How far back are you from the screens in your setup? and how well does the text render? On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 12:23 PM, Michael Butash wrote: > I went the route of getting a 48" samsung 4k/60hz tv's for around $620/ea > a few years ago during black friday sales, which I love using now as a > giant displays. This was going from 6x 24" in a row to 3x of these, > basically giving me the same wrap dimensions, but as though I added another > 6x double high for a full 11520x2160 framebuffer. I thought 55" might have > been too big at the time, but I almost wish I had just gone with them now. > > A month or so ago I saw walmart selling a 55" curved 4k/60hz lcd from > Sceptre for $350 that is a steal as long as it's roughly the same quality. > > The only downside I've found is the displays don't dpms power-down, so > they'll go into screensaver mode and stay on until you power them off. > Which in turn triggers pretty much every linux desktop to freak out and do > weird things when it loses all of its displays, so most time I just leave > them on with their screensaver. Last time I ran into someone with an > actual samsung 30" 4k "monitor", it did the same thing, so caveat emptor. > > -mb > > On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 2:11 PM, der.hans wrote: > >> moin moin, >> >> I'm considering a wide, curved 4k monitor. >> >> I'll be connecting to an HDMI port. >> >> I'm currently using a 4k TV with text display issues. It was the best >> option at the time, but my eyes really, really want a better text display. >> I'm also finding that a wide flat display is less than ideal, hence the >> desire for curved. >> >> Any recommendations for specific monitors? Places of acquisition? >> >> I normally ignore black Friday sales, but this year many of them appear to >> be black November sales. That works better for me, if I'm going to change >> I need to do so before Thanksgiving as that's when silly season hits full >> swing for $dayjob. >> >> ciao, >> >> der.hans >> -- >> # https://www.LuftHans.com https://www.PhxLinux.org >> # "Rock 'n' roll might not solve your problems, but it does let you dance >> # all over them." -- Pete Townsend >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen