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ushere wrote on 2/6/2014, 7:08 PM
i suppose it's at what resolution they display - depending if you're talking picture monitoring or gui?

as long as i can calibrate it with a spyder i'm happy with almost any screen (well, ips)
videoITguy wrote on 2/6/2014, 7:18 PM
Generally if you compare say a 27 inch LCD TV screen to a 24 inch computer monitor screen side by side with an identical VGA input from computer - the 24inch monitor will actually be far better looking screen to the naked eye.
Now if you are monitoring say a DVD output to those same two screens they will appear about equal or maybe even better on the 27 inch TV.
SO, depends on what you want to do with the equipment, what will be your primary source for display, and how discriminating you are at looking at detail. Price will matter.
MikeyDH wrote on 2/6/2014, 8:10 PM
The resolution on the TV's I saw are 720p. I'm sure there may be some at 1080p, but going there would put me near a bigger dedicated monitor price wise. I would still have the option of using it as the television in that regard.
john_dennis wrote on 2/6/2014, 9:22 PM
"[I]The resolution on the TV's I saw are 720p.[/I]"

Don't do it. You won't be happy unless you like to watch TV in your den. Personally, I'm not fond of the pixel dimensions of the 1920x1080 27" monitors that I've seen. The pixels look a little big at the distance that I generally sit from the screen. Different people see differently though. My daughter with keratoconus is delighted with a 1366x768 32" display.

My son uses a 32" TV with his computer and sits quite far away from it. I don't thinks it's very sharp. His monitor / video card combination makes it impossible to do some maintenance with that display hooked up. I don't think the monitor supports some of the modes necessary before a video driver is loaded. No big deal, he never does any maintenance anyway.