The guts of these screens are the same whether they're "monitor" or "TV". The main difference is that "TVs" have some built-in hardware — tuners, special purpose CPUs for their apps, etc. — which "monitors" don't include because they expect you to provide them with the video signal, from your computer, DVD player, descrambling cable tuner, etc.
There definitely exist 4K TVs (3840 x 2160 pixels) and even 5K TVs (5120 × 2880 pixels). These are driven by sportscasters, which are today's main source of crazy-hi-def video.
Of course, you need to remember that those resolution specs say nothing about the size of the pixels, which are influenced by the size of the screen. Text crispness depends a lot on your pixels-per-inch. There are OS settings that can make text more and less crisp on the same screen.
I think you'll need to visit at least one brick-and-mortar store that can at least show you the basics, and maybe let you connect (or already have connected) a computer like what you want to be working with at home, so you can judge the text crispness.
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Date: 2024-03-27 20:05 (UTC)The guts of these screens are the same whether they're "monitor" or "TV". The main difference is that "TVs" have some built-in hardware — tuners, special purpose CPUs for their apps, etc. — which "monitors" don't include because they expect you to provide them with the video signal, from your computer, DVD player, descrambling cable tuner, etc.
There definitely exist 4K TVs (3840 x 2160 pixels) and even 5K TVs (5120 × 2880 pixels). These are driven by sportscasters, which are today's main source of crazy-hi-def video.
Of course, you need to remember that those resolution specs say nothing about the size of the pixels, which are influenced by the size of the screen. Text crispness depends a lot on your pixels-per-inch. There are OS settings that can make text more and less crisp on the same screen.
I think you'll need to visit at least one brick-and-mortar store that can at least show you the basics, and maybe let you connect (or already have connected) a computer like what you want to be working with at home, so you can judge the text crispness.