Desktop LCD vs Sharp Aquos

M

Miburo

n00b
Joined
Apr 25, 2005
Messages
52
After seeing all the price drops in lcd tv's lately I was wondering what the benefits are of getting a 26" ~ desktop lcd over something like a

32" Sharp Aquos 1080P with 6ms response? ~540$

I heard LCD TV's use IPS and MVA's and as long as they had hdmi or vga ports you would get a TV and a monitor.
 
You have to be careful and research each model you're interested in. LCD TVs do things like sharpening and artifact removal that makes movies look great but makes games and text look awful. On some models you can turn these effects off, while on others you can't.
 
Thanks evil, do you know any off the top of your head? Its just lcd tv's are dropping so dramatically lately that it almost seems that if it is using a PVA or IPS they are a great deal compared to the prices i see computer lcds go to
 
Only the high end LCD TVs use IPS panels. Last one I saw was priced at about $1.8k.

To the best of my knowledge most LCD TVs use PVA or MVA panels.
 
There is a lot of panel swapping in the TV industry as there is in the desktop LCD. Samsung even has the old panel lotto going apparently.

Best panels IMO are Panasonics Alpha IPS, followed by top end Samsung/Sonys with Samsung PVAs, top end LG with LG-IPS.

Most of the rest are MVA or sharp ASV wtih mediocre viewing angles.

Samsung has good PC input. Select the right HDMI label as "Computer" and it shuts off the processing and everything will be pixel perfect.

I bought a Samsung LN37A530, 1080p and decent dead center, but poor off angle.
 
The ASV panel in the Sharp is known to have sharpness problems especially with colored text.

I'd echo Snowdog's info and say that (specifically) the Panasonic 32LZ800 which uses their excellent Alpha IPS panel would be a better choice. It is also known to have fairly low input lag. The North American model can also be adjusted to remove colored text blurring unlike the European model. The only caveat with the Panny is that you can't change RGB values directly.

I saw one of these recently and thought it was extremely nice, albeit glossy.
 
TX-32LZ85 is the non glossy version and it is less expensive. Pretty sure it is the same panel otherwise.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top