Why you should watch Leo Laporte 's TWiT network

[G+_George Kozi]

Originally shared by George Kozi

 

Why you should watch Leo Laporte's TWiT network...

No, seriously, I'm gonna tell you exactly why.

 

I was in the city today and because I'm thinking of replacing my dusty small computer monitor, I browsed around to see what's on offer. 

 

I entered one of the electronics shops and because I didn't immediately see the computer monitors, I asked the salesman where they are.

 

He took a look at me, and said that these days nobody really makes computer monitors anymore, and I would be better off using a small TV as a monitor, because the quality is better... after all it's a TV, not a mere monitor.

 

The moment he finished talking, my built in bullcrap alarm went "ding-ding-ding-ding",  and the schmuck radar went "aooogah- aoooogah".

 

Leo Laporte's voice explaining that the TV's have lower resolution and bigger pixels echoed in my brain. It's logical, isn't it? You watch TV from a distance, and the computer monitor from nearby. So there have to be a lot more pixels packed into a computer monitor. That means a higher DPI.

 

So there you have it, ladies and gentlemen. This is why you should watch TWiT. You learn stuff, even if you don't realize it.

 

P.S. Schmucko didn't make a sale...

[G+_Joe Morrison]

Well a 1920x1080 display is a 1920x1080 display, so I a small TV typically make an adequate monitor.  However a lot of TV's have muddy colors and fuzzy pixels as they bleed from one to another.  TV's try to hide the warts from the original signal while a true monitor is optimized for the sharpest recreation of the original signal.

 

Take a close look at a TV as a monitor.  It can make sense.

[G+_tony taylor]

Samsung make TV\moniters but on the whole go for a monitor most small TVs don't do full HD and that wrecks the display for most people.