TV Monitor as Monitor on your Computer?

[classic]

Anybody using a TV as Monitor in his Computer?
Does it work well?

[Dunbar]

Yes and yes.

I'm using a few old 40" (or more) flat screen TVs for my collection of computers. All of the TVs were either given to me or picked up from the side of the road. They look fine to my eyes, but for a youngster they're probably too grainy to tolerate.

[starflakeprj]

I'm using my 75" TV (wall mounted) for my Mac Mini M4 Pro. I think it works great, however, since I'm about 4m away from my TV, I cannot run the resolution at 4k, that wouldn't work for my eyes, so I'm downscaling the resolution to 2304 x 1296 (with 120Hz and HDR).

[classic]

Thanks.
I am looking to get 1 ore 2 of them, little bigger than my computer monitors.
There are sold second hand by fare cheaper than computer monitors.

[kritikon]

I was using the TV (42" probably 10 yr old Panasonic) for a while with my laptop before I got the studio set up again and it worked pretty well. Picture was pristine. Actually it worked really well as my TV is linked up to the hifi, so I could get laptop audio out into the big hifi speakers, which tbh are way better than my studio ones. Still occasionally do it happily. Only problem is it always seems to miss out the very edges of the screen and couldn't figure out any of its settings that would get the whole thing in view, but it doesn't leave out anything crucial. Laptop through the TV is how we regularly watch TV nowadays - the old smart tv isn't properly smart, so it needs Chromecast. Chrome cast is useless for anything out of country via VPN, so that's why we hook up the laptop- we regularly watch UK TV still. I'd consider getting TV screens for when I build a new studio that'll have more space, hopefully this year. Monitors that big seem to cost more than TV, so it makes sense

[uOpt]

It's annoying because the stupid TV switches to inputs that become active, even if the current one stays active.

It also goes to sleep on screensaver, but doesn't wake back up when the computer comes back.

[jwalkermed]

I use a 42 inch LG OLED. It has a few quirks being a tv but overall I like it. Someday I will go bigger and wall mount it.

[RunBeerRun]

I've thought about laptop hdmi to tv in order to view my realtime Obs recording in a larger picture.

[starflakeprj]

It's annoying because the stupid TV switches to inputs that become active, even if the current one stays active.

It also goes to sleep on screensaver, but doesn't wake back up when the computer comes back.

I don't have any problems with my LG TV regarding it switches to the active input, there should be a setting in your TV to avoid this.

It does go to sleep during screensaver, but always wakes up after a push on any button on my keyboard.

[whyterabbyt]

This forum is Hardware (Instruments and Effects), thread should be in the Conputer Setup forum.

[Pictus]

Anybody using a TV as Monitor in his Computer?
Does it work well?

No, TVs are crap.
The first thing to check before purchasing any monitor/TV is whether it uses
PWM for backlight dimming.
PWM can cause eye strain, nausea and headaches...
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Why-Pulse ... 240.0.html
https://www.rtings.com/monitor/learn/re ... rr-flicker
Almost no TV is flicker free.
https://www.rtings.com/tv/tools/table/133281
But lots of monitors are.
Here a list o Flicker Free models and the list is sorted by text clarity.
Text clarity is another aspect you should consider.
https://www.rtings.com/monitor/tools/table/156321

Other good review sites:
https://pcmonitors.info/reviews/
https://tftcentral.co.uk/category/reviews
https://www.prad.de/test-kaufberatung/t ... -monitore/

[Funky40]

I run a 40" TV (panasonic) and a 43" Monitor (LG) quasi in a cycle. This or that.
I´m fine with the TV. No complaints.
The TV is 2K, the monitor would be 4K, but i run it at 2K. (Mac....oh well)

alots might depend on the usecases, hours you spend on the screen ?
right now i run the TV. The in theory way better Monitor is in my closet ( cause: it was way easier to mount the TV to the vesa arm. and i prefer again the 40" size)

[mjolnir]

I had a VGA input to a TV monitor from a VGA output of a desktop computer back in 2013-2014 and it worked just fine.
Before I bought the TV, people told me that the screen would be too slow, but they were totally wrong. I had absolutely zero problems.
I didn't keep the TV when I moved though, I pawned it for cash. But the TV monitor worked just fine through VGA. I worked on audio projects and other stuff. It was a good efficient system.

[pekbro]

I have a nice Samsung that I use for a monitor, it works beautifully and looks spectacular with HDR. The only issue is the 4k res, everything is super small, scaling interferes with too much stuff for that to be useful. That would be the only reason I can't recommend it. *shrug

[osiris]

I've done this. It worked well and it made editing tiny bits of audio easier because the screen's so much bigger. I tell you I felt more comfortable sitting in front of the TV because it felt too detached from the sofa.