<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 24, 2017 at 9:30 AM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:talk@gtalug.org" target="_blank">talk@gtalug.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">tl;dr: if you yearn for monitor resolution, have I got a deal for you!<br>
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I use a cheap and nasty 39" UltraHD TV as my desktop monitor. I am very<br>
happy with the experience.<br>
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Real Canadian Superstore is selling 43" UltraHD TVs for $298 + EHF but<br>
with HST already included in that price ($263.72 before taxes). I expect<br>
that it is a better TV than my 3 year old 39".<br>
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I imagine 43" is a good size for a desktop monitor, but I'm not sure. I'm<br>
happy with 39"<br>
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- I can view it at monitor-distance (25"? I haven't measured) and see<br>
text on it at normal pixels/character<br>
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- I don't get whiplash looking around on my screen (but I do have glasses<br>
dedicated to this task -- a great investment)<br>
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- it fits on my desk<br>
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- it has multiple inputs so I can connect several computers at once<br>
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There are flaws with my monitor. At full resolution (the only one I every<br>
use) it only refreshes at 30Hz. I don't find that bad (I don't game) but<br>
I think that the 43" monitor does not have this limitation.<br>
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Many TV sets do "chroma sub-sampling"<br>
<<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chroma_subsampling" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/<wbr>wiki/Chroma_subsampling</a>><br>
This means that the colour (not brightness) on adjacent pixels is not<br>
totally independant. My monitor uses 4:2:2 sampling and that creates<br>
"artifacts" in some cases. I really dislike this in theory but I have<br>
rarely found it to be a problem. I have no idea what chroma subsampling,<br>
if any, the 43" TV does. I would guess 4:2:2.<br>
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I expect to replace my TV when a cheap one comes out with HDR (High<br>
Dynamic Range) and no chroma subsampling.<br>
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TV sets don't have DisplayPort inputs. Too bad. HDMI has struggled to<br>
keep up with the bandwidth of UltraHD. My TV's 30Hz limitation came from<br>
that (the HDMI standard has since been upgraded). Not all video cards can<br>
handle this.<br>
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Nouveau doesn't drive my monitor properly so I'm using the proprietary<br>
nvidia driver. Nouveau may have been fixed but I only test every year or<br>
so. I don't have a powerful enough ATI card to test. I haven't tried<br>
Intel GPUs.<br><br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Sounds like a decent idea if you only want 1 (!) monitor. </div><div>Me - - I went for 4 - - 1900 x 1080 IIRC and for that you MUST use the nvidia </div><div>drivers and that install was a real hoot!</div><div>(My system is 3 monitors in a landscape mode and one in a portrait mode.</div><div>The vertical one is used a lot when reading pdfs.)</div><div><br></div><div>Dee </div></div><br></div></div>