Using TV set as monnitor? (Page 2): My reply was aimed at anyone who edits their images. More resolution is helpful.

Bob Andrews Loc: Scotland

My reply was aimed at anyone who edits their images. More resolution is helpful.

EstherP

Linda From Maine wrote:

I think it works pretty well :)

I don't, Linda. Look at the difference in colour between the two screens - which is the most correct one?

I know that I cannot rely on my eyes to tell me exactly when a colour is correct, but find it helps to start with a calibrated monitor. A tv screen was never intended to edit photos...
Now if you could calibrate that tv screen, then have it in a location where ambient light would not get in the way, and the resolution of the tv screen is high enough for photo editing, you'd be getting somewhere.

Just saying....
EstherP

Dlevon Loc: New Jersey

Linda From Maine wrote:

I think it works pretty well :)

Good setup!

LarJgrip Loc: The Fraser Valley

cthahn wrote:

It will never work as a quality color monitor.

Of course it would work!!

http://www.samsung.com/ca/consumer/tv-video/tv/uhd/UN65F9000AFXZC

mrtobin Loc: North East Ohio

Mercer wrote:

Win7, 12GB RAM, 12TB internal and external storage, very fast chip and board. Very fast video card. 24" LCD monitor. I do a lot of graphics.

I am trying to learn LR and PSE. Have been using MS Digital Image Pro 9.

Thanks, Mercer

It sounds that you have a great computer, 24" monitor, WOW. You may want to consider upgrading the pse program, Adobe "turned the lights on" in pse10. The newest pse is 12.
The size of a "TV" screen is determined by how far the viewer is going to sit in front of it. Big room big screen, small room smaller screen.
Regards mrtobin

demarlow Loc: Broken Arrow, Ok

I use a Sony 27". With my Windows 7 lap top it works great and I can calibrate it. Looks a lot better than the screen on the lap top. However, when I use it for my monitor for my Windows 8 desk top, I get a message saying the resolution is too low. My grand son changed the resolution and it crashed the hard drive. No problem with some things but quite a lot of things will say the resolution is too low. The TV is a Sony Bravia 1080P HDTV. If I open the photos in a specific program, I can view them. But just to look at them as a slide show, I get the messae.

busted_shutter

Mercer wrote:

Win7, 12GB RAM, 12TB internal and external storage, very fast chip and board. Very fast video card. 24" LCD monitor. I do a lot of graphics.

I am trying to learn LR and PSE. Have been using MS Digital Image Pro 9.

Thanks, Mercer

How about video ports?

UP-2-IT Loc: RED STICK, LA

Mercer wrote:

Concurrently, I read that a Hog recommends using a... (show quote)

It should work just fine, I am currently using a 56" LG HDTV as my monitor. I tried it one day and shazaam!
Of course I had to end up buying another TV but the LG works great.

jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

Bigger is not always better. Sometimes it can be too big. With a screen that large, your pixels will be visible.

That said, next Friday Costco is having a sale on an HP 27 inch,IPS, LED, back-lit display for $219.99. This should be the bomb.

UP-2-IT Loc: RED STICK, LA

jeep_daddy wrote:

Bigger is not always better. Sometimes it can be too big. With a screen that large, your pixels will be visible.

That said, next Friday Costco is having a sale on an HP 27 inch,IPS, LED, back-lit display for $219.99. This should be the bomb.

Thats strange, might be the quality of the TV, no problem with pixelation up to this point. By the way, I don't use all 56" of the screen.

Peekayoh Loc: UK

That makes no difference to pixel size, it is what it is.

magicray Loc: Tampa Bay, Florida

I use a Samsung 85'' Class 4K 3D Ultra HDTV UN85S9 with a display resolution of 4096 x 2160. Sears has them on sale now for only $39,999.99

magicray Loc: Tampa Bay, Florida

mrtobin wrote:

It sounds that you have a great computer, 24" monitor, WOW. You may want to consider upgrading the pse program, Adobe "turned the lights on" in pse10. The newest pse is 12.
The size of a "TV" screen is determined by how far the viewer is going to sit in front of it. Big room big screen, small room smaller screen.
Regards mrtobin

With the HD these days the old rule of a certain size of TV in relation to room size doesn't apply. I have a 19" Samsung HD flat screen and I sit 2" away from it. It's like having an 85 incher for only $149.99

mrtobin Loc: North East Ohio

magicray wrote:

With the HD these days the old rule of a certain size of TV in relation to room size doesn't apply. I have a 19" Samsung HD flat screen and I sit 2" away from it. It's like having an 85 incher for only $149.99

You seem to be agreeing with me and disagreeing at the same time

Dlevon Loc: New Jersey

magicray wrote:

With the HD these days the old rule of a certain size of TV in relation to room size doesn't apply. I have a 19" Samsung HD flat screen and I sit 2" away from it. It's like having an 85 incher for only $149.99

What do you mean, 2" away?