javelina1 Posted December 12, 2013 Posted December 12, 2013 I was thinking about picking up a 32" (1080p) TV, rather than buying a monitor. I'm currently using 24" LCD with a 15" LCD (for the MCD extraction). My current GPU is a HD 7870, (and also using an i5 with 8GB of RAM). So I would most likely reuse the 15" LCD to maintain the MCD views, and use a 32" TV for the primary cockpit view. A 1080p TV should work just fine as my monitor? (providing it has the HDMI & DVI inputs, etc. of course, being 1080p, it needs the HDMI). Was curious to hear any feedback or guidance. TIA, -Jav MSI MAG Z790 Carbon, i9-13900k, NH-D15 cooler, 64 GB CL40 6000mhz RAM, MSI RTX4090, Yamaha 5.1 A/V Receiver, 4x 2TB Samsung 980 Pro NVMe, 1x 2TB Samsung 870 EVO SSD, Win 11 Pro, TM Warthog, Virpil WarBRD, MFG Crosswinds, 43" Samsung 4K TV, 21.5 Acer VT touchscreen, TrackIR, Varjo Aero, Wheel Stand Pro Super Warthog, Phanteks Enthoo Pro2 Full Tower Case, Seasonic GX-1200 ATX3 PSU, PointCTRL, Buttkicker 2, K-51 Helicopter Collective Control
Bopop4 Posted December 12, 2013 Posted December 12, 2013 I'm using an older 50 inch plasma for my main DCS screen, with a computer monitor as the secondary and it works fine. 314-я смешанная авиационная дивизия 314th Mixed Aviation Division: The "Fighting Lemmings" Dedicated Mission Server: 314-я Caд - Mixed Aviation Division - Teamspeak: teamspeak://ts32.gameservers.com:9105 - Forums: http://314thsquadron.enjin.com/ - ED Forum Group: http://forums.eagle.ru/group.php?groupid=119
streakeagle Posted December 12, 2013 Posted December 12, 2013 (edited) The key to any device being used as a monitor beyond resolution and picture quality is the refresh rate, which for LCDs not only includes the 30/60 Hz drawing rate but the response rate (i.e. gray-to-gray). TVs generally are not rated for their utility in PC gaming. I am lucky, my old Mitsubishi 46" LCD happens to work very well as a PC monitor with a proper white DVI port providing a picture that is almost identical to the quality I get with a dedicated PC LCD monitor. The only issue I can see is that it doesn't seem to have the full color range of a PC monitor. i.e. my games probably use 32-bit color while the LCD seems like it is only using 24-bit, which makes things with minor changes in shades of color look a little "blotchy" for lack of a better word... it is particularly obvious when looking at bright blue skies. Despite the apparent loss in color resolution, DCS and other flight sims are amazing on screens big enough to use lifelike field of view settings. It is so cool when the game's field of view angle matches the actual field of view angle occupied by the monitor AND that angle equals or better yet exceeds 60 degrees. When I use the HDMI port, some image scaling/rescaling occurs which results in text and other sharply defined edges looking a little fuzzy. It is usuable, but the image is far from the quality I get using the DVI port. Edited December 12, 2013 by streakeagle [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
javelina1 Posted December 12, 2013 Author Posted December 12, 2013 thanks for the feedback, appreciate the input. :thumbup: MSI MAG Z790 Carbon, i9-13900k, NH-D15 cooler, 64 GB CL40 6000mhz RAM, MSI RTX4090, Yamaha 5.1 A/V Receiver, 4x 2TB Samsung 980 Pro NVMe, 1x 2TB Samsung 870 EVO SSD, Win 11 Pro, TM Warthog, Virpil WarBRD, MFG Crosswinds, 43" Samsung 4K TV, 21.5 Acer VT touchscreen, TrackIR, Varjo Aero, Wheel Stand Pro Super Warthog, Phanteks Enthoo Pro2 Full Tower Case, Seasonic GX-1200 ATX3 PSU, PointCTRL, Buttkicker 2, K-51 Helicopter Collective Control
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