Does Anyone Have Giant 4K Monitor Suggestions?

cfuse on 22/05/2021 - 14:08

I just RMA'ed my Dell U4320Q 43" 4K monitor that died (they sent me a crap one as a replacement, so it's going back for a refund). Before that I had a Philips BDM4350UC (except it too died. I have poor luck).

When I get my money back I'm going to be in the market for yet another huge monitor. I thought about a LG 48" CX OLED TV but I'm too worried about burn in and even I think using a 48 incher on my desk is overkill.

I hate curved screens and losing vertical screen real-estate would be undesirable to me.

Suggestions?

Computing Computer Peripheral Dell LCD Monitor

Comments

  • B-Man02 on 22/05/2021 - 14:57

    I'm looking for something similar. Hoping for a ~34"-40" of some sort… don't mind curved. Agree on not wanting to lose vertical realestate.
    But haven't found anything I'd say is suitable
    I found using my 42" plasma it looked too big for my desk and seating position

    • cfuse on 22/05/2021 - 15:07

      What are you planning on using it for? What's the sticking point for you with current options? Knowing that can help narrow the choices down a bit.

      It seems to me that most 34" are in the ultrawide 21:9 format rather than 16:9, so you do lose vertical (although depending on use you can stack monitors and get some of that back). Depending on viewing angles (and again, usage purpose) you could rotate the entire monitor for a super skyscraper format. I've done rotated supplementary side monitors before and that can work pretty well.

      Here's some reading that might be helpful:

      https://www.rtings.com/monitor/reviews/best/by-size/34-inch-…
      https://remotesetups.com/ultrawide-vs-16-9/

  • Master Bates on 22/05/2021 - 14:59

    Is there a common reason your monitors are dying? Regular power surges or something?

    • cfuse on 22/05/2021 - 15:16

      I think it's bad luck as I haven't read anyone else complaining about manufacturing defects and nothing else in my house or on the same circuit seems to be having any issues.

      The Philips ran for roughly three years without problems and was a partial backlight failure, the Dell just died completely after less than a year (I suspect whatever the equivalent of the tcon board in it blew). I've had tons of monitors in exactly the same location and with the same power with no problems.

      Equipment failure has to happen to somebody. The Dell monitor got returned and they didn't complain about any factor that could be down to me (that being said, the replacement monitor they originally sent me was clearly a QA fail and they still sent it, so they either didn't check or didn't care. If they didn't do it for me then why would they have done it to me?).

      • resisting the urge on 22/05/2021 - 16:26

        That is normal Dell behaviour.

        Their focus is Just in Time (JiT) processes, driving production and supply chain costs down, and getting new product to market. QA gets in the way of all those goals, leaving Customer eXperience the only one to sponsor Quality Assurance all the way from development to End of Life.

        So buying Dell remains a lottery.

        If you were happy with the 43, I'd just push to get it replaced again. Very few monitors are built properly now. If it unluckily fails again, most likely a hot component in the power supply causing it which will always be a simple fix for a normal electronics tech.

        Out of interest, are you far from your monitor?

        I have trouble using the topmost 10cm of my 43" Philips, So I think a wide might be better. And a slight curve would be nice as magnifying glasses tend to curl straight lines and would help keep the focal distance from eye to any part of the screen. But never tried one. Note: All this is probably because I wear glasses when doing anything close-up

        • cfuse on 23/05/2021 - 10:28

          Out of interest, are you far from your monitor?

          About a metre, with some variance for sitting position. I do wear glasses and my vision isn't fantastic.

          In normal use I tend to split the screen in two down the middle, and I find my sitting position drifting to the right during usage (which would imply that a landscape/skyscraper format monitor (or several) with a resolution near 1920 x 2160 could work for day to day. Pity that's not a real format). If it's games or media I will drift back to the centre.

          You know you have an edge usage case when you start thinking about getting different furniture so that you can put three of this size on the same desk.

  • Mechz on 22/05/2021 - 17:22

    If you're sitting close to something that big, I would hate for it to be flat. To much edge blur otherwise.

    • cfuse on 23/05/2021 - 10:29

      Expensive monitors have less of a problem with that.

      That being said, my experience with curved monitors is only cursory. It may be the case that this is something I'd warm up to over time.

  • Procyon on 24/05/2021 - 15:55

    I've been tempted by the Dell U4320Q, but am looking for a colour accurate Adobe RGB or DCI-P3 panel. Does anyone know if something like that exists in this huge size? I think ASUS has the PG43UQ, which is significantly more expensive (around 2K) but has 90% DCI-P3 coverage. Gigabyte also has the FV43U with 97% DCI-P3. The stands on those models are not adjustable though, which isn't ideal. Will Dell come out with a "UP" colour accurate 43" monitor anytime soon?

    • Procyon on 24/05/2021 - 16:21

      Looks like I should be going for the 436M6VBPAB and live with the fixed stand - 97% DCI-P3, and cheap as chips ($750 to $800) compared to the rest. Although, some reviews have comments about weird subpixel rendering techniques… https://pcmonitors.info/reviews/philips-436m6vbpab/

    • cfuse on 24/05/2021 - 16:49
      +1

      The U4320Q was an okay monitor until it blew up. The replacement was completely unacceptable. I'd never had a problem with Dell as a brand before, so I didn't expect any of this (and certainly not at this price point).

  • bigmicka on 24/05/2021 - 18:02
    +3

    Bryan from Tech Yes City has been using 55 inch oleds as daily drivers https://youtu.be/5iwE7m5fJCM I think burn in is a lower risk in recent generations.

  • Procyon on 02/06/2021 - 20:25

    Got the FV43U from i-Tech (currently $1618 + shipping; can get $10 extra off using the code 10offgoogle).

    I never thought that 144 Hz would make such a big difference, but everything is soooo smooth now, even just moving windows around on the desktop! The huge colour and brightness space (HDR1000 + 97% DCI-P3) is on point, and adaptive sync works well too.

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