Anyone using a 4k TV as a monitor? Been thinking about replacing my three old 24 gateway monitors for a 40-50" 4k monitor.

Would be using it mostly for four Windows side by side etc. I mostly use my computer now days for web development. I really like the idea of this, less power consumption, possibly less strain on the eyes and neck from looking side to side all day.

Would also use it for media/gaming etc. My main concern is how text will appear, huge, tiny, fuzzy, etc.

What are your thoughts, experience, opinion.

Budget 4-500... Fred Meyer had an open box m50-c1 for $511 Walmart has a new sharp 43" for $399.

 
Moving to General Hardware.

Ahhh it's nice to know you're still around...

Personally I'm very hesitant to use any TV for displaying stand still imagery for a long period of time, but that's just me. I'm sure technology has changed to where TVs now days can handle it just fine.
 
If the picture comes out clear, though, and renders perfectly, why not? More power to you. The only thing you can do is try it and see if you like it.

TVs and monitors display the picture through effective the same types of LCD panel, though sometimes for maximum brightness TVs will have the pixels arranged a little differently. Where they really differ in the picture processing where TVs tend to try to look more to impressive than accurate. I personally use a ASUS ProArt monitor and a Vizio TV and I have calibrated them to match, and the Vizio works great for gaming, but I would not use it as my main monitor. As rule of thumb I usually say if you are sitting 6 feet or more away from the display then use a TV if you are sitting 6 feet or closer, use a monitor.

Bowenac
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About 94 more years, and then I'll retire.     :P

Don't do it! I'm on a 55" Sharp 4K tv and the input lag is atrocious. If you do decide to get it, Do some research! I jumped on it and there's nothing I can do about it now =/

Get a TV with HDMI 2.0
New Vizio models have it.
 

I use a m43-c1 on my rig. To get 4k@60 you need to make sure you have a high speed HDMI cable and your video card is capable of HDMI 2.0. It'll only do 4k@60 into HDMI port 5. The problem with the m43-c1 is that at 4k@60 the color space is 4:2:0. Reds look a mess if you look for it -- especially red colored text. Other than that, I have no issue with the m43-c1. been using it since Christmas. There are better 4k@60 options out there that can actually do 4k@60 with better color space, but the price point is nice.
 
Vizio has a game mode that turns off much of the signal processing. There is no latency issue with the Vizio panels. Also the thin bezel on these TVs are sexy IMHO.
 
On the other hand, I don't think I'd recommend the 50" version of the set. The 43" overwhelms my desktop. Jumping up to 50" would only make things worse in my opinion.

Brad_Hawthorne
I use a m43-c1 on my rig. To get 4k@60 you need to make sure you have a high speed HDMI cable and your video card is capable of HDMI 2.0. It'll only do 4k@60 into HDMI port 5. The problem with the m43-c1 is that at 4k@60 the color space is 4:2:0. Reds look a mess if you look for it -- especially red colored text. Other than that, I have no issue with the m43-c1. been using it since Christmas. There are better 4k@60 options out there that can actually do 4k@60 with better color space, but the price point is nice.
 
Vizio has a game mode that turns off much of the signal processing. There is no latency issue with the Vizio panels. Also the thin bezel on these TVs are sexy IMHO.
 
On the other hand, I don't think I'd recommend the 50" version of the set. The 43" overwhelms my desktop. Jumping up to 50" would only make things worse in my opinion.

I bought a $75 HDMI cable made for 4K and also changed a bunch of settings, TV and video card, It lowered the input lag by like 75% and it tracks the mouse better now, but not like on a monitor.