Best solution for single display as monitor and tv?

I've been interested in getting a HDTV for a while now, but have been holding out. What I'm interested in now in a single display that will be big enough for tv viewing but will operate at high pc resolutions, hopefully 1600x1200 or higher.

Is there any solution besides the out-of-price-range 30 inch LCD's? I see many larger LCD HDTV's for cheaper which don't offer as high resolutions. For example this TV[=http//www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824022014&ATT=24-022-014]TV has a resolution of 1366x768. I'm just having a hard time conceptualizing how computing would be on a display of this size and resolution. Do you think I would be comfortable using this for all my computing?

Anyone have any suggestions or been through the same thing? I don't want to have blurry text and whatnot.

get a tv tuner for your pc. problem solved.

well not really as I am sitting at an old 17'' CRT lol

I need either a pc monitor that is big enough to view video from distance, or a HDTV that has high enough resolution to use as a monitor.

I want something big enough to watch video from 12 feet away. I would want something around 25"+ ideally. I may have to settle for a dell 2001WPS(i think thats the model) but that's only 21 inches.

apple cinema 30in

You won't find HDTV's with high PC resolution. The best you would find is a 1080p HDTV that does 1920x1080p.

To get a resolution higher than 1080 lines, you have to buy an actual PC monitor, which don't get that big. The largest available on the consumer market are probably the 30" displays by Apple and Dell, and they cost what a big-screen HDTV would cost.

You can't have it both ways -- you either get a kick-ass bigscreen with mediocre PC resolution, or a much smaller display with high resolution.

[quote2af411472c="dmorris68"]

You can't have it both ways -- you either get a kick-ass bigscreen with mediocre PC resolution, or a much smaller display with high resolution.[/quote2af411472c]

Yeah, I guess I knew that already just didn't want to give up. I suppose I will go with a dell2007fp and hold out on getting a big HD display. Thanks for the suggestions.

Well, a 2007FPW is only going to get you 1600x1050. A 1080p TV (if you can sync a PC signal at full res) will get you 1920x1080. I figured from your question that you were wanting higher PC resolution than that. At least look at the 2407FPW and get 1920x1200 for few hundred more!

You love that 2007FPW. Aren't you scared of the banding?

[quotef72ae85167="Wolfeman"]You love that 2007FPW. Aren't you scared of the banding?[/quotef72ae85167]
Who? I don't care for the 2007FPW at all -- don't like the resolution. I do however have a hot and sweaty love affair with the 2405FPW/2407FPW. ;)

But banding? Being an 8-bit panel, it shouldn't have a problem with banding, at least the 2005 series didn't.

I thought there was a known banding problem with the 2007FPW...
http//www.engadget.com/2006/04/26/2007wfp-experiencing-severe-banding-on-gradients/

[quote4bb312d2c0="Wolfeman"]I thought there was a known banding problem with the 2007FPW...
http//www.engadget.com/2006/04/26/2007wfp-experiencing-severe-banding-on-gradients/[/quote4bb312d2c0]

First I've heard of it, and from reading that is seems to a sporadic problem with the LG panels. Not everybody has it, one guy commenting said between him and his friends they have 4 of 'em and have never seen it.

But it is a much cheaper and mass-produced to a greater degree than the 24" panel that I'm interested in, so it isn't entirely surprising that they'd have some QC problems with it.

[quotedece08f820="dmorris68"]At least look at the 2407FPW and get 1920x1200 for few hundred more![/quotedece08f820]

Yes, that 2407FPW is exactly what I had in mind. Many thanks.

[quotedece08f820]1080p TV (if you can sync a PC signal at full res) will get you 1920x1080.[/quotedece08f820]

Could you possibly explain what you mean by sync at full res?

[quote17092bfe0f="xigxag"]Could you possibly explain what you mean by sync at full res?[/quote17092bfe0f]

Some HDTV's will have some very narrow timing requirements that may not mesh with your PC's videocard output. The upshot is that you may not be able to sync your videocard with 1920x1080p on the TV. You also have issues with overscan to consider, which sometimes forces you to tweak resolution down a bit. I would strongly recommend PowerStrip (if you're running Windows) as it can often squeeze out custom timings and gain you resolutions that you can't get from Windows and your standard video driver.