Small TV, or use computer for TV?
I'd like to have a small TV, and I mean 11-13" diagonal would be fine, for setting up in our screen tent outside. It would get its signal from a cable jack on the side of the MH. Signals would eithe...
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Dish, forget about using a PC for TV you would have to have a "tuner" card which has at least analog (SD) inputs. In the USA there is no (ATSC/NTSC) tuner cards that have HD (HDMI) inputs being sold although tuner cards may be able to tune analog channels which the modulator on the sat receiver would output on but that would be just plain ugly looking.
Personally to me, attempting to use a PC as a "TV" would be more hassle than it is worth. The only nice thing though is with most tuner cards you often get a "recording" feature which is sort of like having a DVR but you have to deal with a lot of hassles to get it working correctly..
I actually go the opposite way I bought a TV which has COMPUTER VGA inputs, then connect my PC to the TV. Most TVs now days are as good as a PC monitor so you will not notice any loss of quality while using the TV for a PC monitor.
I will suggest though that you should consider skipping the TV sizes of 15", these sizes for some reason have a very bad limited viewing angle and finding 12"-13" LCDs with VGA inputs are hard to find. I do have a 12" and for TV and computer viewing it is really small (widescreens are a pain).
Your best bet for TVs is 19" size will get you a wide viewing angle (this is important since this is the off axis angle from the center of the screen you can view the picture correctly).
Personally to me, attempting to use a PC as a "TV" would be more hassle than it is worth. The only nice thing though is with most tuner cards you often get a "recording" feature which is sort of like having a DVR but you have to deal with a lot of hassles to get it working correctly..
I actually go the opposite way I bought a TV which has COMPUTER VGA inputs, then connect my PC to the TV. Most TVs now days are as good as a PC monitor so you will not notice any loss of quality while using the TV for a PC monitor.
I will suggest though that you should consider skipping the TV sizes of 15", these sizes for some reason have a very bad limited viewing angle and finding 12"-13" LCDs with VGA inputs are hard to find. I do have a 12" and for TV and computer viewing it is really small (widescreens are a pain).
Your best bet for TVs is 19" size will get you a wide viewing angle (this is important since this is the off axis angle from the center of the screen you can view the picture correctly).
