Well, it took awhile, but the old faithful 32” Sony CRT SDTV in my living room is nearing retirement.
I’ve been looking at upsizing my external computer monitor for my laptop (currently a 24” 1080p LG monitor). Perfectly fine for ordinary computer use, it’s small for the purposes of my dissertation work as I need to have MANY PDFs open at the same time (old days it would have been many stacks of photocopied journal articles). Did some research and found an LG 4K 43” model that’s rated quite highly as a PC monitor for about the same price as a 32” dedicated computer monitor. My wife can expense it (she’ll take my 24” monitor—suits her needs just fine), so yay me.
Coincidentally, it’s an exact fit for our current TV stand in the living room. So I decided to buy a second one to replace the old SDTV. It’s not a top-line model (LG 43UM7300) but it’s nicely suited for its intended purpose—wide angle viewing of TV shows, occasional movies, and sports in a well lit living room. Could fit a bigger size but the room is not the “home cinema” so a smaller screen is fine. My wife doesn’t want the TV to overpower the room (nor do I), she HATES watching TV with the lights off AND we need the wide angle view of the IPS panel. Not the OLED I’d have liked, but at about 1000$ CDN, tax in, for two 4K displays, I can’t really complain (especially when the old one cost 1800$ in 2003–for ONE). I might miss the old faithful (we’ve had it for 16 years of problem free viewing), but we’ll still have its 27” twin in the kids’ play room if I get nostalgic.
The hitch is the living room won’t get the upgrade until Xmas (it’s our “family gift from Santa” this year—last year was a 20 day trip to Europe during the holidays, so the budget is a bit tighter this time around).
Looking forward to an HD experience in the living room.
I’ve been looking at upsizing my external computer monitor for my laptop (currently a 24” 1080p LG monitor). Perfectly fine for ordinary computer use, it’s small for the purposes of my dissertation work as I need to have MANY PDFs open at the same time (old days it would have been many stacks of photocopied journal articles). Did some research and found an LG 4K 43” model that’s rated quite highly as a PC monitor for about the same price as a 32” dedicated computer monitor. My wife can expense it (she’ll take my 24” monitor—suits her needs just fine), so yay me.
Coincidentally, it’s an exact fit for our current TV stand in the living room. So I decided to buy a second one to replace the old SDTV. It’s not a top-line model (LG 43UM7300) but it’s nicely suited for its intended purpose—wide angle viewing of TV shows, occasional movies, and sports in a well lit living room. Could fit a bigger size but the room is not the “home cinema” so a smaller screen is fine. My wife doesn’t want the TV to overpower the room (nor do I), she HATES watching TV with the lights off AND we need the wide angle view of the IPS panel. Not the OLED I’d have liked, but at about 1000$ CDN, tax in, for two 4K displays, I can’t really complain (especially when the old one cost 1800$ in 2003–for ONE). I might miss the old faithful (we’ve had it for 16 years of problem free viewing), but we’ll still have its 27” twin in the kids’ play room if I get nostalgic.
The hitch is the living room won’t get the upgrade until Xmas (it’s our “family gift from Santa” this year—last year was a 20 day trip to Europe during the holidays, so the budget is a bit tighter this time around).
Looking forward to an HD experience in the living room.
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