Small TVs/PC monitors that have coaxial input
 

Hi there

I am looking for a TV/monitor to go in the kitchen, I dont need it to
be able to do anything apart from display a tv signal via coaxial
cable, but I am confused as to why I can get a 17" widescreen PC
monitor for £149 but cant get a TV that size for under £280.

Any recommendations? It has to be widescreen as it will take the same
feed as the bedroom TV from the RF2 out on the digibox and I dont want
the picture squashed to fit a 4:3 screen

cheers
ed

Small TVs/PC monitors that have coaxial input
 

Ed wrote:
Hi there

I am looking for a TV/monitor to go in the kitchen, ...

Any recommendations? It has to be widescreen as it will take the same
feed as the bedroom TV from the RF2 out on the digibox and I dont want
the picture squashed to fit a 4:3 screen

you could always get a 4:3 TV with a 16:9 mode - generates a "letterbox"
view, but will keep the correct ratio.

George

Small TVs/PC monitors that have coaxial input
 

Ed wrote:
Hi there

I am looking for a TV/monitor to go in the kitchen, I dont need it to
be able to do anything apart from display a tv signal via coaxial
cable, but I am confused as to why I can get a 17" widescreen PC
monitor for £149 but cant get a TV that size for under £280.

Any recommendations? It has to be widescreen as it will take the same
feed as the bedroom TV from the RF2 out on the digibox and I dont want
the picture squashed to fit a 4:3 screen

cheers
ed

The reason the pc monitor is cheaper is because it doesnt contain a tuner
and all the other gubbins to display a tv picture, a monitor is just a
display device to display a video signal which rf is not (IIRC)

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Small TVs/PC monitors that have coaxial input
 

I am looking for a TV/monitor to go in the kitchen, I dont need it to
be able to do anything apart from display a tv signal via coaxial
cable, but I am confused as to why I can get a 17" widescreen PC
monitor for £149 but cant get a TV that size for under £280.

Any recommendations? It has to be widescreen as it will take the same
feed as the bedroom TV from the RF2 out on the digibox and I dont want
the picture squashed to fit a 4:3 screen

cheers
ed

The reason the pc monitor is cheaper is because it doesnt contain a tuner
and all the other gubbins to display a tv picture, a monitor is just a
display device to display a video signal which rf is not (IIRC)



A workable solution might be to get a TV card for his computer, a monitor, a
dual output video graphic card and an extra long VGA cable and route the
cable from his PC to the monitor in the kitchen. Of course, the ability to
do this depends on exactly how far his PC is away from the kitchen, but you
can get upto 25m length cable. I've currently got a 10m length cable from
my PC to the monitor and it works fine. The issue over switching channels
can be sorted by a digi sender type thing, I suppose. Somebody else in here
can probably give you advice on those.

Small TVs/PC monitors that have coaxial input
 

On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:40:10 +0100, "{daZza}" [email protected]"BUT PLUG"gmail.com
wrote:

Ed wrote:
Hi there

I am looking for a TV/monitor to go in the kitchen, I dont need it to
be able to do anything apart from display a tv signal via coaxial
cable, but I am confused as to why I can get a 17" widescreen PC
monitor for £149 but cant get a TV that size for under £280.

Any recommendations? It has to be widescreen as it will take the same
feed as the bedroom TV from the RF2 out on the digibox and I dont want
the picture squashed to fit a 4:3 screen

cheers
ed

The reason the pc monitor is cheaper is because it doesnt contain a tuner
and all the other gubbins to display a tv picture, a monitor is just a
display device to display a video signal which rf is not (IIRC)

A TV tuner plus other gubbins would hardly cost 131 pounds!

--
Nigel Barker
Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur

Small TVs/PC monitors that have coaxial input
 

In article ,
Nigel Barker wrote:
On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:40:10 +0100, "{daZza}" [email protected]"BUT PLUG"gmail.com
wrote:

Ed wrote:
Hi there

I am looking for a TV/monitor to go in the kitchen, I dont need it to
be able to do anything apart from display a tv signal via coaxial
cable, but I am confused as to why I can get a 17" widescreen PC
monitor for £149 but cant get a TV that size for under £280.

Any recommendations? It has to be widescreen as it will take the same
feed as the bedroom TV from the RF2 out on the digibox and I dont want
the picture squashed to fit a 4:3 screen

cheers
ed

The reason the pc monitor is cheaper is because it doesnt contain a
tuner and all the other gubbins to display a tv picture, a monitor is
just a display device to display a video signal which rf is not (IIRC)

A TV tuner plus other gubbins would hardly cost 131 pounds!

No, but redesigning the case to find room for the extras and then setting
up a production line to make it and another to fit the extra bits doesn't
cost nothing. And prices are "what the market will bear". If people will
pay £280, then the price is right.

I did note yesterday that a USB Freeview tuner seems to be marketted at
about £100.

--
From KT24 - in "Leafy Surrey"

Using a RISC OS computer running v5.11

Small TVs/PC monitors that have coaxial input
 

On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 11:04:53 +0100, charles
wrote:

In article ,
Nigel Barker wrote:
On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:40:10 +0100, "{daZza}" [email protected]"BUT PLUG"gmail.com
wrote:

Ed wrote:
Hi there

I am looking for a TV/monitor to go in the kitchen, I dont need it to
be able to do anything apart from display a tv signal via coaxial
cable, but I am confused as to why I can get a 17" widescreen PC
monitor for £149 but cant get a TV that size for under £280.

Any recommendations? It has to be widescreen as it will take the same
feed as the bedroom TV from the RF2 out on the digibox and I dont want
the picture squashed to fit a 4:3 screen

cheers
ed

The reason the pc monitor is cheaper is because it doesnt contain a
tuner and all the other gubbins to display a tv picture, a monitor is
just a display device to display a video signal which rf is not (IIRC)

A TV tuner plus other gubbins would hardly cost 131 pounds!

No, but redesigning the case to find room for the extras and then setting
up a production line to make it and another to fit the extra bits doesn't
cost nothing. And prices are "what the market will bear". If people will
pay £280, then the price is right.

I did note yesterday that a USB Freeview tuner seems to be marketted at
about £100.

I don't know where you go shopping for PC parts but that seems awfully pricey. A
USB stick Freeview tuner can be had for just 21 pounds
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/108219/rb/21859387254 while even a Hauppauge
branded USB Freeview tuner is under 40 pounds
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/113962/rb/21859387254

Perhaps a better comparison would be with a standalone Freeview Set Top Box
which can be found for as little as 16 pounds
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/116278/rb/21859302631.
I am sure that is more than equivalent to a tuner & gubbins.

--
Nigel Barker
Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur

Small TVs/PC monitors that have coaxial input
 

The reason the pc monitor is cheaper is because it doesnt
contain a tuner and all the other gubbins to display a tv
picture, a monitor is just a display device to display a video
signal which rf is not (IIRC)

A TV tuner plus other gubbins would hardly cost 131 pounds!

snip

I did note yesterday that a USB Freeview tuner seems to be
marketted at about £100.

snip

I don't know where you go shopping for PC parts but that seems
awfully pricey. A USB stick Freeview tuner can be had for just 21
pounds http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/108219/rb/21859387254 while
even a Hauppauge branded USB Freeview tuner is under 40 pounds
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/113962/rb/21859387254

Perhaps a better comparison would be with a standalone Freeview Set
Top Box which can be found for as little as 16 pounds
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/116278/rb/21859302631.
I am sure that is more than equivalent to a tuner & gubbins.

Errrrrr no, show me how you can connect a set-top/usb freeview tuner
DIRECTLY to an lcd monitor to produce a picture????

You seem to forget that after the usb freeview tuner "stick" is a computer
containing a graphics card, memory, processor, hdd and a MB to connect them
all together, not forgetting the software to make it all work, now that
sounds like about £131 doesnt it??

It it was that easy/cheap then why do these useless little things still cost
so much???
http://www.comet.co.uk/comet/html/cache/507_824959.html


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daZza....................

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www.thekellyhouse.co.uk

Small TVs/PC monitors that have coaxial input
 

I am looking for a TV/monitor to go in the kitchen, I dont need it to
be able to do anything apart from display a tv signal via coaxial
cable, but I am confused as to why I can get a 17" widescreen PC
monitor for £149 but cant get a TV that size for under £280

I recently bought an LCD for my kitchen, I found that the price difference
for 15" to 17" was around £50.00 and thus opted for the 15" model. If you
shop around you be able to get a 15" LCD TV around £150 (unless you want a
top name branded model), as you don't need freeview etc there are quite a
lot to choose from.

The model I purchased was £149.99 (from Argos)

Ebuyer has a 15" widescreen available for £139.98 (there will probably be
delivery to add) see
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...103632&_LOC=UK

Small TVs/PC monitors that have coaxial input
 

On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:31:45 +0100, "{daZza}" [email protected]"BUT PLUG"gmail.com
wrote:

The reason the pc monitor is cheaper is because it doesnt
contain a tuner and all the other gubbins to display a tv
picture, a monitor is just a display device to display a video
signal which rf is not (IIRC)

A TV tuner plus other gubbins would hardly cost 131 pounds!

snip

I did note yesterday that a USB Freeview tuner seems to be
marketted at about £100.

snip

I don't know where you go shopping for PC parts but that seems
awfully pricey. A USB stick Freeview tuner can be had for just 21
pounds http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/108219/rb/21859387254 while
even a Hauppauge branded USB Freeview tuner is under 40 pounds
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/113962/rb/21859387254

Perhaps a better comparison would be with a standalone Freeview Set
Top Box which can be found for as little as 16 pounds
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/116278/rb/21859302631.
I am sure that is more than equivalent to a tuner & gubbins.

Errrrrr no, show me how you can connect a set-top/usb freeview tuner
DIRECTLY to an lcd monitor to produce a picture????

I doubt that the necessary electronics required to interface between electronics
equivalent to the standalone Freeview STB & the TV would cost a manufacturer 115
pounds.

You seem to forget that after the usb freeview tuner "stick" is a computer
containing a graphics card, memory, processor, hdd and a MB to connect them
all together, not forgetting the software to make it all work, now that
sounds like about £131 doesnt it??

Irrelevant. I was just pointing out to the previous poster that 100 pounds was
very expensive for a USB Freeview tuner. As I pointed out a better comparison is
the cost of a standalone Freeview STB.


It it was that easy/cheap then why do these useless little things still cost
so much???
http://www.comet.co.uk/comet/html/cache/507_824959.html

Because they are miniaturised just in the same way that very small laptops are
more expensive than medium sized laptops.

--
Nigel Barker
Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur

Small TVs/PC monitors that have coaxial input
 

I recently bought an LCD for my kitchen, I found that the price difference
for 15" to 17" was around £50.00 and thus opted for the 15" model. If you
shop around you be able to get a 15" LCD TV around £150 (unless you want a
top name branded model), as you don't need freeview etc there are quite a
lot to choose from.

The model I purchased was £149.99 (from Argos)

Ebuyer has a 15" widescreen available for £139.98 (there will probably be
delivery to add) see
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...103632&_LOC=UK

Thanks - I saw that but it isnt widescreen, If yu look at the final
image you can see the box