SANYO 39" 1080p LED HDTV Price: $199.99 Shipping Options:: $5 Standard Shipping Estimates: Ships in 3-5 business days (Thursday, Aug 07 to Tuesday, Aug 12) + transit Condition: Refurbished
I know contrast ratio numbers are meaningless, but I have two sceptre TV’s as monitors right now, so I can compare them easily. They are almost the same models: X409BV-FHD and X409BV-FHDU. I bought the second thinking it was the same model, but I was wrong. It has a noticeably less crisp display, so when I checked the Sceptre website I saw that the FHDU has a lower contrast ratio and no dynamic contrast ratio in comparison to the FHD. I’m wondering if these would work well as computer monitors since there’s no contrast ratio given.
How quickly does this TV switch among the inputs? My last Woot TV, a Westinghouse LD-4255VX, takes as much as 20 seconds to go between the cable box and the game console or back.
Be careful. Too many TVs cut off a small part of the desktop screen edge (like the task bar!) when connected through HDMI; though, they work perfectly when using D-Sub.
As this one does not have D-Sub, I wouldn’t bet the farm on it working well as a monitor.
There is generally a plethora of options, both on the TV and on the computer, to correct this common issue, called “overscan”. Look in your graphics card settings on your computer and in the picture size options on the TV.
I bought one of these about a year ago. I use it daily as a computer monitor. I do a lot of gaming and the picture is always clear with no ghosting. When I first set it up I checked out the speakers and they weren’t blown, however after making sure they work I promptly set the volume to 0 and only use my sound system with it. Definitely a good buy in my book.