Suitable Monitor

[Stan Mikulenka]

Hi again kioshi,
1/ Don't forget that it doesn't matter if you have HDMI connection from the wall to your TV ➛ you have to have the hi-def channel on your broadcast. 'Normal' TV broadcast has 480 (max) resolution...
2/ The computer monitors have much better resolution than any TV (except hi-res studio/broadcast monitors)
3/ How bigger the TV screen is, that poorer the display becomes (because the pixel count is {usualy} set at 1920x1080 - the HDTV standard), unless you use some kind of pixel display 'trick' - like the 'Faroudja Labs' line doubler or line quadrupler.
Yves Faroudja was so good in this field that even a prestigious Hi-Fi manufacturer 'Meridian Audio' patented his designs & is producing it under 'Meridian Digital Theatre' name…

 

[dcoulson]

could anyone suggest a good TN Panel please? Correct me if I'm wrong but I guess Samsung Syncmasters are better than others, right ?

I have a Samsung T260 and a couple of BX2450s. They're pretty much all the same as far as image quality goes, although the BX2450 is a LED backlit display - Personally, I can't really tell the difference in my home office.

They're all <$300 displays (The BX2450s were ~$200 from newegg at one point) so they're inexpensive and good quality. The BX have a 'magic angle' feature that is supposed to improve the viewing angle but it was better just to leave it turned off for my use.

 

[kioshi]

Hi again kioshi,
1/ Don't forget that it doesn't matter if you have HDMI connection from the wall to your TV ➛ you have to have the hi-def channel on your broadcast. 'Normal' TV broadcast has 480 (max) resolution...
2/ The computer monitors have much better resolution than any TV (except hi-res studio/broadcast monitors)
3/ How bigger the TV screen is, that poorer the display becomes (because the pixel count is {usualy} set at 1920x1080 - the HDTV standard), unless you use some kind of pixel display 'trick' - like the 'Faroudja Labs' line doubler or line quadrupler.
Yves Faroudja was so good in this field that even a prestigious Hi-Fi manufacturer 'Meridian Audio' patented his designs & is producing it under 'Meridian Digital Theatre' name…

Well Stan I guess you're right on some points. I bought a dvi to hdmi display because it's now obvious to me that the fact that the PC entrance on my LED TV is RGB is a factor the image to be bad.

I configured the DLNA thingie in my TV to play content from the external HD, I used a 720p MKV movie. Comparing the image from VLC Media Player (meaning, playing it from the system) and the image using DLNA to play the movie through the TV's media bult-in media player, the DLNA channel's image was WAY better (as good as from my HDMI cable box connection). So maybe when my DVI to HDMI adapter arrives the image will improve since it's set at 1920x1080 and the tv is 32 inches, not really big. My 23' monitor is 1680x1050 and it is way smoother but if I connect it through RGB instead of DVI (it has a direct DVI connection) the image on my computer gets much worse just like in the TV using Mac OS X.