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| PlainName:
--- Quote ---I know a TV panel will not impress the avid gamer but I have modest requirements, as long as it does 60Hz at 4K and doesn't suffer from ghosting or smudging of text, it sounds grand to me. --- End quote --- I tried cheap TV panels instead of pukka monitors when I set out on the 4K path, and gave up on them all. As noted elsewhere, the RGB stuff needs to be right, which many TVs aren't, and TVs are just designed for TV usage. Small things, like how blanking works (or not), can get right up your nose after a bit. I wound up with an Iiyama ProLite which has been a joy - not perfect but nothing is big enough to grab my attention. Got it cheap off Box since it was going obsolete, so great value as well. When this one dies, my next will be a similar pukka monitor. |
| mariush:
3840x2160 43" is around 102 DPI ... the Windows default is 96 DPI if I remember correctly... so the pixels are a bit larger smaller than they should be, but close enough. 31.5" 3840 x 2160 is 139 DPI , which is close to 1.5 x 96 DPI (=144 DPI). Of course it didn't look good at 115% scaling. If you don't want to do scaling and want close as possible to 96 DPI, go for 2560x1440 at 31.5" , that works out to around 93 DPI |
| PlainName:
--- Quote ---Of course it didn't look good at 115% scaling. --- End quote --- I said 'whatever it was' because I can't check now. Maybe it was 120% or 110% - it would be whatever the first or second notch was. And I didn't say it looked bad, just was still hard to read. --- Quote ---If you don't want to do scaling and want close as possible to 96 DPI, go for 2560x1440 at 31.5" --- End quote --- Why? I want oodles of pixels so I can display - and read! - multiple A4 pages next to each other. Why on earth would I choose fewer pixels and a smaller screen? I want big and lots of it. When I first tried a 32" it seemed massive, and I suspect that's how y'all think because that's what you've tried. It took quite a while to pluck up the courage to try a 43" but I would never go back to 32" after using this one. The only downside I can think of is with dump apps that open up full screen (and games that also start with some stupid resolution, like 1080p). |
| SiliconWizard:
I'm also currently shopping for a good 4K monitor at a reasonable price point. But 43" on your desktop? Really? ;D Even 32" I find already a bit much, but usable. Bigger than this, I doubt it. Probably depends on your use case though. |
| aeberbach:
I have thought about this too. Seems like 4k at full resolution could be great on a full screen. However all of the big 4k monitors use a BGR subpixel arrangement apparently, not RGB. Windows Cleartype is tuned for RGB and the results on BGR are said to be not great. I'm holding off until I can spend a bit of time in front of one and see how it really looks. Since most of my use is text it's an important point. Dell do have a 6k monitor coming this year. It's unlikely to cost as much as the Apple 6k Pro HDR monitor so it could be an option. |
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