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Re:Time to Upgrade Your Monitor by phkahler on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @01:50PM (#23554411)
I use a 55" curved 4k TV as my monitor. It's not pixel density that's important for reading text, but contrast. The best thing for coding is a high contrast bitmapped font with no smoothing.

My monitor is still available at Walmart for $500. It's like an actual desktop when you can spread out all your stuff.

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Re:Time to Upgrade Your Monitor by johncalvinyoung on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @06:08PM (#23557390)
My personal requirement though is 4:4:4 color. Too many TVs will only accept 4:2:2 or 4:2:0 chroma, and colored text on black will look horrid.
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Re:Time to Upgrade Your Monitor by hocuspocus on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @08:04PM (#23558317)
Just stick to big brands. Even entry-level models support 4:4:4 UHD @60Hz.

The main issue with TVs is that HDMI sucks compared to DP. You'll need a half-decent GPU from 2015 or later for good HDMI 2.x support.

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Re:Time to Upgrade Your Monitor by fomine3 on Thursday June 18, 2020 @01:59AM (#23560197)
Some LG's cheap 4KTV have RGBW panel that's not suitable for reading text. Should check review and spec even it came from big brand.
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Re:Time to Upgrade Your Monitor by phkahler on Thursday June 18, 2020 @03:51PM (#23567138)
It's a samsung tv and supports 4k at 4:4:4 60hz if I recall correctly.
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Re:Time to Upgrade Your Monitor by dingaling on Thursday June 18, 2020 @03:26AM (#23560654)
> It's like an actual desktop when you can spread out all your stuff.

But you can't spread out your stuff any more than you'd do on a 24" 4k monitor...

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