[Discuss] HDTV's as a computer monitor

[feenberg at nber.org (Daniel Feenberg)]

On Sat, 21 Jul 2012, Doug wrote:

> Can it be done?  Should it be done?  I saw a 36" Sony WEGA HDTV 1080i
> available on Craigs list.  My 28" Hanns-G probably roasted a capacitor
> somewhere and now the screen washes out for large sections.  BIG is
> good, but computer monitors stop in the the 28" range.  Anyone using
> an HDTV for their computer monitor?  I have a mac mini.
>

Wouldn't that put you at a rather oblique angle to the edges of the 
screen? I always thought the advantage of 2 smaller monitors was that they 
could be placed at an angle to each other, do that your eyes were closer 
to perpendicular to each monitor as you looked at it.

dan feenberg

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