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monitors and tvs seem pretty similar these days don't they they're both flat

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pixel covered rectangles that output a picture so what's stopping you from

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using a big old tv as the display for your pc bigger is better right well

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despite the fact that monitors and tvs aren't too different at first glance

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it turns out that there are some special considerations that come into play if

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you plug your computer into a tv and we're going to tell you about them on

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today's episode sponsored by vizio let's start with the most obvious one

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size although it might seem tempting to stick a 55-inch tv on your desk provided

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you have the space you really need to make sure the tv is high enough

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resolution so that you aren't seeing the individual pixels remember apple's

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marketing from some years back about retina displays what they meant by this

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was that the display had a high enough resolution to keep a user from making up

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the pixels at a typical viewing distance like an ARM's length when you're holding

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your phone not surprisingly with larger displays you need to sit farther back

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from the screen in order to achieve this effect for example a 1080p phone packs

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the pixels in more tightly than a 1080p tv so you can be a lot closer to the

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phone and still see the image as intended we've linked a calculator in

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the video description so you can punch in your tv's resolution and screen size

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to figure out how far back you need to sit in your room while it shouldn't be a

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problem if your pc is hooked up to the living room tv and you're sitting way

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back on the sofa maybe with a wireless keyboard be sure you're giving yourself

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enough space if you're going with a more conventional desk and chair setup and

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that the screen isn't so large that you're moving your head around just to

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see the whole picture what a pain in the neck next let's talk about colors it's

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very common to have colors not look quite right when you first connect your

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pc to your tv for a couple of reasons one of them is a phenomenon called

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chroma sub sampling you can learn more about that in another video we made but

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the gist of it is that tvs often throw out color information in order to save

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on bandwidth oftentimes video signals that come in through a cable box or a

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blu-ray player are sub-sampled and the tv displays them just fine but pc gpus

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often output uncompressed video which the tv won't necessarily expect not only

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can this cause inaccurate colors but also fringing those weird artifacts that

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appear around text that can make it difficult to read to alleviate this you

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can tell your tv that you're getting a signal from a pc in a few ways on some

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tvs you can just set the input label to pc or computer and it'll adjust

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automatically to the pc color data you can also try looking for a setting like

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RGB or a deep color and toggling them to on or full additionally you can tinker

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with settings on the pc end as well in your graphics control panel make sure

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your computer is outputting full RGB or a 444 ycbcr signal but if this doesn't

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look right your tv may not support uncompressed color so you may need to

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switch these settings on your pc to four to two another thing to verify is that

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your pc's image isn't running off the sides of your tv screen this is a common

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problem because tv signals often have artifacts that display wants to crop out

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but this isn't usually an issue on computers to fix this go into your tv

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settings and then set the aspect ratio to just scan or one to one or original

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this will tell the tv to display exactly the area the computer outputs though if

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you have an older tv without these features you can also resize your

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desktop through your pc's graphics control panel while you're at it make

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sure your pc is outputting a signal at the highest refresh rate your tv

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supports as this is often bumped down when you first hook things up finally we

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get to the dreaded problems of response time and input lag quite simply tvs

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often aren't as optimized for gaming as monitors are and as such they don't

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switch colors or respond to inputs as quickly although tvs have caught up to

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monitors somewhat over the years most are still made

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more with movies and shows in mind content that benefits more from rich

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colors and a cinematic look instead of quick responsiveness so how do you make

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your tv respond more correctly go through the picture settings and turn

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off any special cinematic or vivid picture modes as well as bells and

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whistles like motion smoothing or noise reduction some tvs also have a game mode

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that further strips away any post processing that would otherwise create

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additional latency just make sure you're plugging your pc into an HDMI port that

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actually supports it some some ports will just be labeled game right on them

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so how have your experience with computing on a tv gone let us know down

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in the comments especially if you're still rocking old crt those if you're

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playing retro games that's the low input lag thanks again to vizio for sponsoring

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this episode and if you're looking for a great tv to use with your computer or

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gamut thanks to vizio ultra color spectrum it features HDMI 2.1 for 4k 120

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FPS gaming as well as ultra low input lag and variable refresh rate technology

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that might just make your current monitor jealous they also offer a

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bezel-less design and built-in cable management to keep your setup super neat

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no matter what room it's in and best of all march is quantum color month for

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vizio and they are celebrating by giving away a 65-inch m-series quantum tv

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link below so thanks for watching guys if you like this video hit like hit subscribe hit us up in the comment

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section with your suggestions for topics that we should cover in the future