[Discuss] HDTV's as a computer monitor

[abreauj at gmail.com (John Abreau)]

I picked up a 13-inch HDMI monitor last year to use on an Efika MX Smarttop,
and I found that it clipped the edges of the display so that I could
not see the
menubar at the top of the screen or the panel at the bottom of the screen.

I never tried it on another HDMI display, so I'm unsure if this was a problem
specific to the 13-inch display, or if this is typical of all HDTV
displays that
are designed primarily for use as TVs.



On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 5:44 PM, Richard Pieri <richard.pieri at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/21/2012 3:54 PM, Doug wrote:
>>
>> good, but computer monitors stop in the the 28" range.  Anyone using
>> an HDTV for their computer monitor?  I have a mac mini.
>
>
> I did for a while.  The problem with using a TV set is that you get a 30-40"
> screen with the same resolution as you get on a 17" notebook.  In other
> words, a HDTV set is great for watching TV and stuff from 6-12 feet away but
> it really sucks for typical computer use at 2-3 feet.
>
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> Rich P.
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