Looking for TV thats HD Ready?

Question

Ive been looking at some TVs and some say HD Ready and others says HD Ready but cant recieve 1028 HD whats does this mean Im basically after a TV thats 19" - 28" that is purley to play my HD Xbox on any recomendations?

Also whats the difference between ones that say Monitor/TV and others that are just TV?

Answer 1

1028 is how many lines on the screen, normally its 720 'ish.
TV/Monitor means you can plug a computor in direct via its
menu selection/plug at back. Samsung seems a good make.

Answer 2

HD Ready means that the set is capable of showing pictures and sound that conform to the internationally recognised High Definition standard.
This means that it will show pictures with a definition of up to 1080 horizontal lines (not 1028).

You will read many (mostly inaccurate) opinions of what constitues HD. Look at the article in the hyperlink to "Lord Percy" (below) for accurate information.

A television set is a unit which contains a tuner. These days you should look for one which has a built in Freeview tuner.
A monitor is a unit which does not contain a tuner.
That is the only difference.

Monitors usually come with computers or video mixing consoles or CCTV systems.

Most television sets have inputs for a SCART lead and some also will accept a digital input and some have SVGA sockets for a computer video input. It is purely a "salesman's puff", but these are sometimes described as 'monitor/tv'. It has no special meaning.

Whatever some people say about the difference being with their 'quality', there are many poor monitors and many excellent television sets.

For your purpose you might just like to pick up a basic cheapo HD Ready television set from Tesco. Their 19" ones are not expensive and you won't need any "fancy features".

Answer 3

Nobody got it exactly right. "HD Ready" means it's an HDTV, but not built with a tuner for HD signals. In essence, it is a regular TV and an HD monitor.

For quite a while, HD Tuners added a lot of expense to HDTVs. Since many people got their TV from cable or satellite, those companies were already providing the signal and the TV did not actually need an HD Tuner, so they left it out and cut the cost of the TV.

I have an HD Ready Sony 34" widescreen TV. I got my HD signal from the cable company. The TV displays a beautiful HD picture.

Answer 4

HD Ready is just a selling point. What this means is the TV can accept HD signal (through HDMI port) but probably can't display full HD - it will downsize it to normal resolution.

If the TV says HD Ready but doesn't say 1080p or 780p (i think it's 780) then it's likely what I just said. 1080p is the full HD.

Monitor TV's have acceptable resolutions for PCs and usually have DVI connections so you can use it as a PC monitor AND a television.