[Kon5ole]

55 inch 8k tvs make for great monitors. Basically your whole field of view is a retina canvas for apps, equivalent to a 2x2 grid of 4k monitors.

The last ones I saw for sale were below 600 usd in physical stores from name brands (LG). Mine was just under 1000 when I got it.

Why we can’t buy the same panels as monitors is a mystery to me.

[tombert]

I am jealous that you were even able to find a 55 inch 8k monitor. I couldn’t find one.

For my computer monitor, I ended up going with a cartoonishly large 85 inch 8k. It was somewhat of an adventure getting it into my house, but once it was set up I absolutely love it.

I don’t really see the point of 8k for anything but computer monitors but it’s absolutely great for that.

[compsciphd]

I'd think 85" even at 8k wouldn't be that great for a productivity monitor.

it seems conventional wisdom (for good or bad) would say 32" at 1440p isn't that great for productivity and one wants a full 4k monitor at that size for productivity use, and 8k at 85" would be about the same pixel density of 1440p at 32"

[tombert]

I basically use it as four monitors, I basically divide it into quadrants.

[ttoinou]

Do you think 65 inch would still be OK for a monitor usage ? I've been pondering about doing that for years but 65 inch is often easier to find for me in Europe

[xxs]

Monitor - I prefer higher refresh rate. The other part is that you should have the entire picture in your eyesight w/o moving the neck.

Personally, I'd consider that large of a screen, a bad working area.

[Kon5ole]

>The other part is that you should have the entire picture in your eyesight w/o moving the neck.

I agree, but that is still the case here. The difference is that the "full picture" no longer occupies the whole monitor.

The amount of windows and content you arrange on a normal office monitor is about one third of my available space. I can arrange my windows in that space and not have to move my neck.

But at a glance, I can also see the contents of 4 other code files in my project that are also visible, as well as my notes, the documentation, the team chat.

Or if I want, I can also see twice the amount of code in any file by having my editor take up the full height of the center third of this monitor.

Basically the monitor goes from being the "full picture" to a canvas where you are free to create any collection of a "full picture" you want, and you can have the leftover building blocks visible on the sides, optionally.

I am sure that if you let all knowledge workers in the world test this setup for a day, a vast majority of them would want to keep it. But since even 8k tv's are going away now, most will never know.

Curved gaming monitors costing more than my TV are being deployed everywhere lately, for productivity work. Most people are used to 27" or 24" low-res monitors and they are getting an upgrade, but i's not a very good one.

Had the panels from 8k tv's been used in monitors and marketed to corporations it would have been so much better!

Perfect for open offices too - no need for desk dividers if everyone is behind a huge screen! ;-)

[xxs]

I have been using ultra wide monitor for years.

>Perfect for open offices too - no need for desk dividers if everyone is behind a huge screen! ;-)

Folks have been using 2-3 monitors for quite some time with the same purpose, but I also don't get the idea of the dividers.

[ttoinou]

Nice thanks. What OS are you using and what tools to organize windows ?

[Kon5ole]

I have several computers attached to the screen and run Windows, Linux and MacOS.

Of these I think Windows has the best solution with a utility called Fancyzones (part of a collection called Powertoys). I can define areas of any size and shape and easily move windows around so they occupy the defined spaces.

In Linux I have used KDE, which has at least one similar mechanism which works fine too, but was more trickly to set up and configure.

Lately I have also been running hyprland more often and the setup actually works well with a tiling WM. You can tile many times before the windows get too small to be useable!

One thing worth mentioning is that it's kinda tricky to get 8k/60hz working under linux since the TV only does HDMI. I tried several 8k DP to HDMI adapters before I found one that worked. Windows and Mac work fine with a normal 8k HDMI cable.

On the mac I just use manual window management, since most of what I do on the mac tends to just use one main window anyway (garage band, lightroom, photoshop and such).

[econ]

With one monitor you have to see the whole screen but with multi monitor setups extra screens may be more like digital photo frames.

[elliotec]

If you're sitting about a meter away, that's probably fine. Most desks aren't deep enough, and any closer would be a real problem for head movement.

But if you have it wall mounted at eye level or a deep desk you're likely okay.

[Kon5ole]

I don't think it will work very well as a "normal" monitor (meaning placed at normal monitor distance on your desk).

My 55 is borderline too big already, and the main issue is actually the height. Tilting your head or rolling your eyes back to see the top gets noticeably uncomfortable pretty quickly.

I made a special mount so the lower edge basically rests on the desk surface which basically solved that issue, but I don't think I could have made it work if it was any bigger.

Also at 65 the pixel density is much lower, so you'd probably want it mounted further away. But if you do, the monitor will cover the same FOV as a smaller monitor anyway.

My dream is that someone starts making 8K 50" monitors with displayport inputs (HDMI is a mess) and sells them for the same price as these tv's used to cost!