Television vs Computer Monitor

[Eddie Gonzalez]

What's the difference?

Advantages or Disadvantages?

What provides a more accurate picture for editing, a Television or a Computer Monitor?
(everything else being equal such as both are 32", and the TV can also do 4K, etcetera)

Kind thanks,
Eddie

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[Misha Engel]

High quality TV's most of the time start at 55", the LG OLED55C8PUA is pretty good and not to expensive ($1700).
When you want a monitor with the same or better specs (Sony, Canon) at a size upto 32" (Sony BVM-X300 V2) be prepared to spend a whole lot more($25000+).

 

[Björn Benckert]

We been testing a lot of monitors and now settled for these. https://graphics-unleashed.com/2016/08/philips-bdm4350uc-provides-43-inch-4k-monitor/

Find them really good got 7 of them and they are probably not color accurate but more then good enough for editing and 3D making. And the big screen is a huge plus. Feels strange to move back to a smaller screen when you get used to it.

Picture ir really consistent across the screen, something we had trouble with on other screens.

Only fault is the the rather high legs, on such sized screen you want it to sit right at the table or your neck will hurt. But its possible to take the legs off or do what we did, cut them down to 1/3 of the hight just so they provide enough gap to run cables underneath.

Anyway recommend them strongly. Only cost like 600USD now.

 

[Hrvoje Simic]

What's the difference?

Extra features, GUI, OS, internal calibration options.

Advantages or Disadvantages?

Computer screens typically cannot be internally calibrated. TVs today have OS, bloatware, additional processing and lag.

What provides a more accurate picture for editing, a Television or a Computer Monitor?

No rule there. Depends on models.

(everything else being equal such as both are 32", and the TV can also do 4K, etcetera)

There are no 32"4K TVs.
(That I've seen)

4K TVs start around 40", under that are monitors because 4K in 32" is senseless for the TV manufacturer due to typical TV viewing distances.

 

[Misha Engel]

We been testing a lot of monitors and now settled for these. https://graphics-unleashed.com/2016/08/philips-bdm4350uc-provides-43-inch-4k-monitor/

Find them really good got 7 of them and they are probably not color accurate but more then good enough for editing and 3D making. And the big screen is a huge plus. Feels strange to move back to a smaller screen when you get used to it.

Picture ir really consistent across the screen, something we had trouble with on other screens.

Only fault is the the rather high legs, on such sized screen you want it to sit right at the table or your neck will hurt. But its possible to take the legs off or do what we did, cut them down to 1/3 of the hight just so they provide enough gap to run cables underneath.

Anyway recommend them strongly. Only cost like 600USD now.

Great value for money.

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/philips-436m6vbpab-momentum-4k-freesync-monitor,5921.html

 

[Steve Sherrick]

How accurate do you need it to be? Which color space fo you work in the most? What’s more important to you, color or resolution? In my opinion, there’s no perfect display and you only start to get close to that mark if you are willing to spend $25k plus. Do you need to do real HDR? You’ll pay for it. Need to do 4k with critical color, you’ll pay for it. Identify your needs, look for best price/performance. Many people can get away with a fairly decent, properly color managed computer display while others that may not cut it. For me, I needed a combo of Flanders DM-240 and the LG 4K (calibrated). But even that combo won’t cut it for people who have needs that far exceed mine.

 

[Phil Holland]

4K TVs start around 40", under that are monitors because 4K in 32" is senseless for the TV manufacturer due to typical TV viewing distances.

I produce content for a few manufacturers and the biggest divide at the moment is where computer monitors start and stop in size and when televisions begin. TVs have been getting close to monitors and vice versa. Now that things like HDMI exist.

4K and even 8K is useful in smaller screens, it's just about how far away you are experiencing the content for the optimal viewing distance. 5K is also a monitor resolution that exists due to the relevance of 1440p, so 2880p needs to be a thing in the graphics world mainly.

You'll find plenty of sub-40" UHD 4K computer monitors. Television manufacturers have shied away from making smaller televisions as in general computer screens have become those smaller TVs market-wide. The growth trend has mainly been in higher refresh rates for gamers as well as higher resolution displays. Interesting at CES a good deal of the newer televisions do have higher refresh rates (thankfully) with most of the 8K stuff landing at 120Hz. Gaming displays are past that, but at lower resolutions.

To the OP Eddie's original question. Comes down to if and how you can calibrate them. Some of the newer TVs can actually take a custom LUT and that's a good thing. Input to display lag varies on each set, some are no worse than any computer monitor, some are a bit more strange.

To answer your question as to what gives you a more accurate image for color grading? A well calibrated display.

We can get into the minutia of OLED versus LCD or various other tech like QLED in regards to deeper black levels and all that, but the general info is you will likely be after something you can calibrate. Most color houses calibrate between once a month and once every 3 months to deal with drift. If you are using an OLED for color, leave it on for about 72+ hours with random content before calibrating.

 

[Björn Benckert]

Great value for money.

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/philips-436m6vbpab-momentum-4k-freesync-monitor,5921.html

Guess thats the next model after the ones I got, possibly better have not tested. And price is fairly good so looks like a good option. Still the legs are just useless. Good that it has free sync ours only do 25,30,60hz. Which is fine but for flame 50Hz is actually better.

 

[Eddie Gonzalez]

in your opinion, are the IPS monitors better than than non-IPS, generally speaking as it relates to accurate display of colors or other visually noticeable quality of overall video?