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Discussion on: What are the best options on the market for external computer monitors?

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Ricardo Bánffy

I'm considering a 40"-ish 4K TV. It's about the same dot-pitch a 20"-ish 1080p, but replaces 4 of them. It's not too large (I currently have a physically wider setup) and, if it's a curved one, eye focus stress should be more or less the same as multiple screens.

Plus, due to the volume, they are cheaper than the monitors.

The only drawback is that the settings are optimal for TV, which means it can default to add sharpness or color that's not in the signal and, sometimes, cut some pixels on the side so it has masks the borders when the filters applied would make them look odd. Any decent TV will have a game/computer mode that does away with the image "enhancement".