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I'm using a single 44" Vizio 4K TV for my main monitor attached to a Dell XP 15 laptop which acts as a second monitor (it also has a 4K screen). I picked 44" a

I'm using a single 44" Vizio 4K TV for my main monitor attached to a Dell XP 15 laptop which acts as a second monitor (it also has a 4K screen). I picked 44" as the optimal size for me by standing 3 feet in front of all the 4K TVs at my local warehouse store and seeing what sized TV let me see the entire screen without swiveling my head - 48" was just a little too big. My 4K screen works really well in Windows 10 other than a couple of old apps that don't to font scaling for their title bar correctly. I have the TV scaling at 125% and the laptop scaling at 250%. I'm not sure what an 8K screen would do for me as a programmer.

chrisp_dc 10y ago
How is the response time? I thought using my 40" 4k Samsung TV had too much "mouse lag" for desktop use.
- rhinoceraptor 10y ago
  That might be due to HDMI, if I remember correctly HDMI 2 supports 4k at 60hz, but HDMI 1 can only do 30hz. If you have display port on it, use that instead and you should be good. I have two Samsung 4k monitors and they are unbearable to use with HDMI at 4k, I had to get a new video card to drive them both over display port.
- dugmartin 10y ago
  I don't notice any lag at all. One thing I also did before I bought the exact model was do a little research -- the TV I bought has 1 HDMI port (out of the 5 available on it) that runs at 60Hz instead of 30Hz like the other 4 ports. I use that port for my laptop. I also read online that that port also skips the "Ultra HD engine" in the TV but I can't find that in the tech specs. Btw, while I was looking for the tech specs I realized I have a 43" TV not a 44" (https://www.vizio.com/m43c1.html https://www.vizio.com/m43c1.html)
mikojan 10y ago
>I'm not sure what an 8K screen would do for me as a programmer. Maybe you wouldn't be stuck with monochrome bitmap fonts for good clarity. AA on 4k is still quite uncomfortable in comparison.

chrisp_dc 10y ago

How is the response time? I thought using my 40" 4k Samsung TV had too much "mouse lag" for desktop use.

rhinoceraptor 10y ago
That might be due to HDMI, if I remember correctly HDMI 2 supports 4k at 60hz, but HDMI 1 can only do 30hz. If you have display port on it, use that instead and you should be good. I have two Samsung 4k monitors and they are unbearable to use with HDMI at 4k, I had to get a new video card to drive them both over display port.
dugmartin 10y ago
I don't notice any lag at all. One thing I also did before I bought the exact model was do a little research -- the TV I bought has 1 HDMI port (out of the 5 available on it) that runs at 60Hz instead of 30Hz like the other 4 ports. I use that port for my laptop. I also read online that that port also skips the "Ultra HD engine" in the TV but I can't find that in the tech specs. Btw, while I was looking for the tech specs I realized I have a 43" TV not a 44" (https://www.vizio.com/m43c1.html https://www.vizio.com/m43c1.html)

mikojan 10y ago

>I'm not sure what an 8K screen would do for me as a programmer. Maybe you wouldn't be stuck with monochrome bitmap fonts for good clarity. AA on 4k is still quite uncomfortable in comparison.