I'm tired of sitting at my desk reading and taking notes on my reading for school. I'd like to be able to sit in my recliner while reading and taking notes. Naturally this calls for a hardware solution. I think the best solution is a new TV and a wireless keyboard & pointing device (I'll probably hunt down a keyboard with a touchpad or eraser tip). I'll just park the wireless receiver and a spare power brick for my laptop next to the TV.
The catch is I don't know much of anything about HDTV models currently on the market, so I'm looking for suggestions as to what brand(s) and sizes I should look at.
I expect I'll be sitting about 8-10 feet from the TV. My main purpose is taking notes while reading, so I can bump up the text size without any trouble. What screen size will I need to make using Windows tolerable?
LCD or Plasma? I hear the plasma burn-in problems are mostly solved but LCD is better for use as a monitor.
I'd prefer 1080p... I think. 720p would probably make me crazy as I'm used to 1920x1200. My laptop's 1440x900 screen pisses me off by not having enough pixels.
My laptop doesn't have a DVI connector, so I'll need an HD15 analog input.
I don't currently have cable. An HD tuner is strongly preferred, as otherwise I'll have to use the laptop to watch TV (I have a USB HDTV tuner leftover from work last summer) or buy a tuner. Clear QAM capability would also be nice, as if I get cable I'll likely cheap out and not buy an expensive package. I'd at least like to get the local broadcast stations in HD without having to hook up my laptop (that USB tuner can handle clear QAM).
Cliffs:
I'm mostly interested in what brands and sizes of TVs I should look at for taking notes on a computer using a 1080p HDTV from 8-10 feet away.
The catch is I don't know much of anything about HDTV models currently on the market, so I'm looking for suggestions as to what brand(s) and sizes I should look at.
I expect I'll be sitting about 8-10 feet from the TV. My main purpose is taking notes while reading, so I can bump up the text size without any trouble. What screen size will I need to make using Windows tolerable?
LCD or Plasma? I hear the plasma burn-in problems are mostly solved but LCD is better for use as a monitor.
I'd prefer 1080p... I think. 720p would probably make me crazy as I'm used to 1920x1200. My laptop's 1440x900 screen pisses me off by not having enough pixels.
My laptop doesn't have a DVI connector, so I'll need an HD15 analog input.
I don't currently have cable. An HD tuner is strongly preferred, as otherwise I'll have to use the laptop to watch TV (I have a USB HDTV tuner leftover from work last summer) or buy a tuner. Clear QAM capability would also be nice, as if I get cable I'll likely cheap out and not buy an expensive package. I'd at least like to get the local broadcast stations in HD without having to hook up my laptop (that USB tuner can handle clear QAM).
Cliffs:
I'm mostly interested in what brands and sizes of TVs I should look at for taking notes on a computer using a 1080p HDTV from 8-10 feet away.