silvercn
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TV as monitor - on / off
HI - I have hooked up a TV as my desktop monitor. Right now, it only turns off and on by the TV's remote control. Is there a set up which will have it respond to the computer's on/off/sleep-wake status?
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Re: TV as monitor - on / off
2015/07/23 15:33:09
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My guess is that would depend on the software running the TV, so you'd have to look at the manual.
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Re: TV as monitor - on / off
2015/07/23 21:36:02
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An option would be search for a USB IR Transceiver. There are a few out there, but from what i've seen it may require a bit of work to get it going. Something like this along with a software like eventghost may get what you're looking for. For me, having been through some of this mess in the past, I'd keep the remote handy. Lol. Like Beagle mentioned, I'd look first at the TV options to see if there was a setting that would cause it to come on when receiving a signal. Good luck.
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Re: TV as monitor - on / off
2015/07/23 21:57:18
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Interested to know as well. I'm using a 39" Samsung LCD TV.
I played around with the TV menu just now, the closest I found is an option to shut off the power 15 mins (range from 15 mins to 4 hours) after receiving no signal from any source. In my case it's under the TV's Menu - Eco setting.
I suppose by design, the TV won't want to shut down immediately as you may be changing source input from time to time.
Edit : you do need to power up the TV with the remote manually.
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Re: TV as monitor - on / off
2015/07/23 22:25:24
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A minor hijack here...
I've been considering a TV for a monitor, how does the quality compare to current LCD monitors?
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Re: TV as monitor - on / off
2015/07/23 22:37:50
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Works great! You actually pay less (relatively) for a bigger screen if space allows. Except the menu difference (actually better, cause you've got a remote).. they are just bigger LED / LCD.
Go for the full HD 1080p ones (most 39" and above are).. and not the 720p.
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Re: TV as monitor - on / off
2015/07/23 23:52:09
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I have used HDTV's for multiple years now, with great pleasure. I am currently using a 32" and a 40", and would not even think about going back to regular computer-purposed monitors.
Brand new 32" HDTV's can be had these days for $199 or less, for pretty good ones, and the 40" one I am using cost me only $219.
It is true that the old-school computer-purposed displays have a bit finer display, but I don't find any readability issues at all when running my computer through an HDTV. I happen to use the 32" HDTV as my primary computer display, and the other one is usually used as 2nd one when running Sonar, but otherwise is used as an HDTV.
An added bonus is that if you run an HDTV as your primary computer display, you can also route your Windows Default Audio Device to be that HDTV, since it has its own speakers and the audio is sent through the HDMI cables along with video. That makes it easy to hear YouTube videos or whatever through the HDTV, while my audio interface is reserved for Sonar (or other stand-alone synths and such)
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Re: TV as monitor - on / off
2015/07/27 11:24:48
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robert_e_bone
An added bonus is that if you run an HDTV as your primary computer display, you can also route your Windows Default Audio Device to be that HDTV, since it has its own speakers and the audio is sent through the HDMI cables along with video. That makes it easy to hear YouTube videos or whatever through the HDTV, while my audio interface is reserved for Sonar (or other stand-alone synths and such)
Bob Bone
Since this thread has died down, I have a question. Is it possible to route audio from Sonar to HDMI?
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Re: TV as monitor - on / off
2015/07/27 13:10:18
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robert_e_bone
An added bonus is that if you run an HDTV as your primary computer display, you can also route your Windows Default Audio Device to be that HDTV, since it has its own speakers and the audio is sent through the HDMI cables along with video. That makes it easy to hear YouTube videos or whatever through the HDTV, while my audio interface is reserved for Sonar (or other stand-alone synths and such)
Bob Bone
Since this thread has died down, I have a question.
Is it possible to route audio from Sonar to HDMI?
I think you'd need a soundcard with HDMI output to do that - in other words, not a "recording" soundcard, but an AV soundcard, such as the MOTU HD Express. http://www.motu.com/video-products/hd-express-hdmi
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Re: TV as monitor - on / off
2015/07/27 14:18:38
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Search around on that one, as I recall some having issues with playback on HDMI. Most graphics cards have HDMI out as well, but the driver mode required will most likely not be optimal (nor the speakers typically).
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Re: TV as monitor - on / off
2015/07/27 18:35:58
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I can get sound to my tv from you tube and Netflix thru HDMI but Sonar (8.5) doesn't seem to see the HDMI.
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Re: TV as monitor - on / off
2015/07/27 18:59:05
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Have you tried WDM/KS mode in Preferences->Audio->Playback and Recording? This will allow SONAR to "see" everything that Windows does, so the HDMI "should" show up then. One other point that I noticed using the onboard Realtek on my machine is that the hardware only uses 16 bit, so to get SONAR to run using it (properly), I also had to change the "Audio Driver Bit Depth" (Preferences->Audio->Driver Settings) to 16 bit.
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Re: TV as monitor - on / off
2015/07/27 22:34:33
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You wouldn't be able to use ASIO and route to HDMI at the same time for Sonar.
The best possible bet for Sonar is to buy a dedicated audio interface, which will most likely have ASIO drivers that work well. Beware of closeout sales on audio interface, because they may well not have current drivers being maintained.
You should be able to find a good audio interface for around $150, maybe a bit cheaper, that has a couple of decent mic preamps and good A/D converters, as well as up to date Windows drivers. Focusrite has one that is quite popular with folks. it uses a USB connection to a USB 2 port.
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Re: TV as monitor - on / off
2015/08/05 18:50:50
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I run 3 LCD TV's as monitors. Plug your TV's into a small power bar, then the power bar into a switched Power Conditioner (Furman etc). Dont swtch off your TV's with the remote, use the main switch on the power conditioner.
That's how I do it anyway.
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Re: TV as monitor - on / off
2015/08/05 20:33:35
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Most of the computer monitor screens that are advertised as Full HD, are just taken off the same line that is turning out 1080p TV screens. The huge demand for that format for TV is what makes computer monitors so cheap these days. Instead of a tuner, they use an EnergyStar power controller that can sense the computer messages to turn on from standby, go back to standby after delay etc. The screen format designed for widescreen movies and TV has major flaws as a computer monitor. For most computer uses text based apps and even internet use the low number of vertical lines relative to horizontal means that you are wasting a lot of real estate. I am currently using a 4:3 monitor, (nominal 20 inch diagonal, 12" x 16", 1400 x 1050) which works great for word processing and even photo editing. To get a screen with that much vertical space on 16:9 HDTV (1920 x 1080) you would need to go to a 26 inch diagonal. And unless you are pillarboxing and downsizing text it, you will only be able to see 2/3 as much of the vertical extent of the page zoomed to full screen width.
post edited by slartabartfast - 2015/08/05 20:58:24
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