Using an LCD computer monitor with an STB

[Mike]

Has anyone experience with LCD monitors and STBs?
I can't see the point buying an LCD TV, as they have analog, rather than
digital tuners, and cost more.
A standard 17" LCD monitor is only $500, and gives a 40cm 16:9
letterboxed diagonal. Or 43cm for fullscreen 4:3.

They should be good for HD with 1280x768 pixels in the 16:9 area, and
built-in scaling from an analogue RGB signal.
BUT - the catch - looking at the spec's I see it wants close to a 60Hz
vertical sync rate. Can an STB in Australia be made to put out a
60Hz progressive RGB signal, or will some LCD monitors do 50 or 100Hz ?

All the 17" and 19" LCDs seem to be 1280x1024 (4:3), so they could
show a 720p image natively, if the STB would scale to that res.

[Mike]

Has anyone experience with LCD monitors and STBs?
I can't see the point buying an LCD TV, as they have analog, rather than
digital tuners, and cost more.
A standard 17" LCD monitor is only $500, and gives a 40cm 16:9
letterboxed diagonal. Or 43cm for fullscreen 4:3.

They should be good for HD with 1280x768 pixels in the 16:9 area, and
built-in scaling from an analogue RGB signal.
BUT - the catch - looking at the spec's I see it wants close to a 60Hz
vertical sync rate. Can an STB in Australia be made to put out a
60Hz progressive RGB signal, or will some LCD monitors do 50 or 100Hz ?

All the 17" and 19" LCDs seem to be 1280x1024 (4:3), so they could
show a 720p image natively, if the STB would scale to that res.

Oh - and either the monitor needs sufficient "vertical size" adjustment
to take a wide signal, or the STB needs to put out an HD letterboxed
signal. Any success?
I use a PC with DVB card, which works fine with an LCD, of course.

[Adam F]

should be much difference between dvb-t card and stb in theory

only thing i would do is get a ws lcd, letterbox format is really starting
to bug me


//adam f


"Mike" <mike.n@nospam-westnet.com.au> wrote in message
news:41931faa$1@quokka.wn.com.au...
>
> Has anyone experience with LCD monitors and STBs?
> I can't see the point buying an LCD TV, as they have analog, rather than
> digital tuners, and cost more.
> A standard 17" LCD monitor is only $500, and gives a 40cm 16:9
> letterboxed diagonal. Or 43cm for fullscreen 4:3.
>
> They should be good for HD with 1280x768 pixels in the 16:9 area, and
> built-in scaling from an analogue RGB signal.
> BUT - the catch - looking at the spec's I see it wants close to a 60Hz
> vertical sync rate. Can an STB in Australia be made to put out a
> 60Hz progressive RGB signal, or will some LCD monitors do 50 or 100Hz ?
>
> All the 17" and 19" LCDs seem to be 1280x1024 (4:3), so they could
> show a 720p image natively, if the STB would scale to that res.
>
> Oh - and either the monitor needs sufficient "vertical size" adjustment
> to take a wide signal, or the STB needs to put out an HD letterboxed
> signal. Any success?
> I use a PC with DVB card, which works fine with an LCD, of course.
>