Big TV as a Monitor for GMA?

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Rydawg5143

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My Grandma is downsizing due to health and is losing her desk. As she's online a lot, we don't want her to not be able to access a desktop computer. I have the computer figured out but i am looking for advise on a TV that can function as a monitor as well as its normal TV functions. She'll be sitting about 6 feet away.
 
You've probably got it figured out by now, but any TV with an HDMI or VGA input will be fine for a use case like that, so long as the PC has the same outputs available.

I'd probably stick with 1080p monitors though, unless the PC has a video chip capable of driving a 2k or 4k display. Lower resolutions on larger monitors tend to not look very good.
 
Rydawg5143 said:
My Grandma is downsizing due to health and is losing her desk. As she's online a lot, we don't want her to not be able to access a desktop computer. I have the computer figured out but i am looking for advise on a TV that can function as a monitor as well as its normal TV functions. She'll be sitting about 6 feet away.
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6' sitting distance you would probably want a 42-50" screen, and using as a tool for online activities you'd want to stay away from OLED. For that size and use case the Hisense A6H is probably the best option since I assume she doesn't need anything fancy like HDR or VRR. The 43" model can be had for $240 and the 50" for $250. You would probably want to demo a screen at those sizes from 6' away yourself to see what would be more appropriate.
GiGaBiTe said:
You've probably got it figured out by now, but any TV with an HDMI or VGA input will be fine for a use case like that, so long as the PC has the same outputs available.

I'd probably stick with 1080p monitors though, unless the PC has a video chip capable of driving a 2k or 4k display. Lower resolutions on larger monitors tend to not look very good.
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2K == 1080p

You can use DPI scaling to make programs and text appear larger on higher resolution screens. I run my 48" 4K TV at 200% from about 4 feet away, which is about the equivalent DPI of 1080p on that screen size. Most modern programs including web browsers respect the Windows DPI scaling setting.
 
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Any big TV is fine. Make sure to enable game mode in the TV settings, to avoid any image processing which increases latency and makes the mouse harder to use.
 
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