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On 17/03/18 11:02, Richard Brown wrote:
Hi I'm looking to buy a computer monitor but I'm not sure how to go about choosing. I want to use it as a substitute TV screen (we don't have a tv and just play movies through our computer). But I'm unsure about refresh rates/display ratio etc. Is there a way to explain this please? Also on my current computer I do not have a graphics card. It is an i3 processor on this motherboard. http://www.asrock.com/MB/Intel/B250M-HDV/index.asp It has 8gb of ram. I have it running nicely now - finally. But it won't handle video editing. So, I am trying to upgrade the machine, recognising that at some point the chip might be the stumbling block. I am looking at: 1. SSD 2. Graphics Card 3. Memory But do this as money is available. Is that the order you would do it in please? Or would you suggest something else, even as extreme as waiting and saving for a second system. Many thanks.
Hi Richard,Don't forget audio; if you want it to double up as a TV you'll need a monitor with integral speakers. The other option is what I do - route the audio from your TV source (in my case Virginmedia TiVo) through an amplifier out to separate speakers. Either that or a full blown cinema sound system.
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