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Old 09-11-2009, 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Radiance View Post
Don't you miss watching a screen that is a little bigger than a monitor?
Well, there are two ways to look at this.

Newer digital TVs usually have digital inputs now, such as DVI or HDMI, although even RGB will work. Conversely, you can get digital or analog TV out on a computer with nominal hardware.

Therefore, your TV becomes one giant computer monitor. (May have to tweak color settings though.)

The other is, if you're like me where it's usually only one person, then you can simply sit closer. With my computer monitor, I sit only roughly one and a half feet away, and in terms of relative size, it's actually about the same as when I sit in the middle of a movie theater! It's true, I've pinky-measured. Nor am I missing a single detail with 1080p resolution!

Viewing distance is often one of those things that can make a huge difference, and yet, is easy to overlook. Best of all, it doesn't cost anything for me to sit closer.
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