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Hey guys, I hope this is in the correct section.


Can anyone make any suggestions for a TV that can double as an okay PC monitor without a lot of pixellation?

I've got a friend who told me about specific "chipset" and "tuners" or some such on board devices that
make the difference between having crisp clear text and graphics on his 40" Samsung, as opposed to others
who were apparently less than satisfactory.

I am looking for a 32" that can do full HD, if that is possible, but that can also double as a pc monitor, not that I intend to really play games on it, but I actually want to connect it up with my system to stream / watch movies etc.

We have limited space in the "cupboard" that the TV must go into, something like 80cm across (say 78cm), I think a 32" should fit, a 40" possibly with a thin bezel or moved forward slightly.

If you can't figure out from my post, I am a complete noob where this is concerned, I don't really watch TV (in actual fact until a month ago I didn't even live in a place where there was a TV.) so your help would be appreciated.

My budget for the TV is around R4500 - R5000 max.

Oh, and if there is such a thing as a TV monitor without a TV tuner (but with the "pixel" size like a TV), I would truly appreciate it as I actually don't want to buy a TV license. I have no interest in watching the crud the SABC and e-TV peddles, honestly.

Thanks for your help guys!
 
Any modern Samsung, LG or Sony will work. The trick is setting them to PC mode in order to get a crisp picture.

Take a look at the Samsung UA32EH5000/UA32F5000/UA32H5100, and then the LG/Sony equivalents.
 
Oh, what I mean with "TV pixel sizes" is that the panels for TV's "seem" to be cheaper per inch than computer monitors, I might be wrong, but I believe a 32" LCD / LED monitor would probably require a visit to my bank manager. Though, honestly, if I had to buy a 32" monitor it would be to work and play on...


As for the TV license, I will take out one if there isn't a choice of a non TV tuner TV type monitor, I don't know why this country can't do it like the UK, where if you can prove you are not going to use the TV for watching broadcasted shows, you don't have to pay TV License. Oh wait, I do know why, parastatal monopolies - go figure.
 
I'm using a LG 32LE5500 currently as a monitor and it works well, good colours, no ghosting, very little lag

I had to set it to game/pc mode and I changed the pixel format to Full RGB from YCbCr in my display properties, I found that dark colours were very washed out on YCbCr

It's been discontinued though I see. The one from Takealot seems like a good price for the quality TV you're going to get.
 
johncgalloway said:
We have limited space in the "cupboard" that the TV must go into, something like 80cm across (say 78cm), I think a 32" should fit, a 40" possibly with a thin bezel or moved forward slightly.
Click to expand...
32 * 2.54 = 81.28cm
40 * 2.54 = 101.6cm
 
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