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.
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.
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).
So your using a 43" 4k tv as a monitor also? May I ask what make and model you are using? Thanks, -Guru
I have been using a 4k TV as a monitor for years and it has been great! Make sure whichever tv you choose can display 4:4:4 chroma at 60hz.
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.