seeking 4k curved monitor recommendation

[Stephen Partington]

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 <michael at butash.net> 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 <PLUGd at 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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