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TV display quality is dogshit compared to monitors. Even cheap low-end monitors tend to have better displays. They aren't the same panels at all.
by caymanjim 5y ago
TV display quality is dogshit compared to monitors. Even cheap low-end monitors tend to have better displays. They aren't the same panels at all.
- jjoonathan 5y agoNope. I'm using an OLED TV as a monitor on my main PC, and it kicks the pants off any monitor I've ever used before, including the 2021 MBP monitor I'm typing this on right now.
- onemoresoop 5y agoWhich one are you using if you don't mind me asking?
- jjoonathan 5y agoLG C1. I have to turn it off and on with a remote, take the usual OLED precautions, and tolerate its "smart" nonsense, but the color is gorgeous and the contrast is magical.
- KptMarchewa 5y agoDoes autodimming work decently on C1? It's really bothering me when I try to use my CX as a monitor.
- jjoonathan 5y agoAgreed, auto-dimming is rough. I turned it off. 60% constant brightness for work, uncapped HDR mode for play.
- WithinReason 5y agoHow do you switch? Can you do it with just the keyboard?
- jjoonathan 5y agoI boot into Windows for gaming and when I launch a full screen game an "AutoHDR" badge pops up and the brightness limit is lifted. A similar thing happens when I launch a streaming app in the TV. I don't consume content through Linux because as far as I can tell linux doesn't support HDR yet. Speaking of booting into Windows, I finally figured out how to make it painless: use a separate hard drive, not a separate partition. I wish I could go back in time 20 years and tell myself that. The number of hours I wasted debugging poorly written installers, bootloaders, and updaters exceeds the cost of hard drives by a factor too terrifying to calculate. Ah well. Now I know.
- 14 5y agoAny worries of “burn in”? I read the risk of using one as a monitor is that with a computer there is often static images like your task bar. Those can burn into the screen permanently where as if it is just tv the image often changes. Shows like news often have a bar at the bottom and was warned those too can cause burn in. Curious what your experience has been? Thanks
- jjoonathan 5y agoYes, OLED care is a concern, and I take the usual precautions: no fixed menubars, no tiling WM, rotating desktop wallpapers, and reduced brightness (which isn't a compromise -- anything above 80% makes light-mode content uncomfortable, and auto HDR raises the limit for actual HDR content). Even if I were not taking these steps and generally abusing the monitor, I wouldn't expect to see burn-in yet, so I can't really speak to how the situation will develop.
- uyt 5y agoI used to have the Acer B326HK (32 inch 4k) which is marketed as a monitor and it still had really bad burn in
- jjoonathan 5y agoIsn't that IPS though?
- intrasight 5y agosame question
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- brokenmachine 5y agoI'm using a Sony 43" X720E. IPS. I'm quite happy with it, can't complain. It's as good as any monitor I've seen except OLED, and the size is wonderful. I would like to have 120Hz though. I will eventually go to OLED but 48" is the smallest size OLED TV available, and that's a bit bigger than I'd want on my desk. Hopefully a reasonably-priced 43" OLED will come out.