Is having a tv next to your computer a bad thing?

Sir Savant · Post by **Sir Savant** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 9:52 am

Yeah, not a big one, a 12 inch, but it is an older model. So I was wondering if the electromagnetic waves (correct me if I am wrong) emitted from the tv would effect the computer parts. Any ideas (whether it does and what I can do to stop it, whether it be buy a shield or just move it)?

Caboose · Post by **Caboose** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 10:05 am

I have had my TV right beside my computer for over a year now without any problems. My TV is small aswel.. just 13 inches.

az_bont · Post by **az_bont** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 10:06 am

Most people have CRT monitors next to their computers, so I would assume it isn't a problem.

Sir Savant · Post by **Sir Savant** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 10:17 am

Alright, thanks. I just thought it might work like sticking a magnet onto the side. In which case it scared me a little because that would be my fourth hard drive failure in as many months.

bizzle · Post by **bizzle** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 10:48 am

Well, I suppose you could have problems, but nothing major. I had two CRTs next to each other and the geometry on both started changing by itself.

mikozero · Post by **mikozero** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 11:51 am

buy a compass :p

you can't compare a TV to a CRT monitor because CRT monitors are build to have a magnetically sheilded output were as TVs usually are not (unless they've drastically changed the design recommendations of TVs since i was at college studying electrical engineering)

yes you could have major problems,

a large tv will have a large electromagnetic field and a modern harddisc is still a highly delicate magnetic storage medium,

i wouldn't have them next to each other.

other things which could also produce the same unwanted elecromagnetic fields include 'normal' stereo speakers and hifi amps (again both are typically unshielded)

Jeeba Jabba · Post by **Jeeba Jabba** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 12:15 pm

my dad has a tv next to his computer.

Stormwatch · Post by **Stormwatch** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 12:34 pm

Get a TV tuner card so your computer becomes a TV...

Smiley · Post by **Smiley** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 1:47 pm

Stormwatch wrote:Get a TV tuner card so your computer becomes a TV...

agreed. my brother has both a small tv and a vcr next to his that he uses while he does his homework; and then he wonders why he's failing four classes

Vchat20 · Post by **Vchat20** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 2:33 pm

ive got my 19" next to the computer here and it hasnt produced any problems.

navi · Post by **navi** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 3:11 pm

You People worry too much about urban myths

Sir Savant · Post by **Sir Savant** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 4:00 pm

I ain't worried too much about the hard drive, just the components. It is an older pc (Compaq Deskpro) so it may not stand up to a small tv. Anyways, the only reason I ain't getting a tv tuner card is that than I might have to take another pc out of storage because I need all my screen real estate (unless someone has two pci video cards they can give me

). Oh well.

mikozero · Post by **mikozero** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 4:42 pm

navi wrote:You People worry too much about urban myths

funny, it didn't look like a myth when we mapped out the magnetic field from a TV in the lab.

Covar · Post by **Covar** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 11:11 am

Vchat20 wrote:ive got my 19" next to the computer here and it hasnt produced any problems.

same here.