The great Netflix vpn debacle! (geofeeds)

Wed Sep 1 18:35:50 UTC 2021

Televisions generally have a way smaller pixel density than a computer
monitor. It is very noticeable.

On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 2:27 PM <bzs at theworld.com> wrote:

>
> Every time I've read a thread about using TVs for monitors several
> people who'd tried would say don't do it. I think the gist was that
> the image processors in the TVs would fuzz text or something like
> that. That it was usable but they were unhappy with their attempts, it
> was tiring on the eyes.
>
> Maybe that's changed or maybe people happy with this don't do a lot of
> text? Or maybe there are settings involved they weren't aware of, or
> some TVs (other than superficial specs like 4K vs 720p) are better for
> this than others so some will say they're happy and others not so
> much?
>
> Or maybe the unhappy ones were all trolls/sockpuppets from companies
> manufacturing/selling $500+ 24" **GAMING** monitors.
>
> On September 1, 2021 at 09:48 nanog at nanog.org (Owen DeLong via NANOG)
> wrote:
>  >
>  >
>  > > On Aug 31, 2021, at 18:01 , Michael Thomas <mike at mtcc.com> wrote:
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > On 8/31/21 4:40 PM, Owen DeLong via NANOG wrote:
>  > >> On the other hand, the last time I went looking for a 27” monitor, I
> ended up buying a 44” smart television because it was a cheaper HDMI 4K
> monitor than the 27” alternatives that weren’t televisions. (It also ended
> up being cheaper than the 27” televisions which didn’t do 4K only 1080p,
> but I digress).
>  > >
>  > > Back when 4k just came out and they were really expensive, I found a
> "TV" by an obscure brand called Seiki which was super cheap. It was a 39"
> model. It's just a monitor to me, but I have gotten really used to its size
> and not needing two different monitors (and the gfx card to support it).
> What's distressing is that I was looking at what would happen if I needed
> to replace it and there is this gigantic gap where there are 30" monitors
> (= expensive) and 50" TV's which are relatively cheap. The problem is that
> 40" is sort of Goldielocks with 4k where 50" is way too big and 30" is too
> small. Thankfully it's going on 10 years old and still working fine.
>  >
>  > Costco stocks several 44” 4K TV models (like the one I got) that are
> relatively cheap. It’s a little larger than your 40” goldilocks, but I
> think still within range.
>  >
>  > Owen
>  >
>
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