POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Shopping for TVs : Re: Shopping for TVs Server Time
6 Sep 2024 17:18:06 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Shopping for TVs  
From: Invisible
Date: 28 Nov 2008 08:10:06
Message: <492fedae$1@news.povray.org>
>> A lot of the TV descriptions seem to leave confusion as to whether 
>> you're buying a "TV" or a "monitor". Hmm... ;-)
> 
> There's very little difference these days. My LCD TV has a VGA connector 
> (along with a tonne of others) and my server uses it as a monitor.

Yeah. Originally a "monitor" lacked an RF demodulator and had a vastly 
superior colour grid compared to a "TV". (Because you're going to be 
sitting 3 feet away, not 13 feet away!) On an LCD, I guess there's not 
much difference.


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