[mythtv-users] [OT] LCD TV or LCD Monitor for Front-end

[Eric Sharkey]

On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 2:45 PM, John Welch <jrw3319 at gmail.com> wrote:
> My question is
> do I get another LCD TV, or are the LCD monitors that are out there now as
> good or better for what I need?

I have three LCD TVs now.  (24", 37", and 52".)  Only the 52" has the
ability to turn off overscan when using a digital input (HDMI).  Both
of my smaller sets insist on overscanning the image which absolutely
sucks for anything that isn't video (and only mostly sucks for video).
 Luckily both these sets have VGA input and don't force an overscan on
VGA.

Anything marketed as a monitor will not overscan the input.  With TVs
it's a bit of a crap shoot.  It's just something else to keep in mind.

Eric