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traditionally computer monitors have been much smaller than TVs you know to fit on your desk and with much higher pixel density to make them suitable for up close viewing of fine details like text but thanks to 4k Ultra HD resolution a 43 inch TV would actually have the same detail level at an equal distance as a 21 and a half inch 1080p monitor which seems to be exactly what LG was thinking when they created the 43 UD 79 a product they're calling a monitor that's the size of a TV for a price that somewhere in between check out AI by powers gaming desktops featuring until seventh generation Core i7 7700 K processor on new egg at the link below the 43 UT 79 or beauty as I'll be calling it is the biggest monitor ever to grace our lab beating the previous champ Phil who you can meet over here by 3 whole inches the idea here is that the giant factory calibrated IPS panel will give you wide viewing angles and accurate though not professional-grade colors making tasks like heavy multitasking system monitoring and wolf of Wall Street style stock trading super immersive without the head turning or disruptive bezels that a multi screen setup would require ok then with you so far this giant uncurbed monitor then rests on a 13-pound stand that gets an extra bonus by the way for being super hefty but and this won't be the last TV like thing about it like most TVs has very limited mobility we get a nice amount of tilt but no height adjust or swivel which might actually be a bigger deal than normal if you want to quickly turn UT from your office chair to your bed for movie time around the back io is unusually well labeled a really nice touch for anyone who doesn't have the resolution support chart memorized for every revision of HDMI not to mention super comprehensive the extra type-c port for DisplayPort is particularly forward-thinking and here's something interesting it's got an rs-232 C port this was the standard for connecting modems and other peripherals to your PC before USB came along and more importantly in the home theater world it's used to connect your home automation and control systems so you can do things like automatically mute the TV when the doorbell rings cool right but wait a minute it's almost as if LG wants you to use UD like you would a TV he even comes with a freaking remote that you can use instead of the nipple to face to turn the bright Ness up and down and control the volume volume that's right like again many of LG's TVs UT is equipped with 210 watt speakers and unlike most monitor speakers they're surprisingly not bad ok Linus so what's the heck in difference between a monitor with speakers and a TV then well if you're my grandparents and you still have a coax cable plugged into the back of your TV instead of a digital set-top box that connects via HDMI I guess there's that but otherwise not much so let's talk then about what it's like to use a TV like monitor frankly at normal desk distance it is not my favorite personally yes you can use LG's included screen splitting software to have 421 inch windows open at a time but most of the content we create around here and consume like Word documents and just about anything on the web is better when your window is taller than it is wide so even though UT is 6 inches taller than the 38 inch ultra wide on my desk the whole ultra wide pitch also from LG was that it fits your field of view so then depending on your personal preference that might end up being 6 inches of not very useful space because you need to move your mouse not to mention your eyes a long way between the bottom and the top of the screen which combined with the stands in mobility can make for a fatiguing experience and finally there's pixel density everyone agrees 4k TVs look amazing from the couch but we're sitting really close here at this size neither James nor I was that impressed and with high-end displays shipping with retina like sharpness this really felt like a step backwards to me and in response to your comment Jeff no I'm not gonna move the screen back because if I was gonna do that what I just save a buck and get a smaller screen all of that said not everyone will agree some of you will really want a ginormous display but this one at 43 inches and $700 costs about what a 4k 55 inch TV would so why not just buy the TV then well pixel density at that size is even more of an issue but other than that there used to be some additional and serious concerns when using a TV as a monitor like high colour compression that made text look blurry and brutal input lag that made gaming nearly impossible but these are non issues on many modern TV sets where 444 chroma subsampling keeps the text readable and features like game mode lower the input lag to more workable levels though it must be said that not every new TVs game mode actually turns all image processing off display leg comm is a great resource for finding one that doesn't suck bottom line then a lot of TVs have pretty much caught up to monitor performance except for special features like ultra-high refresh rates that are demanded by hardcore gamers so back to UT then if Beauty had cutting edge monitor only features like free sync or G sync for gamers as well as higher refresh rate and super low input lag then it would be able to clearly differentiate itself from both a TV and a monitor as it is though it's an in-between size with mostly TV like performance and features at a reasonable price making it a solid product and one that lots of people will like especially given the matte panel when most TVs are glossy but it's not for me personally so I'm going with the official mattes up to you I guess stamp of approval I mean that is what you guys pay me for right if you know I fix it you know that they really like taking stuff apart and teaching people how to fix their stuff they're constantly posting tear downs and repair videos for popular devices like the Galaxy s8 iPhone and Nintendo switch and they 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