Be careful of burn in using TV screens as monitors. If the screen will be daily active it shouldn't be too much of an issue.
43" 4K TV as a monitor?
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Burn-in was only really a thing for old CRT, Plasma screens and now OLEDs. LEDs are usually fine, but the limit is the backlighting. My old LCD monitors have a yellowish tinge to them (and reduced brightness), and I now replace monitors every 3 years as a result. I do have screensavers (blanking/power off) enabled but otherwise everything runs 24x7.
From what I'm aware, the yellowing is due to the "Cold Cathode" modules just getting old and tired - quite possibly replaceable.
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1) I recently got LG 32" 3840x2160 for $460. Good crisp text, vivid youtube video. probably, next time, I'll get a 42 inches curve monitor.
2) it seems, at the moment, no manufacturer that makes laptop with one of those Nvidia 4K video cards? [neither Dell nor HP would let me to customize the laptops on their websites (they'd, to some extent).
2) it seems, at the moment, no manufacturer that makes laptop with one of those Nvidia 4K video cards? [neither Dell nor HP would let me to customize the laptops on their websites (they'd, to some extent).
So your using a 43" 4k tv as a monitor also? May I ask what make and model you are using?
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Works great. I have a 39", 42", 50", and a 55". The 42" is perfect. The 50" ONN from Walmart is my favorite since my vision is not great. I run the 39" and 42" with the onboard graphics (30Hz) of old i7s, and the 50" with the onboard graphics of a newish Ryzen 7 (60Hz). The ONN has Roku and has a "computer" option at setup time. Perfect. For anything larger than 40/50" I will wait for cheap 6/8K TVs. Don't get fooled into thinking that more expensive monitors are better.
4K@30hz looks pretty bad doesn't it? I would think the mouse movement, etc would be pretty choppy compared to 4k@60hz? I will need to add an graphics card with hdmi 2.0 to my current Dell in order to do 4k@60hz though or buy a newer machine
It looks great. When you use a 4K TV to use as a monitor, you basically turn all of the "features" off and adjust the contrast and brightness. The picture is perfect. The mouse is still a little slow.
BTW If you hate the super-saturated colors and contrast, as I do, the computer monitor mode is a much better picture for TV. I don't think you will find a 30Hz TV anyway.
BTW If you hate the super-saturated colors and contrast, as I do, the computer monitor mode is a much better picture for TV. I don't think you will find a 30Hz TV anyway.
