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I have a Sony 43" X830C at the moment and can't honestly recommend it as a monitor for a few reasons.
First, it has poor black levels, even for an IPS screen. I'm coming from a 26" 1920x1200 Planar PX2611w that was IPS with moderately heavy anti-glare coating and is many years old, so I was expecting a big improvement in black levels and contrast. Not VA level blacks like my former 24" Soyo DYLM24D6, but better. The Sony is the same as the Planar, maybe even worse in some conditions. The size of the screen and my close seating position also means that IPS glow is very noticeable in all 4 corners if the displayed picture is dark.
Second, current firmware leads to random crashes, but is required for 4:4:4 4K@60Hz to function. The screen will blank, the Sony logo comes up, the power light turns off and back on, and it goes through the full boot up routine with the swirling dots and Android logo. I've been told this may be due to a bad cable buy have my doubts, as sometimes it will crash immediately after startup while switching from the default "smart TV homescreen" to a HDMI input -- same thing, Sony logo and full boot, which takes a good 45 seconds and is incredibly annoying to say the least. Certainly not what I expect from a $800 piece of hardware.
Input lag isn't bad in practice, and when it's working it's not a /bad/ monitor, but considering it costs $200+ more than any other competitors in this price range locally available to me, it's a hard sell to say the least.
These two reasons alone are why I'm likely to switch it out for either:
Samsung JU6500, which apparently has worse PWM but should have better colors being a VA panel and gets similar blur and slightly better input lag (26ms) ratings under "game" mode, while maintaining 4:4:4 4K@60Hz for desktop use.
Vizio M43-C1, which loses me 4:4:4 4K@60Hz, but can still do it at 30Hz which is fine for desktop use. It also cuts input lag down to around 19ms, almost unheard of for a 4K TV, but gives me worse blur -- this is what I'm most worried about. The biggest upside here is the price difference -- trading the Sony for a Vizio, I could pick up a PS4 and Bloodborne, something I've been meaning to do for a while. Granted, I don't really want any other PS4 exclusive games right now so it's probably not worth it, given Dark Souls 3 comes out on PC as well.
At this point I suspect I'll trade the Sony for a Vizio, discover I hate the blur on the Vizio and am unhappy with the loss of 4:4:4 4K@60Hz, and end up picking up a Samsung JU6500 or JU7100.
Don't Dell 4317Q and LG 43UD79 use the same display panel?
No, definitely not. Just read the reviews on the ghosting / burn-in on the Dell.
I've been looking at a lot of 4k TVs, 43" and up, and there aren't many quality options.
I'm surprised that Samsung's higher end 55+" models have a weird pixel display algorithm that results in a noisy picture up close. The same as other cheap TVs, except that samsung is 5x more expensive.
And then LG has their stupid RGBW pixels on all their non-oled TVs.
40" is only dominated by samsung.
43" includes samsung and TCL low end models, both of which have their own deficiencies. And then for double the price, you have Sony x800 IPS which is not a lot of bang for the buck.
at 50" or bigger, VIZIO actually has great image quality, with their xled line up. They don't have crappy staggered pixel display on their 50-60 inchers. They're pretty much perfect in displaying still images, if you ever wanted to use a 60" on your desk.
No, definitely not. Just read the reviews on the ghosting / burn-in on the Dell.
If you want the best 40" - 43" 4K TV for monitor use, look no further:
https://www.amazon.com/Sony-XBR43X8...?ie=UTF8&qid=1512261723&sr=8-1&keywords=x800d
That's $50 cheaper than when I bought it in July.
If you want the best 40" - 43" 4K TV for monitor use, look no further:
https://www.amazon.com/Sony-XBR43X8...?ie=UTF8&qid=1512261723&sr=8-1&keywords=x800d
That's $50 cheaper than when I bought it in July.
Feel free to suggest something better and cheaper at that size..... and still waaaaay too expensive for what it is- a VA panel 43" with average backlight brightness
I had something better - Samsung JS9000 48" and KS8500 49", but both were too big for my liking. They were considerably more expensive than $650, too. I'm hoping we see some better TVs in the 40" - 43" range for 2018.
Best 43" 4K I ever saw was Samsung's KS7500, but it's not available in the U.S.
http://www.samsung.com/uk/tvs/suhd-ks7500/UE43KS7500UXXU/
i had this monitor. it sucks pretty bad. I could barely keep looking at it for 4 hours without Eye strain bc the is PWM is so freaking bad. The colors look horrible .. its a big large, takes up a huge amount of space and the whole dell mount setup is crap too