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System Name | Starlifter :: Dragonfly |
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Processor | i7 2600k 4.4GHz :: i5 10400 |
Motherboard | ASUS P8P67 Pro :: ASUS Prime H570-Plus |
Cooling | Cryorig M9 :: Stock |
Memory | 4x4GB DDR3 2133 :: 2x8GB DDR4 2400 |
Video Card(s) | PNY GTX1070 :: Integrated UHD 630 |
Storage | Crucial MX500 1TB, 2x1TB Seagate RAID 0 :: Mushkin Enhanced 60GB SSD, 3x4TB Seagate HDD RAID5 |
Display(s) | Onn 165hz 1080p :: Acer 1080p |
Case | Antec SOHO 1030B :: Old White Full Tower |
Audio Device(s) | Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro - Bose Companion 2 Series III :: None |
Power Supply | FSP Hydro GE 550w :: EVGA Supernova 550 |
Software | Windows 10 Pro - Plex Server on Dragonfly |
Benchmark Scores | >9000 |
I used a TV as a computer monitor for the longest time, both with the VGA and later on with the HDMI input. It looked fine--at 1440x900, which was the native resolution reported in Windows for the TV (even though it was a 1080i screen... I could select 1080i but it looked like ass).
Now I have a different TV for testing purposes. It's a 1080p screen, and in Windows it shows the native resolution is 1980x1080... but it looks like ass. It looks kinda overbright, text doesn't look right, etc... but if I tune it down to 1366x768, it looks okay (only thought of 1366x768 as it seems to be the standard resolution to run on a TV from a computer).
Is there something up with the TV? Maybe it's just not a good quality screen, or not designed to display an image from a PC? How do I choose a good TV that I intend to use with a PC? Or is it best to just use a monitor anyway?
Side question: all this 1080p/1080i nonsense. I understand p is for progressive and i is for interlaced and it refers to how the video is recorded or somesuch. Doesn't really seem to apply to computers, or even a game console for that matter (when it comes to video games, anyway). It seems to have mostly to do with TV and movies and that sort of thing. So then, is there truly any such thing as a 1080p/1080i computer monitor?
Now I have a different TV for testing purposes. It's a 1080p screen, and in Windows it shows the native resolution is 1980x1080... but it looks like ass. It looks kinda overbright, text doesn't look right, etc... but if I tune it down to 1366x768, it looks okay (only thought of 1366x768 as it seems to be the standard resolution to run on a TV from a computer).
Is there something up with the TV? Maybe it's just not a good quality screen, or not designed to display an image from a PC? How do I choose a good TV that I intend to use with a PC? Or is it best to just use a monitor anyway?
Side question: all this 1080p/1080i nonsense. I understand p is for progressive and i is for interlaced and it refers to how the video is recorded or somesuch. Doesn't really seem to apply to computers, or even a game console for that matter (when it comes to video games, anyway). It seems to have mostly to do with TV and movies and that sort of thing. So then, is there truly any such thing as a 1080p/1080i computer monitor?