[GTALUG] 40" 4k Philips Monitor for $699.95 at BestBuy, Jun. 8 and 9 only

[CLIFFORD ILKAY]

On 08/06/16 02:45 PM, ted leslie wrote:
> I got the same monitor. Only worry was the frequency oscillation 
> feature to achieve dimming, but I don't notice it, but some claim they do.

I use the "SmartImage" feature to switch between modes every day. My 
monitor is in a room with plenty of natural light, too much sometimes, 
so I'll use it in the "SmartUniformity" mode during daylight hours and 
switch to "Economy" when it is dark outside. I do not notice any change 
in video quality when it is darker and I am usually pretty sensitive to 
flickering.

> Back joystick is a bit of a pain as I do flip back and forth between 
> inputs.
> When my system goes to sleep, and it wakes up and i turn the monitor 
> on, it sometime does the sync flicker (even goes black) and repeats 
> and generally looks screwy for about 10 seconds,
> but once its running, never had any issue.

I have seen the same behaviour with one difference. Infrequently, it 
will not sync on power on or wake up so I'll Ctrl-Alt-F4 to switch to a 
console, which will cause it to sync, and Ctrl-Alt-F1 back to X where it 
will sync without problems. I do not know if that is a monitor or video 
driver issue and again, it's so infrequent and the workaround so easy 
that it's a minor irritant, at best.

> Is well worth the money! The monitor is sooooo bit, that you have to 
> really move eyes, or even turn head a bit, so certainly I doubt i 
> would ever
> want bigger, accept that in having this monitor, I can now REALLY see 
> the attraction of a curved monitor.

I have had to fine-tune the distance of the monitor to find the sweet 
spot between having to move around to see the edges and being able to 
focus with my reading glasses. More fine-tuning with the prescription of 
reading glasses may help.

> I would have no interest in upgrading to say a 44"+ 4k monitor unless 
> it was
> very curved so you don't have a distance issue as you look to the 
> left/right edges over the closeness of the middle. In fact the odd 
> person may even find the 40" to big, and want it to
> be curved. Of course one issue is you have to buy a expensive video 
> card to use it, unless you happen to already have a 9 series.

I paid $240 for my video card. Over the life of this system and for the 
productivity gains I got from going to 4k, it's well worth the price. I 
expect prices will drop on the lower end cards that can do 4k because a 
newer generation of cards, like the 1000 series, are coming on the 
market now.

-- 
Regards,

Clifford Ilkay

+ 1 647-778-8696

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