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 <
PLUGd@lufthans.com> 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
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