# hmmm... cheapest place for "large" monitors?

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**Created:** [December 14, 2006, 8:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hmmm-cheapest-place-for-large-monitors/21645 "2006-12-14T08:42:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 10:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hmmm-cheapest-place-for-large-monitors/21645/7 "2006-12-14T10:12:23Z")

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> [@66impalass](#):
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> uhm 1360x768 is 720i/p, 1080i is also 1920x1080
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> look at monitors, refresh rates on TVs are still not that good

You’re right, but a 1080i TV still can’t do more than 1360x768 as a _computer monitor._ Why? Computers don’t output interlaced images, only progressive scan images.

So when buying a TV for use as a computer monitor, the highest resolution you’ll be able to see will be the highest progressive image the TV can display.

So like I said,

> [@Onyx Z32](#):
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> … a 1080i HDTV will have a max resolution of 1360x768. A 1080p can do 1920x1080.

Sure you could have a video card that outputs an interlaced image to a TV, but it won’t look any good.

And for what he said he’d be using it for, the refresh rates will be more than enough.

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