Why Not...

[Tom Clayton]

My dad passed away a few weeks ago, and I'm still going through the house getting rid of a lot of stuff. He had a 39" "dumb" LED TV (no apps or internet connection) that was connected to a cable box with an HDMI cable. I brought it home to see how it might work as a monitor. The first thing I noticed was that it suffered from "overscan," so the edges were missing. A little research showed me how to fix that, so I'm now able to run FS on a rather large screen at 1842x1026 resolution. The only odd thing is that using the GeForce screencap function captures a black "desktop" instead of the FS window. I'll have to test with the Xbox Game Bar method next time I fire up the sim... The only thing left is maybe a little more tweaking of the TV's video settings to optimize the graphics, but it already looks great - deep colors and a nice bright image combined with pretty decent on-board speakers driven through the HDMI connection are going to have me spoiled in no time!

[Sundog]

I'm sorry to hear about the loss of your Dad. Having said that, I'm glad you're upping your gaming system visuals. With a screen that size the gauges must look life sized.

[Tom Clayton]

With a screen that size the gauges must look life sized.

Dang close - maybe more if I zoom in!

[BananaBob]

Haven't used a computer specific monitor for over 10 years so I'm used to it now, I sit my fat butt down on a small couch in my bedroom about 4 feet from it on a wall mount that is very adjustable. Wireless mouse, keyboard. My flight stick is wired but has plenty of cord length. TrackIR works great as long as I have my screen at the right angle. I think it's a 50" screen, any bigger would be too much for my room size. Text is starting to get harder to read so I had to bump up the text size. I need to invent a way to keep my mouse on the arm of the couch though, it's always falling off, LOL.

Sorry to hear about your Father, dread that day.

[hubbabubba]

Sorry for your dad, but happy you had him for so long.

Having a TV set instead of a monitor did cross my mind a few times, especially since one looks more and more like the other. If this screen goes , this is probably what I will do.