720p vs 1080p TV, 720p is surprisingly amazing |
 Dec 30 2011, 02:02 AM
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So when I hooked up my pc to my 720p tv with a vga cord, I expected horrible picture quality. To my surprise, 1360x768 looks really sharp on a 32/36" (i forget) flat screen. 720p and 1080p youtube videos are phenomenal and WoW is awesome.
However, I'm typing from across my small room at the head of my bed with a wireless keyboard and I am having slight difficulty reading these very words (letters are fuzzy from far away - this is my only problem). Can't tell if its due to being far away from the TV or the picture quality. I inch up a bit and I can see the words more clearly. So would it be worth to upgrade to a 1080p tv (can it get any sharper?) or would I still have trouble reading? Maybe I should get my eyes checked. Maybe I don't have 20/20 vision after all. Update: Here I am all excited about VGA working on my TV, finding out now that DVI to HDMI cables exist and reviews say it destroys VGA. I will try this connection and hope that the fonts will be more legible from my usual head-of-bed to tv distance. |
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Dec 30 2011, 10:58 PM
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Senior Member Group: Human Posts: 72 Joined: Jul 2011 Member No: 809,041 |
Solution:
Returned all this BS cables. Got a refund for $79 and some change. For $90, I got a cheap Geforce 210 graphics card and an HDMI cable. I am now playing wow. Got it to lowest settings and it still looks lovely. Youtube videos are amazing. Time to start dl movies. |
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Dec 31 2011, 07:42 PM
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QUOTE(fiveseven @ Dec 30 2011, 09:58 PM)  Solution: Returned all this BS cables. Got a refund for $79 and some change. For $90, I got a cheap Geforce 210 graphics card and an HDMI cable. I am now playing wow. Got it to lowest settings and it still looks lovely. Youtube videos are amazing. Time to start dl movies. $90? you're gonna kick yourself http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814150557 you could have gotten this for about the same price http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814161395 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16812189053 You probably got your shit from best buy, they really gouge their prices on that kind of stuff. |
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Jan 1 2012, 12:14 PM
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Senior Member Group: Human Posts: 72 Joined: Jul 2011 Member No: 809,041 |
QUOTE(wwwww @ Dec 31 2011, 07:42 PM) $90? you're gonna kick yourself http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814150557 Yeah Best Buy really isn't the Best Buy. But what I meant was that the card was only $59 and the hdmi cord was $24. Still high priced, but only had to spend $20 extra after returning: DVI/HDMI cord: $29 VGA cord: $29 RCA cord: $9 Was happy in the end. Gotta go. Sandy won't let me be cause she wants Pho. |
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