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Edited August 3, 20223 yr by Alpine Scenery

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Edited August 3, 20223 yr by Alpine Scenery

Amazon sent me the wrong monitor and I just now realized it.

So I have to take everything back about 4k vs. 1440p...

Running 1440p in MSFS is great, but you should do it on a 4k monitor.
The 1440p monitors have severely less sharp text at 32"+.
 

 

Edited August 4, 20223 yr by Alpine Scenery

I posted a new thread how this happened, here:

 

I tested a 43" $250 TCL 4k TV and was very very impressed.
The contrast ratio is 6000:1, higher than most monitors costing triple (excluding QD-OLED).

TCL 43-inch 4K UHD Smart LED TV - 43S435, 2021 Model

This TV works good as a monitor and for under $300 is a great deal, but my only issue with it is now that my eyes are used to seeing a curve, flat TV's up close appear to be curved outward (like old CRT TV's). So my eyes are messed up from curved monitors.

That said, I believe I am keeping it, as overall it is the best balance for gaming and work.
I will just have to get used to the flat screen again.

The black level uniformity has some clouding but in a very even sort of way if that makes sense, and the overall blacks are deeper looking and more satisfying than any of the monitors. Sure, they aren't up to OLED levels, but they are very good with its 6000:1 contrast ratio. 

Do I miss the sharpness compared to the monitors, a tiny bit, but not much at all, and it looks plenty sharp. The lag times are respectable and it has a gaming mode. Plus you get a remote and the speakers are pretty good, hence far superior to any monitor speakers I have ever heard. 

Flight Simulator feels fluid, clear, and extraordinarily satisfying at 43" from just about 3 feet away.

I did not find 120+hz to have an advantage for the type of games I play (I only do shooter games very rarely).

From equalized seating distance, the text clarity is VERY good and about 90% as sharp as the Dell monitor. 

The text is really quite sharp for such a cheap display, especially after rescaling the text slightly larger.
 

Edited August 11, 20223 yr by Alpine Scenery

On 7/30/2022 at 10:49 AM, Ray Proudfoot said:

The fact it can run at 30Hz natively is very important for me

How did you manage to handle the mouse lag at those refresh rates? I tried several times in my monitor (in FSX, P3D v4, P3D v5 and MSFS), but I just can't take the mouse lag. Maybe because yours is 4K and mine is just 1080p?

5 minutes ago, Luis Hernandez said:

How did you manage to handle the mouse lag at those refresh rates? I tried several times in my monitor (in FSX, P3D v4, P3D v5 and MSFS), but I just can't take the mouse lag. Maybe because yours is 4K and mine is just 1080p?

Fortunately I don’t need to use the mouse much. I have views configured via ChasePlane and a GoFlight MCP and radios. So mouse action is limited to a few clicks on the overhead panel on the PMDG737. A few more on other aircraft but no real problem. Panning is where it’s most noticeable but I don’t pan much.

I did notice it when I first switched to 30Hz but have got used to it. If anything it should less obvious with a lower resolution. Try to live with it. The benefits of 30Hz are considerable.

I'll try it again. Maybe you don't pan that much because of Chaseplane, right? That's exactly what bothers me most, even more than the mouse lag. I don't have CP: I never saw the need, but now I'm curious.

Edited September 27, 20223 yr by Luis Hernandez