[GTALUG] war story: fixing an LCD TV

[David Mason]

I have used a projector for “TV” (Netflix/Youtube) watching for the last 5 years. It has 2 HDMI ports, and is quite nice. It’s “only” 1080p, but when it’s a 90” screen, that’s pretty good. I had a BenQ, but the bulb was always a problem, so I recently replaced it with a XGIMI, and it’s awesome!

I occasionally plug the HDMI into my laptop, and that works well too. It claims to be 4K (speaking of brands) and it will take a 4096x2160 signal, but the underlying display is 1920x1080.

I also have a 39” “RCA” that I bought at Loblaws 5 years ago for $199 (I think. it *might* have been as much as $299, but I don’t think so)… The colours aren’t perfect (mostly meaning that the range is limited), but it’s our bedroom screen, and it works pretty well as a monitor for my laptop, too.

../Dave
On May 31, 2019, 1:50 PM -0400, James Knott via talk , wrote:
> On 2019-05-31 01:45 PM, Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote:
> > How viable Is it to use a TV as monitor, ignore the "smart" crap and
> > just plug in the HDMI? Are there features or specs needed for a TV to
> > make it usable for close viewing?
> >
>
> I have used my TVs on occasion as a monitor and worked fine.  On the
> other hand, my monitor is connected to a Rogers box for watching TV.  As
> for close viewing, that would depend entirely on the TV.  Some are
> better than others.  For example, my new Sharp TV seems to have a
> Sharper (sorry <g>) image than the old Sharp TV.
>
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