Computer Monitor or TV for Karaoke?

Really Chris the choice is yours. Main thing you should look for is resolution and the type of inputs you plan on using with it. If I was in your shoes, for the price and less hassle, go ahead and buy another LCD Monitor (one that matches the size, and general color scheme of the other one). That way you could in the future when not on gigs dual monitor. Or since your using VDJ, you could pop in another video card and do Tri-Monitors

- 1 for Primary VDJ
- 1 for DMX control (Sunlight, or w/e that darn prog u use)
- 1 for Music Video Playback

If you wanna go down that route you would need to change your video card presently, depends on your desktop (give me your specs and I'll search it out for ya) or just pop in a PCI Video Card (Simplist method, but may hog some resources and bring your periphials useage down a little such as a firewire pci card)... Like I said all depends on your configuration (and always your check book).

Go with the [comp] monitor

You'll always have less resolution with using NTSC (National Television Standards Committee) than computer monitors. If all you're dealing with is large type that is typical of the lyrics screens you don't need the better resolution of the computer screens.

At the same time computer gear prices continue to drop like a rock. Having additional monitor gives you the advantages Bounce mentioned as well as the ability to swap to test if you run into a problem. Besides Basic, you love to buy neat gear. As long as the price differential isn't too great, and probably will not be, go with the monitor.

Balanced Line said:

You'll always have less resolution with using NTSC (National Television Standards Committee) than computer monitors.

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Really BL & Chris, the only time you should really be worrying about that is when your typically using S-Video, Composite (Yellow Jack). If you get a LCD TV, more and more are starting to incorporate Hi-Def, which instantly sets you up for VGA, HDMI, plus component, composite, and S-Video connections... Plus you get a Remote!

So really the choice is yours, however if it was me, dealing with what you already have get a LCD Monitor... unless you do not have another output on your vid card (but have an s-video or in the video world Y/C [Sync & Chrominance])

Chris is it a DVI output? You can look it up on Wiki to quickly check.

If you have a dual head DVI card use the adapter on the lower quality requirement singer's screen. Use the DVI out to [new] DVI monitor as the computer screen. You really have a lot of options it really is a matter of how much money you want to spend but I think you know that.

Bounce, at what price point will you get HDMI? I believe that would be appreciably above what you can get a standard LCD computer display. I just did a quick check on New Egg and found nothing at $300 and below in a digital TV that had HDMI. Instead all had RGB. It may be an option but its gonna cost him for that REMOTE!

When someone says TV I just assume that it is a composite or S-Video input otherwise people [usually] specify HDMI or RGB or RGBHV etc.

My vote...

LCD. Don't leave it out in the cold!

Tyrone, you seem to be speaking from experience.

After checking the specs on several displays the storage temperature is supposed to be around -25 degrees Centigrade or -13 F, on the low side of the range which is pretty generous.