Do I need a monitor specifically? Or a TV?

[Anjow]

I've got a Gigabyte FV43U which convinced me that this is the format I want for work. In that case I use it for both work and gaming, so the 144Hz refresh rate is useful.

I've now ordered one of the M4 Pro Mac Minis which I'm going to use for just work, which is browing and MS Office stuff, but I am not sure what screen to get. I had been looking at the ASUS ROG Strix XG43UQ but I am wondering if the 144Hz is overkill since I'll only be able to output 60Hz. Are there better options that are cheaper than this which will be good for my use case? What I am looking for:

- 43" or so, given the space
- 4K
- 16:9
- Not OLED since it gets left on
- Not really bothered about HDR
- <£650 - given that's what the Asus monitor above costs

Should I instead be looking at a TV?

 

[Anjow]

I think you have to see how one can adjust to the actual 43" size or similar, its not like having a normal monitor in front off you. The real estate is just massive on an 43" size screen.

And there really is no way to test it untll you actually have such a size screen in front of you or on your desk. You can try a cardboard cut out off an 43" size screen and stick it in the position you want on your desk/table etc but again its not really going to give a full idea of what it will feel like.

Not sure if this was to me, but the monitor I mention having in my post (the Gigabyte FV43U) is 43", I've been using it more than a year, and it's the size that I am used to and want.

Regarding TVs, is there anything I should look out for that would render them unsuitable for this purpose?

 

[Anjow]

Thanks for the explanation. Viewing angle is not an issue for me, I'm always sat in the same spot and I have no issues with the FV43U. One thing I didn't understand was what you said about DPI - if I've got a 43" PC monitor at 3840x2160 how is a TV at that same size and resolution going to be any different DPI?

I'm not trying to argue my way into a TV - I'd anticipated buying the ASUS XG43UQ for £650 it's just it keeps seeming like the only things that set it apart from a TV are wasted on this particular application. I wouldn't use a TV for my gaming PC since I do reap the benefit of 144Hz.