Every time I've read a thread about using TVs for monitors several
people who'd tried would say don't do it. I think the gist was that
the image processors in the TVs would fuzz text or something like
that. That it was usable but they were unhappy with their attempts, it
was tiring on the eyes.
Maybe that's changed or maybe people happy with this don't do a lot of
text? Or maybe there are settings involved they weren't aware of, or
some TVs (other than superficial specs like 4K vs 720p) are better for
this than others so some will say they're happy and others not so
much?
Or maybe the unhappy ones were all trolls/sockpuppets from companies
manufacturing/selling $500+ 24" **GAMING** monitors.
On September 1, 2021 at 09:48 nanog@nanog.org (Owen DeLong via NANOG) wrote:
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>
> > On Aug 31, 2021, at 18:01 , Michael Thomas <m...@mtcc.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 8/31/21 4:40 PM, Owen DeLong via NANOG wrote:
> >> On the other hand, the last time I went looking for a 27” monitor, I
> >> ended up buying a 44” smart television because it was a cheaper HDMI 4K
> >> monitor than the 27” alternatives that weren’t televisions. (It also
> >> ended up being cheaper than the 27” televisions which didn’t do 4K only
> >> 1080p, but I digress).
> >
> > Back when 4k just came out and they were really expensive, I found a "TV"
> > by an obscure brand called Seiki which was super cheap. It was a 39"
> > model. It's just a monitor to me, but I have gotten really used to its
> > size and not needing two different monitors (and the gfx card to support
> > it). What's distressing is that I was looking at what would happen if I
> > needed to replace it and there is this gigantic gap where there are 30"
> > monitors (= expensive) and 50" TV's which are relatively cheap. The
> > problem is that 40" is sort of Goldielocks with 4k where 50" is way too
> > big and 30" is too small. Thankfully it's going on 10 years old and still
> > working fine.
>
> Costco stocks several 44” 4K TV models (like the one I got) that are
> relatively cheap. It’s a little larger than your 40” goldilocks, but I think
> still within range.
>
> Owen
>
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