"Bob Williams" wrote in message ...

Some of the current crop of LCD HDTV sets have resolutions of 1080p (typically 1920 x 1080 pixels) and some ALSO have PC inputs.
It it practical, for example, to use a 37" LCD HDTV set with a resolution of 1080p, as my PC monitor?
Would PS images still be acceptably sharp on a 37" screen?
If so, that would be way cool because I plan to get a 37" LCD HDTV for Christmas anyway. I could then just hook up my PC to it
and have a killer browser and PS workspace.
Bob Williams

I was thinking of doing this with a 32" 1080p TV (although this
would be rather large for use as a monitor in my situation) so
that it could double as the bedroom TV. Two things made me
not do it. The only1080p TVs available at the time had "dynamic"
black levels and that feature was not defeatable (making them
useless as photo monitors), and all LCD panels change brightness
with viewing angle, making close-in viewing problematic. Also
worth considering (as you have...) is sharpness. LCD TVs aren't
all created equal with this, regardless of the stated resolutions.
There is also the matter of fast refresh rate (high for TV) vs.
color accuracy (low for photo monitoring). In the end, I got a
good but inexpensive 24" 1920x1200 LCD monitor plus a
so-so but inexpensive 37" LCD TV to cover the desired uses.
--David Ruether
www.donferrario.com/ruether