[tucker]

Thats what route it seems Dell is marketing the W1900 LCD (as "TV and PC monitor"). I would rather have one of each, PC is for PC and Tv is for Tv. I can understand to a point someone wanted a 2 in 1 but this just seems odd. The review I just caught on Cnet was pretty bad, I would never buy something thats known to have a slow response time. If I am spending that much, it needs to work and work *now*.

[movielover]

I also wouldn't consider this option. I'd rather have a separate TV that is connected to the computer rather than to have a computer monitor and TV screen in just one monitor.

Most TV's that are used in offices are for presentations so they need to be large enough for everyone to see who are inside that room where the TV was placed. So this 2 in 1 monitor won't do the job of a large screen TV.

[Phil A]

The other thing you can do is to get something like I have. I use the DVI input of my monitor for the computer. It also has VGA. I have the output from my old Samsung SIR-T150 HD TV tuner (of course it is good for only over the air and needs an antenna connection) which has a VGA out. It looks pretty decent on the monitors. I also have the tuner connected to a rec'r and have 2 satellites and 50W power sub. I don't use the speakers much (my MAC G5 Tower has a built in speaker) but it sounds really good when I do. They also have internal cards for the computer to install for TV viewing.

[Phil A]

It doesn't show up particularly well in the photo but attached is a screen shot of HDTV over the computer monitor. As the aspect ratio of the monitor is 16:10 (vs. 16:9) there is a black bar on the right hand side, but it does look good.

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[gundyrat]

My wifes PC located in the kitchen a laptop is connected to a LCD TV mounted on the wall which is also fed a Directv signal so i'ts pulling duel duty

[noisie]

tucker, on 12 February 2010 - 01:28 PM, said:

I would rather have one of each, PC is for PC and Tv is for Tv. I can understand to a point someone wanted a 2 in 1 but this just seems odd.

I am almost similar to you. I use the computer for work and the TV to get entertained. If I use a PC on which I can watch television, I will end up watching TV all the time and not working.

[BluRay]

I wouldn't use that in an office, but if they improved the response time I'd use it in my bedroom or if I had a computer in a living/sitting room. A friend of mine in a small apartment had a setup like that and he'd watch movies, TV shows, etc. online on that monitor and it was quite fitting.

[Emmy]

Something like that would've been nice in my dorm room in college. I can also see it being useful in a kitchen, a child's bedroom, or a very tiny apartment with extremly limited space. I agree that it really wouldn't be of much use in a business setting. That might depend on the business though.

[SoundGuy]

Separate components always made more sense to me. It's like those tv/vcr combos that came out in the early 1990s - wasn't a big fan of these either. Besides, whenever I'm in front of a computer monitor, I'm in the work mode and not the relax mode.

[tucker]

Eh, still unsure on this one. I think the SO's Samsung has a VGA deal but I have never really messed around with it too much. It might be better to save up and invest in a new monitor before I attempt all of this, esp. since its not something I "need" and "must have" just yet anyways.

[Phil A]

Samsung does have LCD 1080p TVs/monitors. I was just at Costco. The 23 inch is $269 and the 27 inch is $399 (they had a coupon that expired yesterday). I used to have a Samsung Syncmaster (old non-widescreen) with an analog TV tuner on my main computer. It is in the basement (in the unfinished area) and I'm using a couple of its video inputs for things - the 'S' for my DVD-A menus (so I don't have to turn on the projector) and the composite for the front door camera). Personally, I find it handy to have video inputs for the computer monitor. I just bought a switch at Monoprice ($36) that has VGA in and VGA out and composite video and 'S' video in. I have the HD TV Tuner on the VGA in and the front door camera on composite. Since my monitor has DVI (from the CPU) and VGA in, after a period of time it will revert to the active input (VGA) so I keep the power supply to the little switch unplugged (not a big deal). At some point, I may take a look at new Samsungs when there is another deal or I feel the need to keep the economy going and have the $ too.