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Is it a good idea to use a computer monitor as a TV or vice versa?

I have a very nice computer that I use to record TV shows, do some video editing, etc. I need a new TV and was in the market for one when this thought struck me: should I just buy a 30 inch or larger monitor and use THAT as my TV or should I invest in a nice TV and use THAT as my monitor? What would be the pros and cons of both ideas? Has anyone else done this? What was your experience?

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  • Bob
    Lv 7
    8 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    Hey every one is using one for the other, no harm done...

  • moline
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    look interior the decrease back of your laptop and see if there as a connection port such as one on your television (maybe a around yellow hollow, that oftentimes is next to a crimson and white hollow) and get a suitable cable to connect the two, swap your television's enter putting to anyplace you plugged it in, and make specific to setup your laptop to deliver output in the time of the port, oftentimes via administration Panel -> exhibit. yet probability is your laptop does not have the hardware to connect with a television, and you will might desire to get a video card with video output (confirm your television can connect with the output, and additionally make specific to have a slot interior your laptop for the cardboard before, AGP or PCI exhibit). do not forget that maximum laptop connections to older TVs might have a miles less sharp image than your laptop computer screen does, and doing something different than staring at video clips on the television would be confusing.

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