On Sat, Jun 24, 2017 at 10:30:12AM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > tl;dr: if you yearn for monitor resolution, have I got a deal for you! > > <http://forums.redflagdeals.com/real-canadian-superstore-rcss-haier-uhd-4k-tv-43-55-298-468-no-tax-june-24th-2096245/> > > I use a cheap and nasty 39" UltraHD TV as my desktop monitor. I am very > happy with the experience. > > Real Canadian Superstore is selling 43" UltraHD TVs for $298 + EHF but > with HST already included in that price ($263.72 before taxes). I expect > that it is a better TV than my 3 year old 39". > > I imagine 43" is a good size for a desktop monitor, but I'm not sure. I'm > happy with 39" > > - I can view it at monitor-distance (25"? I haven't measured) and see > text on it at normal pixels/character > > - I don't get whiplash looking around on my screen (but I do have glasses > dedicated to this task -- a great investment) > > - it fits on my desk > > - it has multiple inputs so I can connect several computers at once > > There are flaws with my monitor. At full resolution (the only one I every > use) it only refreshes at 30Hz. I don't find that bad (I don't game) but > I think that the 43" monitor does not have this limitation. > > Many TV sets do "chroma sub-sampling" > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chroma_subsampling> > This means that the colour (not brightness) on adjacent pixels is not > totally independant. My monitor uses 4:2:2 sampling and that creates > "artifacts" in some cases. I really dislike this in theory but I have > rarely found it to be a problem. I have no idea what chroma subsampling, > if any, the 43" TV does. I would guess 4:2:2. > > I expect to replace my TV when a cheap one comes out with HDR (High > Dynamic Range) and no chroma subsampling. > > TV sets don't have DisplayPort inputs. Too bad. HDMI has struggled to > keep up with the bandwidth of UltraHD. My TV's 30Hz limitation came from > that (the HDMI standard has since been upgraded). Not all video cards can > handle this.
Yes it seems to have HDMI 2.0 with HDCP 2.2, so if the video card can do that, it should do 60 Hz. > Nouveau doesn't drive my monitor properly so I'm using the proprietary > nvidia driver. Nouveau may have been fixed but I only test every year or > so. I don't have a powerful enough ATI card to test. I haven't tried > Intel GPUs. -- Len Sorensen --- Talk Mailing List [email protected] https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
