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I have the 40" one and it's my main work monitor. It was right around $400 with shipping and tax. I did have to buy a new $200 graphics card to drive it though. It needs "native HDMI", whatever the hell that is.
LED TV as computer monitor?
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I have the 40" one and it's my main work monitor. It was right around $400 with shipping and tax. I did have to buy a new $200 graphics card to drive it though. It needs "native HDMI", whatever the hell that is.
From the discussion, it's clear to me that whether a TV works as a computer monitor depends on whether you're using it in an application that requires the extra resolution that some monitors have.
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I woke up one morning after one of the shuttles landed at Edwards AFB as an alternate and heard a strange engine/plane noise that I couldn't place. Turned out to be the 747 carrier with the shuttle on the back, and two F-16's in trail that I could just barely see from my bed
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Thanks for all the input, guys!
I'm leaning towards a 23" to 24" monitor. I sit close enough that I think bigger would be wasted.
I guess I was constantly seeing cheap prices on TV's and did not realized how much monitors had come down in price as well.
Thinking something like this:
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-S23C3...8&qid=1429446647&sr=8-10&keywords=Led+monitor
Thoughts?
I'm leaning towards a 23" to 24" monitor. I sit close enough that I think bigger would be wasted.
I guess I was constantly seeing cheap prices on TV's and did not realized how much monitors had come down in price as well.
Thinking something like this:
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-S23C3...8&qid=1429446647&sr=8-10&keywords=Led+monitor
Thoughts?
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I woke up one morning after one of the shuttles landed at Edwards AFB as an alternate and heard a strange engine/plane noise that I couldn't place. Turned out to be the 747 carrier with the shuttle on the back, and two F-16's in trail that I could just barely see from my bed
Back when we used to do cool things... Neat that you got to see them in person. I never did.
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As an update, I went the monitor route - they were just a lot cheaper now than when I last shopped for one.
This is on the way from Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00RPJOQQ8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
May arrive today and I promise a PIREP.
This is on the way from Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00RPJOQQ8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
May arrive today and I promise a PIREP.
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I figured you'd go that way once we mentioned the prices. They're darn near throwaway at this point at the 23" size.