Comment by throwaway85825

19 days ago

I use an 8K 55" TV. It was much cheaper than an equivalent monitor and is equivalent to 4x 27" 4k panels. Text rendering is sublime.

I wish the panel was still in production with more dimming zones and DP input.

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SunshineTheCat  19 days ago

This is such a cool idea. Text was the one thing I was concerned about with perhaps color correctness/accuracy/calibration options secondarily, but I'm sure they've got that down.

But hearing that the text looks good is the biggest thing. I may actually consider going down this road.

  • buildbot  18 days ago

    I did this for a bit with a Q900R, a 65in 8k TV - a upside or downside depending on the time of year and climate is that it uses a lot of power and generates a good amount of heat.

    Here’s a review of the series - https://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/samsung/q900-q900r-8k-qled

    One interesting thing is that it’s been firmware updated to support hdmi 2.1 on all hdmi ports now.

  • throwaway85825  19 days ago

    I can't vouch for the color but it's an LCD panel so I suspect it's probably not the best. I have no way of testing this though.

    Text is just a function of pixel count and using the standard rgb lcd cell.

    The 55" model hasn't been made in a few years so you'd have to buy used. You'd have to beg samsung to bring it back.

BoredomIsFun  18 days ago

One difference between TV and monitor panels is the blue line peak (450 vs 460 nm); lots of people dismiss it as unimportant matter, but to me the further peak towards green the easier it is on my eyes.