Page 1 of Beko 17" Widescreen LCD TV * GRADE A STOCK* £199.99 + del

from ebuyer here

* 17" (43cmv) Widescreen LCD Panel
* 16,222,216 colours (8 Bits)
* Nicam Stereo
* Automatic Programme Installation
* PLL Digital tuning (F.S. Tuning)
* Colour Coded Fastext
* VGA (PC) Input
* Programmable Off Timer (5 min. steps up to 120 min.)
* On Screen Menu Display (OSD)
* 2 Scart Sockets (1 of which is RGB Compatible)
* 5 Band Graphic Equalizer
* Full Function Remote Control

spec etc here

Hi does anybody know what the PC screen size is, it says vga 640 * 480 but it seems to ;ow for this size screen. Thanks

This item was edited on Sunday, 11th December 2005, 08:40

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Hi does anybody know what the PC screen size is, it says vga 640 * 480 but it seems to ;ow for this size screen. Thanks

that`s because it`s a very budget screen with seriously low specs.

IMO it`s not worth the money, you can get an excellent 32" flatscreen CRT for a similar price these days. if you want an LCD i`d wait until the january sales tbh, you`ll get a much better deal.

Rikki

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Hi does anybody know what the PC screen size is, it says vga 640 * 480 but it seems to ;ow for this size screen.

I suspect while this opperates as a widescreen TV for normal viewing Beko have chosen the only traditional 4:3 format that all PCs should be capable of displaying. I can only think that in PC mode that there will be 2 blank vertical bars either side of the PC display.

That said I see that the Phillips 17" LCD TV (I think the cheapest Amazon sell) also supports the following PC displays 800 x 600, 832 x 624, 1024 x 768 although it willcost you more than £100 extra.

The reason for the low resolution is because that is its native resolution which goes to show the poor quality of the screen. The resolution is not even as high as the number of scan lines broadcasted by the PAL format although I think with PAL not all the scan lines are active so the TV should show all the picture.

I also believe that when used with a PC you will get the full widescreen effect (but I cannot confirm that as I havn`t used tried this display). The reason for that is that the individual LCDs may be rectangular (in either 16:9 aspect ratio or 14:10 or similar) which is probably how it displays TV signals in "pseudo-widescreen". The other way it may be achieving this result is by extrapolating the pixels.

Personally I wouldn`t go for one of these as it seems complete and utter rubbish with corners being cut left, right and centre. You get what you pay for and that applies to the plethora of £600 - £700 32 inch LCD displays mentioned profusely in this forum - they really are horrendous.

IIRC the UK TV PAL-I signal is about 520 lines of picture and the outside lines for teletext. which means that this monitor either has a native resolution of 480 lines and therefore downsamples the TV signal, or upsamples the 640x480 PC signal and makes a horrible mess.furthermore, if the resolution is actually 640x480 pixels, then the pixels can`t be square, which means a PC signal will appear stretched. worse still, a true widescreen TV signal will be resampled to fit the 640x480 pixels, thereby wiping out yet more resolution.

Nn the flip side, if the resolution is actually 16:9 aspect, then the 640x480 PC signal is going to have to be resampled making a total mess again. If this is a true WS tv then it`s hopeless as a monitor. if it`s a true 640x480 monitor then it`s hopeless as a tv.

moral: get a WS tv which will support WS PC resolutions.

If you can`t afford a better TV/monitor then don`t bother as something like this is a waste of money.

This appears to be the same 17" lcd TV my daughter bought from Argos a little while ago (it was substituted for the Mikomi 17" set they sell). The native resolution of the screen is 1280 x 768 but how it performs as a PC monitor I have no idea as it was bought for television usage. The manual makes no reference to the PC operation resolutions other than to say that an "out of range" message will be displayed if the resolution fed from the application is not supported. As a TV it supports all the usual auto screen aspect switching and zoom modes. Its performance is good, particularly with a good RGB source from DVD or set top box, but not spectacular. I think at £200 it represents good value for money.