Ever game on a HD TV?

[Tim]

Hey guys,

So I saw at best buy the other day a 60" TV that does 1920x1080 resolution, which happens to be exactly the same as my 30" monitor that I broadcast at. What the heck, when did HD TV's get such high PC resolution rates?

So I was wondering, has anybody ever plugged a PC into a 1920x1080 LED/LCD/Plasma TV that supports that high resolution? How does it look?

I think it would actually look really good since that resolution is pretty large.

What do you think?

[ebony]

i tryed to on my tv but its not as as high as that my G/f card as not got Hdmi so its not that good though my bro does on his 50" sceen jsut think xbox but as a pc

i wonted to use my t.v for a 3rd computer (yep boxing over 3 computers now) but its not working so i need to get a new sceen on the "post my workplace" i saw some with t.v's i used to use a projecter to and that was 75" and wow was epic on that

[ollee]

its iffy tim. theyre laggy, somewhat funky looking and not designed to be used that way. the edges get chopped a bit and theres almost half a second dealy....on mine at least.

[Lindline]

Originally Posted by Tim

Hey guys,

So I saw at best buy the other day a 60" TV that does 1920x1080 resolution, which happens to be exactly the same as my 30" monitor that I broadcast at. What the heck, when did HD TV's get such high PC resolution rates?

Since 1080i came out. Thats the resolution of the specification.

[Tim]

Isn't there 60hz TVs that do 1920x1080?

I'm thinking about picking one up and mounting it to the wall in my office, god that would be insane.

[Poyzon]

Optimal viewing distance is 8-12' for a 60" TV.

Doesn't seem very practical unless we're all going to be watching Tim live at the Multiboxing.com gathering in Las Vegas.

How's that for starting rumors?

[Lindline]

Originally Posted by Tim

Isn't there 60hz TVs that do 1920x1080?

I'm thinking about picking one up and mounting it to the wall in my office, god that would be insane.

60hz or 60"? All HDTVs should be capable of 60hz (hz being equal to fps here) since thats also in the specs for an HDTV broadcast... and no Tim, we dont need you to double your bandwidth usage to get 60 fps from the stream.

Panasonic makes a 103" TV you could mount up on your wall.

[Sidrael]

i tried it on my 46" and the tv is just to big. its not worth it you start to get lost on the screen and it makes it harder to play, imo.

[Tim]

Sidrael yea thats one of the problems I was thinking might happen as well. The 30" I have right now are almost like that, so its a bit of a worry yea.

Hmm might just skip it then.

[xunil76]

Originally Posted by ollee

its iffy tim. theyre laggy, somewhat funky looking and not designed to be used that way. the edges get chopped a bit and theres almost half a second dealy....on mine at least.

that all depends on the make/model of the TV you get, as far as teh 1/2 second delay goes. obviously, you'll notice things like that more on the cheaper models because the response times on them will generally not be as good....although, you can't go by price alone. just do your research over at AVS forums, and make sure the TV you're looking at holds up to the scrutiny of those guys over there.

also, as far as the edges getting chopped off (that's called overscan, btw), your video drivers should be able to handle that easily enough. i know for a fact that nVidia drivers can do this easily, because i helped set up my girlfriend's PC to run on her plasma screen for use as a home theater PC....it has an nVidia adapter in it, and you can simply go into the drivers and there's a place to adjust the screen area.....you just drag a little outline box around until that box fits just barely within the confines of the screen, and it will only render video (2D & 3D both) within those lines, effectively getting rid of the overscan, so nothing is being rendered off the edge of the screen.