looking to use a tv as a replacement computer display, need help

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  1. Posts : 240
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    looking to use a tv as a replacement computer display, need help


    ok, so I have two tvs here, i'm trying to get at least ONE of them to cooperate and play nice, look nice etc.

    unfortunately both are presenting with less than ideal clarity graphically speaking.

    ergo the graphics and text make me think I need coke bottle thick glasses.

    one is a vizio, model #D32hn-E0
    the second is a samsung, model #UN32EH4003F

    connection type being used: hdmi

    ideally I'd have ONE of these two TVs dialed in and usable as a reasonably sharp image display.

    I'm at the point of needing help.

    windows system specs:
    Device name nonyabuisiness
    Processor AMD A6-8550 Radeon R5, 6 Compute Cores 2C+4G 3.70 GHz
    Installed RAM 12.0 GB
    OEMSystem type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
    gpu: nvidia geforce 730gt with 2gb dedicated video memory.
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  2. Posts : 23,179
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    @xraiderv1

    That's one of the problems using a TV for a monitor. TVs don't have the pixel density that monitors do.
    A decent monitor has a "pixel pitch" of around ..233
    A TV will not have a pixel pitch anywhere near that low. This is why the text, for one, won't look as crisp as it does on a monitor.

    Once the pixel pitch goes above .27-sh... things start to get more... fuzzy.
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  3. Posts : 240
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    Thread Starter
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    so this is a waste of my time to try figuring it out? I had a generous family member who gave me the vizio for this purpose...I dont wanna tell her the gesture was wasted as it just wont work from a technology standpoint..
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  4. Posts : 856
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    On the Visio try the VGA port rather than hdmi, works a lot better here on TV I'm using as third monitor, did have to pursuade it via Windows display setting to use according to Windows a non supported resolution to get the correct resolution it was supposed to support. Via VGA it pretty much compares with my other monitors, using HDMI it has some wierd resolution that is out of focus at 30Hz. Don't think the Samsung has a VGA connector though, not mentioned in the specs.

    DVI to VGA adaptor will work or HDMI to VGA, I've used both on occasions.
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  5. Posts : 240
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    Thread Starter
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    neither tv has any display inputs aside from hdmi.
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  6. Posts : 4,453
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    The Vizio D32HN-E0 has a native 720p (maybe really 1366X768) pixel resolution. The UN32EH4003F is the same.

    Making sure that the PC's resolution is set to the native resolution of the display would give you the best image. Waht resolution are you getting?

    That's still pretty poor resolution. I have a 32" PC monitor. I run at at 3840X2160. Works well at a 30" (0.75m) viewing distance. 1366X768 with a 32" would look about as sharp at 8' (2.4m).

    In case it's not obvious, I'm suggesting that those two old TVs are not ideal as PC monitors.
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  7. Posts : 240
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    I'm rapidly coming to the same conclusion...in that I'm looking at at least a $100 expense if I can find another AOC(my current is a 22 inch AOC...its been giving signs of looking to pack it in for a fair bit now) in stock SOMEWHERE...
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  8. Posts : 2,730
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    The DPI is very low, on both of those, around the 50 DPI mark. So you would need to view that at a distance not to be pixellated as you would be when being used as a TV.

    If some kind of antialiasing is used then things tend to look fuzzy.

    A smaller screen like on a 15" laptop is fine with 1366 x 768 because the DPI is then 100 DPI.

    PC monitors are in the range of ~100-300 DPI.

    Those pixels are a fixed size in the display panel and that is it.

    "so this is a waste of my time to try figuring it out? " Yes, that is how it is, non-technical people will not understand.
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  9. Posts : 240
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    Thread Starter
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    yeah no...I cant live with 1366x768...TOO bleeping small for me.
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  10. Posts : 920
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    One thing that can help when using TVs as monitors is to reduce any processing on the TV such as sharpening as this will increase the blur effect, on film this isn't a major issue but for PC text and buttons it makes them look "smeared".
    I use a JVC 60Hz 1080p TV as a second monitor for tutorial videos, the default sharpening was set at 10, reducing it to 2 made the display many times better.
    Check your drivers settings and the TV settings for scaling options and play about with them till you get the display the way you want it, but I would agree with anyone saying TVs are not suitable replacements for proper monitors, the pixel density is just too low.
    They work fine as secondary displays for watching YouTube/ Netflix videos and general web browsing or monitoring a chat display/ graph readout, but for Windows (or other OSs) use they are not great.
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