Using a Samsung UE43KU6500/6100 TV as a monitor.

Hodders · 31 Mar 2017 at 00:16

I've been following the thread about the Samsung 40KU6400 as a 40" 4k monitor. It looks like a great idea.

Which got me thinking....

I've been following the 35" AGON AG352UCG thread. It's a 21:9 monitor running 3440x1440 with Gsync. Looks like it will come in at about £800 when people finally stock it.

The Samsung UE43KU6500 is a 43" curved 4k TV running at 3840x2160. It will run this res at 60Hz with proper 4:4:4 chroma and a input lag of about 35ms and is about £250 cheaper than the 21:9 monitor.

There is also the UE40KU6100 curved 4k TV which is slightly smaller but appears to offer similar inputs and costs about £460.

Both these TVs are about the same width as the 21;9 and would be taller offering yet more screen space.

Really, really tempted by these options. Sure I like the idea of running gsync on my 1070 but I've never noticed tearing before on the games I play so I'm not that bothered. As for input lag, my current monitor has a lag of 25ms so it would be an improvement !

Any comments or advice ?

Hodders · 31 Mar 2017 at 11:30

OK, I'm seriously considering the UE40KU6100. The manual says it supports 60fps RGB 4:4:4 over HDMI. A review says the input lag in game mode is 21ms.

You can find it for £469 with a 5 year guarantee.

Compared to a 35" 21:9 monitor it looks amazing value.....

Hodders · 31 Mar 2017 at 14:53

I'm not sure what the difference is in the electronics driving the display. But to I like the idea of a curved display and both the models I mentioned are curved.

Hodders · 3 Apr 2017 at 16:55

Well, I've just ordered a UE40KU610, it arrives on Thursday. Got it for £415 which is a bargain compared to a 35" 21:9......

Can't wait. Wil post back when it arrives.

Hodders · 5 Apr 2017 at 00:20

^^^ Really useful thanks. ^^^

My intention is to use the 40" 4k TV at a distance comparable to my current setup (dual 24" screens). The DPI of 4k is just about exactly the same, so hopefully font sizes etc will all be fine.

It's also a curved TV so that should help with sitting closer to it. We'll see in due course.

Hodders · 5 Apr 2017 at 23:24

I know the TV can do 60Hz @ 4k with proper 4:4:4 chroma if you set the HDMI port to PC and turn UHD on.

Anything else will be a bonus! 120Hz at 4k seems impossible, if only due to th3 HDMI 2.0b specs.

Should know by this time tomorrow !

Hodders · 6 Apr 2017 at 12:36

Right then.... It's here and I love it.

It's running 4k@60Hz with 4:4:4 chroma with no issues at all.

So much screen space !

Here is my desk before:

And here is the desk after - not sure if I'm going to keep the 2nd monitor...

Hodders · 8 Apr 2017 at 10:40

Certainly the key thing is that it supports 4:4:4 chroma information.

http://www.geeks3d.com/20141203/how...-chroma-subsampling-used-with-your-4k-uhd-tv/

The colours on the 40" "monitor" look great. Really natural and certainly not over saturated (which is nice). Lucky as well, as the saturation controls get disabled when in PC/Game mode.

Really pleased and saved a good £200 over the Philips 40" monitor for example.

Only downsides are have to use the remote when the monitor has powered off and not having any USB hub on the monitor itself.

Hodders · 9 Apr 2017 at 13:01

I'm using PC mode as - to me - the image quality is better. Input Lag seems to be the same as my 2nd monitor (measured using a mirrored stopwatch) at about 20ms.

Running in native 4k resolution at 60Hz with UHD turned on.

All other settings are the same as above.....

Hodders · 9 Apr 2017 at 22:21

I must admit I've been blown away by the screen space. It feels as though I've gone from working on a clipboard with A4 paper to being able to spread out all my stuff on a whole desk.

I've been looking for some decent utilities to allow snapping to 1/3rds to give me a 2x3 snap grid. on win10.