[tech] Potential club LCD TV purchase

[Nick Bannon]

On Thu, Nov 07, 2013 at 07:12:24PM +0800, Andrew Gozzard wrote:
> It has been suggested in the past that it may be worth the club purchasing 
> a largish LCD television, given how cheap they are becoming. Such a screen 
> would probably serve much the same purpose as our current digital 
> projector, but is inarguably better than a projector in almost every way 
> (image size and viewing angle being the notable exceptions, with the 
> latter being hardly and issue anymore).
[...]

Sounds OK. Nice to keep the projector set up and adjusted correctly
(last time I remember it being used the picture was overlapping the
shelvetops)

> Office Works currently has an Akai 40 inch full HD television on sale for 
> $300. I bring this to the lists looking for alternatives or reasons to 
> reconsider or forego this idea.

I guess we can take it for granted that it has a PC mode, "1:1",
"Just Scan", "Full Pixel", "Unscaled", or "Screen Fit", etc.

If anyone comes across or wants to get rid of a cheap 37" (or maybe 32"
with a fat bezel?), I'd like to put it on the Coke machine. The fluoro
has been dead for a while, the whole logo panel could be animated.
(we're keeping the panel of course, as [GOZ] mentions, it's part of the
hypothetical Coke Machine resale value).

The panel is 832*527=985diag mm/38.77" max.
803*494=941diag mm on the interior of the aluminium bezel.

> As a minor secondary note, a relative of mine has offered me a number of 
> LCD monitors he has recently received. They are ex-enterprise and 
> reportedly in good nick. From what he was saying I believe at least one of 
> them to be 24 inch, thought I do not know about the rest. I have already 
> accepted the offer, as we can keep any we want and donate/dump the rest.

Handy, no doubt an upgrade for some. (e.g. me)

Nick.

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