted to plug in the computer things would be a simple "plug-in-hole" computer works; pull plug out TV works.

Finally got it all working (turns out one of my new monster cables was one way only and I had it plugged in backwards, D'oh!). Now that it's hooked up and I have set up different settings via the TV's menu's for HDMI1 (set up for the PC) and HDMI 3 (set up for the TV), its a simple task now of simply pressing the input key on the TV remote to jump between the two HDMI inputs. But getting to this point was a major pain in the arse and I can see many non-tech people simply giving up on trying to figure it all out for themselves.

My guess is they do it this way to keep the Geek Squad at Best Buy employed and very busy.

Jim

I just have separate TVs for the monitor and the TV viewing. I think actually my monitor is bigger than my TV!!

[Gilmer]

ORIGINAL: Jim D Burns

ORIGINAL: LoungJu

Sure u can, but the qualitty of the image, wont be the same as special display for gamers. Like refresh rate, sometimes different can be around 3-5 ms.

Not true for the new 4k TV's. My new TV has specific picture settings for gaming and refresh can be set as high as 120Hz.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/lg-65-class ... Id=4517900

Though for gaming I recommend getting some HDMI monster cables, expensive but worth it.

Jim

I think TVs are about to go to 240 refresh, too.

[Jim D Burns]

ORIGINAL: H Gilmer
I think TVs are about to go to 240 refresh, too.

Many are already there as you'll see if you browse the site. I chose this scaled down version (no 3D, 120Hz, etc.) as I saw no reason to spend another thousand or so for the extras I'll never need or use. This TV gives 4k resolution, great picture quality for movies and runs about half the price of the ones with all the bells and whistles. Still pricey but my old eyes have forced me over the years to continually increase the size of my monitor. I couldn't justify the price for PC only use, but thankfully it pulls double duty and will be my TV as well.

Jim

[demyansk]

Thanks guys for the info, when I get the tv I have a few days to look at it with a computer. Ill see how it works, if it doesn't play battlefield 4 then it's. Back to the 24 inch monitor.

Ill show a picture if I get it hooked up.

Thanks