@fatsam We're still running on a 2012 Panasonic 1080p TV. It works fine, and I declined to pay extra for a wifi/ethernet board so it's entirely incapable of snooping on us.
I'd buy a 4K display as an upgrade if I could figure out how to get one entirely free of baked-in spyware. (I'd only be using it as an HDMI display for the AppleTV, anyway.)
@cstross @fatsam I'm on dual 4k 32" (same dot pitch as 15" 1080p laptop) for work stuff and I use every bit of it for CAD. Being able to read things on a A2-size schematic while seeing the whole thing is very helpful, also seeing .2mm traces on a 250mm wide board (displayed ~2x actual on screen) makes catching mistakes so much easier.
@cstross The hero displays in the department stores blew past my own eyes’ resolution limit like two iterations back. Now that screens that retail well below £500 do that, it all feels a little silly.
@cstross aside from black levels, my current 5-year-old TV is pretty good. 43 in, 4K, 60 HZ. But it's getting old.
I can see the difference between 120 HZ and 60 HZ, usually when panning in fast action in movies.
I can see some minor graininess in text occasionally, at 4K.
Three things that my next/last monitor should give me -- 120hz for 24fps x5 without 3:2 pulldown; much better blacks; and perfect sharpness at 43 in, though I think I'd probably prefer something a little smaller.
@fatsam We're still running on a 2012 Panasonic 1080p TV. It works fine, and I declined to pay extra for a wifi/ethernet board so it's entirely incapable of snooping on us.
I'd buy a 4K display as an upgrade if I could figure out how to get one entirely free of baked-in spyware. (I'd only be using it as an HDMI display for the AppleTV, anyway.)
@cstross just buy any TV or monitor that you like, and never connect it to the internet.
They're making me retest every year at this point. I'm probably a decade away from needing cataract surgery, but they're still making me test -- written and driving -- every single year. It's a massive pain in the butt.
@cstross I mean, it's the most first world of first world problems.
I'm getting old enough that I have started thinking in terms of last purchases. I think I will own one more car. I may only own one more monitor. Etc.
