Granted, a pair of 2560×1440 monitors delivers more pixels than a single 4k monitor but you have to contend with the obvious split in the middle and also the inconsistency in colour, no matter how slight, that there will inevitably be between any two monitors.

Why not just add another monitor so you’ve got two? This is the configuration I run with at work. If you do then you have to buy a monitor because there are no matte TVs. Monitors typically, but not always, come with a matte panel that reduces reflections, softens detail, and in the strongest cases produces a ‘sparkly’ image. After I got over the reflections it produced I now can’t do without the vibrant colours and crisp detail that you get. My Crossover 27qw has a glossy panel popularised a decade or so ago by the monitors that came with the Mac Pro. 4k TVs can generally be had cheaper than monitors and, being consumer electronics, tend to show up regularly in special offers and sales.Īnother reason is the panel type. So why bother with a TV? Price is one reason. Just do a Google search for 43″ monitor and you’ll see what’s out there. I don’t play games or watch videos on my computer so I will focus entirely on its use as a developer and engineering workstation display. The rest of this blog is a guide to walk you through the minefield that awaits should you decide that you really want to use a 4k TV as a computer monitor. It was and still is very nice but for the last year or so I’ve had my eye on an upgrade and last week I finally did it and am now the proud owner of a 43″ Sony Bravia TV doing duty as the highest quality monitor with the most perfect picture I’ve ever seen. I never use a laptop unless I’m forced to by circumstance and much prefer a desktop with the biggest monitor I can lay my hands on.įor the last few years I’ve been quite content with my 27″ AH-IPS display, a Crossover 27qw which is basically a reject LG panel repackaged and sold off cheap by Korean entrepreneurs. I can’t understand how so many young developers and engineers seem to be content to peer into the tiny screens on their Macbooks that offer only a few visible lines of code in perhaps two simultaneous columns, with any web-based reference material in a window hidden behind the main IDE.

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