HALP I need advice for buying a PC display or HDTV.
I am considering buying either a PC monitor or an HDTV, both of which would be hooked up to a computer to act as a regular PC and a DVR (i.e. like TiVo). Which one would be the better option when balancing display quality and price?
I could be wrong, but it seems that PC monitors are a lot cheaper for equivalent display quality (even monitors with 16:9 aspect ratio). Why is that? It seems too good to be true. Is it just some marketing thing or am I missing something?
Once I decide which one to use, what's a good buying guide? There are like a million models and it's hard to determine. Is there something other than contrast ratio, aspect ratio, and supported resolutions to go by in terms of display quality?
I'm considering having the PC be output only (i.e. no DVR functionality) if that will reduce the cost a lot, but the cards for HDMI/DVI input don't seem much more than $150 extra. I'm probably going to be simply getting a new video card for my current PC and potentially a new hard drive to store the movies. I'll probably use free and open source software, but if commercial software comes seems much better. I'll definitely not not pirate it.
I could be wrong, but it seems that PC monitors are a lot cheaper for equivalent display quality (even monitors with 16:9 aspect ratio). Why is that? It seems too good to be true. Is it just some marketing thing or am I missing something?
Once I decide which one to use, what's a good buying guide? There are like a million models and it's hard to determine. Is there something other than contrast ratio, aspect ratio, and supported resolutions to go by in terms of display quality?
I'm considering having the PC be output only (i.e. no DVR functionality) if that will reduce the cost a lot, but the cards for HDMI/DVI input don't seem much more than $150 extra. I'm probably going to be simply getting a new video card for my current PC and potentially a new hard drive to store the movies. I'll probably use free and open source software, but if commercial software comes seems much better. I'll definitely not not pirate it.