Anyone using an LCD TV display to show clients their images. Just starting to do some research and if the images look good I would like to find a 32"-37" display in the $700-$1200 range. I see that some have both VGA and HDMI inputs. Is there a noticeable difference in the quality of the displayed images between VGA and the newer HDMI inputs for static images? I'll be editing on a calibrated cinema display so I'm not overly concerned that the LCD TV's color is 100% dead on but I do want the images to look impressive for clients. Sorry for so many questions but I'm just trying to figure it all out. Thanks in advance for any advice.
I use a cheap Olevia 32" LCD I bought broken off craigslist for $100 and fixed myself..it has a lousy picture when watching dvds or even HD programing off the satellite compared to my 50" Panasonic....BUT when hooked to a computer through VGA and running a slide show on it...the picture will knock your socks off. Also when hooked to the computer I can calibrate the screen with my spyder pro2
Images look very good on my Philips HDTV. Philips and I willing to bet other make HDTV come with a USB port and have a built in media player. I just put Images on a USB drive and play them on the HDTV just like a electronic picture frame. An option you also have. HDTV displays like Computer Displays have square pixels. What HDTV dose not have in common with Computers and your images is Aspect Ratio. Most People will expect to see the whole HDTV viewing area filled with image. While it may may be possible to crop you images to a 16:9 aspect ratio it may not be possible to get a pleasing 16:9 composition. This will be particularly true of when you dealing with your portrait orientated images. For Many you will not be able make pleasing 16:9 aspect crops and when shown on the HDTV non cropped the HDTV landscape orientated 16:9 display area will have large empty areas on both sides of your. You may be better off rotating your portrait orientated images to landscape an have your HDTV mounted in a way that allows it to be rotated to a vertical orientation for portrait images. As I wrote you have other options. Electronic Picture Frames and Laptops are easily rotated in hand. Images on my 15" 133ppi IBM ThinkPad IPS LCD look amazing. Its 4:3 Aspect Ratio is also a better match for images from 3:2 and 4:3 digital Images as well as well standard print image aspect ratios 3:2(6x4) 5:4(10x8,20x16) 7:5 and 14:11. Panoramas would display better on a HDTV.
Thanks for the input. I was at a store the other day and the there was a PC hooked up to a Panasonic LCD TV via hdmi and the static pictures looked great. It also appears from the research I have done that if you are buying a LCD TV less than 40" there is little benefit to going the 1080p route. Guess I'll be making the purchase soon. This is one of those "business" purchases with some side benefits. My son will definitely enjoy it for his Wii and College Football is right around the corner!!!!
