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Here's my little suggestion for all those looking for an alternative to "Smart" TVs: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=42+inch+computer+monitor https://www.amazon.com

Here's my little suggestion for all those looking for an alternative to "Smart" TVs: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=42+inch+computer+monitor https://www.amazon.com/s?k=42+inch+computer+monitor

brianzelip 7y ago
Can the monitor be removed from the stand, and hung on a wall?
- spaceribs 7y ago
  I guess it depends on the monitor, but wall mounts are a pretty established standard.
- tesseract 7y ago
  Most monitors, except for the most bare-bones models, will have a standardized mounting hole pattern on the back called a "VESA mount" for which you can obtain a wall mounting bracket. It's the same way you attach a monitor to a desk-mounted arm.
kbenson 7y ago
Sure... if you want to pay twice as much as the similar sized TV.[1] I actually just buy 4k TVs and use them as computer monitors instead. As long as you research to find one that has low response times (rtings.com helps with that), it works fine. 1: https://www.vizio.com/tvs/v405g9.html https://www.vizio.com/tvs/v405g9.html
- spaceribs 7y ago
  Yeah another person brought up that the cost is reduced based on the data their mining for usage. I'd also like to point out that most of the sub-$400 Smart TVs on Amazon don't have any DisplayPorts, and the display is probably of a lower quality than something that's designed to be looked at from a couple of feet away rather than dozens of feet. Bigger than 42", I'd just recommend a projector.
  - kbenson 7y ago
    You can turn off the content detection features in most (all?) smart TVs that include it. I've turned it off on mine. What's the main benefit of DisplayPort when most new hardware supports Hdmi 2.0, which does 4k at 60Hz? How would you define lower quality based on viewing distance? What metrics are we going by that we might expect to be worse? There probably are some, but I can't think of any off the top of my head. Reaponse time is the one that comes to mind, not because of viewing distance but because of different intended use cases, but I specifically account for that when looking for a TV to use as a monitor.
danShumway 7y ago
Huh. I will admit, I always kind of dismissed monitors out of a blanket assumption that they'd be wildly expensive, but $550 for 4K support is not that bad. Yes, it's more expensive than a smart TV, but the only reason is because smart TVs are very literally subsidized by future data collection and monetization. Not trying to minimize that this could still be too much money for some people, but frankly, a one-time extra $250-300 to permanently escape that whole tracking situation is just a lot less than I expected.
zzo38computer 7y ago
I also thought of using a computer monitor. Also it may help to reduce the lag (I know some people use a computer monitor for their games due to this). Also I don't need such a huge TV set, I think.

Here's my little suggestion for all those looking for an alternative to "Smart" TVs: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=42+inch+computer+monitor https://www.amazon.com/s?k=42+inch+computer+monitor

brianzelip 7y ago

Can the monitor be removed from the stand, and hung on a wall?

spaceribs 7y ago
I guess it depends on the monitor, but wall mounts are a pretty established standard.
tesseract 7y ago
Most monitors, except for the most bare-bones models, will have a standardized mounting hole pattern on the back called a "VESA mount" for which you can obtain a wall mounting bracket. It's the same way you attach a monitor to a desk-mounted arm.

kbenson 7y ago

Sure... if you want to pay twice as much as the similar sized TV.[1] I actually just buy 4k TVs and use them as computer monitors instead. As long as you research to find one that has low response times (rtings.com helps with that), it works fine. 1: https://www.vizio.com/tvs/v405g9.html https://www.vizio.com/tvs/v405g9.html

spaceribs 7y ago
Yeah another person brought up that the cost is reduced based on the data their mining for usage. I'd also like to point out that most of the sub-$400 Smart TVs on Amazon don't have any DisplayPorts, and the display is probably of a lower quality than something that's designed to be looked at from a couple of feet away rather than dozens of feet. Bigger than 42", I'd just recommend a projector.
- kbenson 7y ago
  You can turn off the content detection features in most (all?) smart TVs that include it. I've turned it off on mine. What's the main benefit of DisplayPort when most new hardware supports Hdmi 2.0, which does 4k at 60Hz? How would you define lower quality based on viewing distance? What metrics are we going by that we might expect to be worse? There probably are some, but I can't think of any off the top of my head. Reaponse time is the one that comes to mind, not because of viewing distance but because of different intended use cases, but I specifically account for that when looking for a TV to use as a monitor.

danShumway 7y ago

Huh. I will admit, I always kind of dismissed monitors out of a blanket assumption that they'd be wildly expensive, but $550 for 4K support is not that bad. Yes, it's more expensive than a smart TV, but the only reason is because smart TVs are very literally subsidized by future data collection and monetization. Not trying to minimize that this could still be too much money for some people, but frankly, a one-time extra $250-300 to permanently escape that whole tracking situation is just a lot less than I expected.

zzo38computer 7y ago

I also thought of using a computer monitor. Also it may help to reduce the lag (I know some people use a computer monitor for their games due to this). Also I don't need such a huge TV set, I think.