Your thoughts on LCD HDTV's as monitors

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temporallock

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Hey guys, first post here, but definitely going to be posting more and asking many questions as I've been out of the computer building game for a few years.

Anyway, I'm moving from Texas to California and not bringing my television. With the prices of 24"+ LCD HDTV's dropping pretty significantly in the last few months I've been looking into buying one and just using it as my monitor for the computer and a television for my room.

There are a few that i've been looking at with HDMI/DVI-I connections for the computer, native resolution of 1366x768, etc.

So what are the thoughts of doing something like this? I'm used to my 1280x1024 resolution, but I'm pretty sure I could adapt to the widescreen view.

Let me know on either your opinion or link me to a website that gives their opinion.

Thanks
 
They'd probably be great for gaming and other video applications. However, for tasks such as writing or reading text, widescreens (especially a 24"+ one) can be a real pain if your windows are fullscreen. Your eyes can only track a line of text for so long before it loses its place. That's why books are longer vertically.
 
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To be able to display that resolution with decent performance, you might need a pretty high end graphics card.

If you have the money to buy a decent card such as a 7900GT or upwards, then I like the idea.
 
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