[mythtv-users] Recommendations for HDTV?

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Mike,

Monday, January 5, 2015, 12:39:51 PM, you wrote:

> On 05/01/15 10:18, Simon Hobson wrote:
>> Mike Holden <mythtv at mikeholden.org> wrote:
>>
>>> I would suggest you get a TV which allows Overscan to be turned off.
>> ...
>>> Check online, look at manuals etc. to check this out for shortlisted sets.
>>
>> That would be the manuals that generally don't even mention it - or if they do, it's merely in the menu map for overscan options (but usually under a different name) and only lists the settings (which usually don't include "Off" - at least under that name) with no description of what the setting does.
>>
>> My experience is that you can only find out some of this stuff by trying it out - and for that, there's nothing quite like a good "bricks-n-mortar" place that'll let you plug your laptop into their sets. I did this a couple of years ago when looking for a large computer screen for my mother (who has poor eyesight). There is (or was) a good spot with a lot of Sony and another make I can't recall models on show - and they let be do just that. I don't think I found all the right settings because I never did manage to get an acceptable "unmangled" image on one !
>>
>> As well as the overscan issue, there's the image processing stuff - many sets "mangle" the image to make it "look better". Smoothing might help certain types of video, but it certainly doesn't help a computer desktop :-(
>>
> Agreed. My Hitachi TV displays Mythtv faultlessly at 1080p but dropping into a
> command prompt is painful.

> Even though I /can/ do maintenance by sitting in front of it I prefer to ssh in
> when updates are required.

> Of course, sometimes you don't get that option...

So as I suggested early on in the thread, why not use a regular
computer monitor with build-in speakers. They might not, as I thought,
be cheaper, but they don't have overscan!

Tot mails,
  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

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