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    Confused: Samsung KS8500 vs Sony X800D vs Sony X830C

    Read these threads for my experiences as a dev with large format 4K VA and IPS panels: https://hardforum.com/threads/400-500-work-screen.1906159/ https://hardforum.com/threads/43-4k-monitor-help-me-choose.1915960/ https://hardforum.com/threads/does-a-uhd-4k-tv-make-a-good-monitor.1881810/ In...
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    Recommend a 40-50" monitor for a software developer

    Here's a few threads where I post my experiences as a dev with large 4K monitors: https://hardforum.com/threads/400-500-work-screen.1906159/ https://hardforum.com/threads/43-4k-monitor-help-me-choose.1915960/ https://hardforum.com/threads/does-a-uhd-4k-tv-make-a-good-monitor.1881810/
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    The 2015 Sony TV Thread

    There's a firmware update to Android 6, but you'll probably have to download it and extract it to a USB stick to install (at least that's what I had to do -- auto-update seemed to think the old firmware was current). 1920x1080@120Hz still works, still has artifacts, and exhibits less artifacts...
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    I'm torn between 49" Sony X800D and Samsung KS8000.

    If you need off-axis color accuracy, then the Sony XBR-49X800D with the IPS panel is the only way to go. Otherwise the on-axis color accuracy of the UN49KS8000 is superior (you will have to sit further back to get a large enough viewable target area though). If you'd rather have a 43", the 2015...
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    4k TV as monitor

    Apparently you are trying to connect a Dell laptop to a 4K TV via an HDMI connection. The Radeon R7 3xx series video chipsets do not support displaying 4K at 60Hz through the HDMI connection. The best that you can display is 4K at 30Hz. This is why your TV seems laggy. If you have a laptop that...
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    4K 60Hz 4:4:4 HDMI 2.0 TV Database

    You're going to have to use it much longer than 5 hours, and even then the stutters may never show up. I went a week without any stutters on my X830C, then had three within a few hours today (just using the desktop). And the streaks in 120Hz mode look like faint horizontal lines that come and...
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    4K 60Hz 4:4:4 HDMI 2.0 TV Database

    Interesting! I wonder why Sony uses different panels for the U.S. vs. European market. Since it seems to be the X830C model with an upgraded processor and HDR, have you seen either of the two issues that seem to affect the X830C series, namely the faint transient background streaks in...
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    43" 4K Monitor - Help me choose

    You can game just fine on the Sony. You're talking about a 1 frame difference between your Samsung KS8000 (that you have to switch to 4:2:2 for the lower lag) and the Sony. I don't have any issues playing FPS or other fast paced games, nor do many other users of this TV. That's a very broad...
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    43" 4K Monitor - Help me choose

    Coders have windows open all over their desktop. If you're looking at code all day, the color shift when viewing syntax highlighted text, curved screen or not, definitely increases eyestrain. And you neglect to address vertically oriented color shifting, which happens regardless of the...
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    43" 4K Monitor - Help me choose

    You will only get good viewing angles with IPS. If you're working with text all day for your web development, IPS's ability to avoid color shift at an angle is a godsend for the eyes. I started out with a 4K 42" VA monitor that gradually drove me nuts with its color shifting. I've been so much...
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    2016 4k TVs suitable for movies and gaming?

    I can vouch for both the Coboc 15' HDMI and the Monoprice 20' HDMI cables @ 4K 60Hz 4:4:4 and 1080P 120Hz into my Sony XBR-49X830C. I haven't tried anything longer, so I don't have any recommendations for sizes over these.
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    $400-500 work screen

    As a coder the one feature that improved my productivity, far beyond any other, was the total number lines of code I could see at once. You will only get this with either portrait oriented standard monitors, like what you're doing currently, or using a 4K TV/monitor with its attendant 2160...
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    Hisense 4K 50H8C - 4:4:4 @ 60Hz

    Just a heads up for anyone looking for a cheap, large, 4K TV monitor. Best Buy is having a sale this week ($380) on this item. Several people claim 4:4:4 @ 60Hz for two of the ports (from Hisense on Amazon and here in the comments from a user, with a followup review here -- plus that user also...
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    Affordable 4k - Hitachi 43" LU43V809 owners? Sam's Club

    It's probably doing this, which is a bit of a cheat.
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    The 2015 Sony TV Thread

    I just bought a 49X830C (US) during Amazon Prime Day (from Amazon Warehouse, brand new, unopened, $632 with discounts). The TV updated to the latest firmware automatically (PKG3.473.0107NAB 7/06/2016). I use this TV exclusively as a monitor and the only issues I've noted in the few days I've...
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