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Re:Time to Upgrade Your Monitor by biosed on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @12:07PM (#23553006)
Using 55" LG OLED @4k as my main display, nothing compares.
Re:Time to Upgrade Your Monitor by _JamesA_ on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @12:12PM (#23553066)
Have you experienced any of the reported OLED burn-in issues?

I would love to upgrade to an OLED but my screens are on at least 16 hours a day with semi-static content. That's a hefty price to take a chance on burn-in.

Re:Time to Upgrade Your Monitor by biosed on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @05:39PM (#23557086)
Its the C9 and I have all the anti burnin features turned on, I have no issues, you can see the tv moving the whole screen a few pixels every so often.
Re:Time to Upgrade Your Monitor by Shivetya on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @12:43PM (#23553468)
The new CX generation from LG comes with a 48" model which may fit people better and supports variable rate refresh which is good for gaming as some cards and consoles can support it.

Living with a C9 65" as my main television, not computer monitor, while I acknowledge the picture quality is incomparable from my point of view I am in the camp of that for a general work computer screen it would be best to wait for micro LED technology to spread. OLED still suffers the risk of burn in but this is mostly from fixed elements where the screen is level on for days if not years. Still not worth the degradation that will come as most elements are fixed and always on display with Mac OS.

So for the most part a well lit IPS display will serve users just fine these days and reserve OLED for the living room.

Re:Time to Upgrade Your Monitor by post_break on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @12:09PM (#23553037)
Oled for a monitor is tough because burn in a very real for high contrast static images. They have done a good job but I watch a lot of high end oled tv reviews and it doesn’t take too long for menu bars and the like to start ghosting.
Re:Time to Upgrade Your Monitor by CoolGuySteve on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @12:48PM (#23553548)
Yeah this is the right answer. I use a 40" 4k display, it has the same dpi as a 27" 1440p display.

The extra real estate is a way bigger productivity enhancer than smoother fonts. Like there's not even any comparison.

Re:Time to Upgrade Your Monitor by pier25 on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @12:16PM (#23553128)
At what distance? Do you have a picture of your setup?
Re:Time to Upgrade Your Monitor by biosed on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @05:39PM (#23557093)
about 45 to 60 cm