I've spent few hours in the forum reading every single entry on higher resolution monitors. Since 4K monitors are becoming common place and very affordable, I'd like to start a new thread on this topic. I looked at some of these and I love the 'retina' type effect on everything, very precise and sharp images.
I'm considering using 4K monitors driven by 1 AMD FirePro W600 or similar for my next trading desk. This is a 2015 entire year project since I upgrade my set up every 5 years I want to spend the right time researching and building something that I will be happy for a long time. Normally, I try to build something energy efficient, with good performance, and very quiet. Price is not that important as it's a business expense, so I'm not going crazy, but I'm not looking into saving few hundred dollars here and there. I'm more worried with a solid and high quality set up for everything.
So, if you have made this upgrade. Can you share your configuration (monitor, video card, etc.) and share your experiences? Would love to see some pictures also!
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I'm not a computer expert/geek by any measure but from my understanding of the 4k stuff it's just more or less a gimmick.
Conventional flat screens such as what your likely using now work great for what we do. I wouldn't be able to justify spending more on something I don't need.
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Edit to clarify: 0 benefit of buying something like an Apple 27" display with 4K or 5K resolution, for trading. But if you buy say a 40 or 42 inch display, then 4K makes a lot of sense.
I too am considering adding a higher res monitor. If I do go forward, I will try just one and see if my experience justifies the cost. YMMV, so consider trying just one with your current setup (if your VC can handle the output).
Right now I am using 27" HD monitors and they are just a tad too big given their res. Not painful, just a tad bit annoying. I wonder if I can get by with less monitors but bigger 4k ones.
That is exactly the main reason I'm looking into 4K. I also use 27" monitors, and although they are convenient, I see my eyes travelling far, too much during the day. I was thinking in having fewer monitors, maybe even just 2 with a bit larger screen size, since I can put 4 HDs in one 4K monitor.
My eyes are good, the size of the fonts doesn't bother me much since I'm already used to a 'retina' type display for my programming/writing/etc in my notebook, and I actually like the way the fonts (and everything in general) look. Of course, you can adjust the font size, and everything else for your convenience. I do think they are going to be mainstream in the near future, as 4k technology for monitors and VCs are just ramping up. Prices are coming down significantly also. I'm hoping some early adopters can share their experience so far.
Yeah, i gotta say once the price comes down a bit so I'm not buying the top, I'll be buying better res for sure. With macular degeneration in mt right eye i really need the extra res...
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Now that there is a 40" 4K monitor, it might make sense. Typically you see 4K at ridiculous sizes like 27-30", and at those sizes it requires DPI scaling, which makes it useless (no benefit, only headache) for trading.
Very happy. Can't live without it now. It have become natural to look at.
For my part it have help me getting the big picture for price action. It might take me several month before I can simplify what I am doing, and make a indicator there don't need a big screen. My purpose is to have a lot of data on screen, on one chart.
Only thing is reflection on screen if there are bright light in room. But not a problem for my part.
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Yes I saw similar reviews saying the screen was too glossy for professional use. I'm still trying to figure out if I can cram two of these on my desk, side-by-side, and I am equally concerned about the border being right in the middle and center of my field of view.
I've tried to think back to the last time I had only two monitors, it was 15 years ago or more, and I don't really recall thinking the border in the center of my field of view was a problem.
However, another concern is people saying the viewing angles were not great. When you have two monitors, this would be greatly amplified especially at the edges/corners on the outside. I'm not watching movies, just looking at charts, so I think it would probably still be OK but not sure.
It is an extremely painful process to get this monitor, because it has to (a) be imported into the US [until Philips starts selling in US], then (b) imported into Ecuador. This raises the price of the monitor by over 50%, and it also makes returns/repairs/replacements impossible, so I have to really be positive in the decision.
I would look at what my need / specification is. If it is many small charts, then other screen can solve that. If there is a need for one big chart, then go for it. two 40" side by side is very big, even for me.
My own solution is 1 40" and 3 28". From time to time all of them is running. Most of the time it is 40" and one 28"
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I'm too anal to have mis-matched monitors on my desk, I've done it in the past with just different manufacturers of the same size panel and couldn't stand it, so definitely couldn't handle two completely different sized panels.
I have try with a 55" 4K TV for the big picture, but run into problem with signal from Displayport to HDMI 2.0 60hz. I have seen some converter there say it can convert PC displayport to HDMI. But I don't trust that solution without seen it running in the real world. Anyway 4K TV are every where for some test.
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You don't want to use a TV. Especially anything much over a 40", as it will look terrible. If you are using it to watch a movie from 10-12 feet away then fine, but not for anything where you are sitting directly in front of it.
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@jta3, how deep is your desk? If you were to have two of these 40" side-by-side, angled in so you, center at desk, could see both, how deep do you think the desk would need to be? And how wide?
I'm trying to figure out the angle required so that you could see the content with just turning your neck, and not your whole body, from left to right. If you can help it would appreciated!
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@jta3, are you suggesting I need to be 70cm from the outer edge of the monitors (in my chair)?
That seems extreme. Right now my desk is roughly 150cm wide, and the outside monitors are at the extreme edges. I sit only maybe 10cm from the edge of the desk (my legs are under the desk).
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I don't mind turning my head, I have to do that even now (turn my head/neck). What I don't want is to have to literally turn my body because it is too far to the extreme side.
I will use your measurements at 150 degrees and see what I can come up with from here. The main thing I was having trouble with was the depth of the desk, you've helped with that.
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That is a great price. I really want a new monitor setup, but haven't decided what to do yet. Even at that price, I just am not sure.
I think anyone that wants to run two or less of those monitors would be well served to buy now. My problem is I am trying to run three of them, and not convinced about the total dimensions and viewing angles (being realistic).
I was looking for a single screen with lots of content, and this fits the bill. I previously had tried a 50" 4K, and it was too much screen, so went back to two 32" side by side - I do not mind the bezel, as I usually consider the two screens separate content anyway.
Now the 40" is a nice size for the 4K pixels, and it does not have to be so far away to see properly.
The only down side, is the price is still coming down fast. I suspect you will be able to get similar monitors for a lot cheaper if you are willing to wait a bit.
Personally, I would not get two of these side by side.
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I recently got a extremely good deal on a Phillips BDM4065UC. A friends company bought 100 of them and I was able to piggy back my order into there's. Needless to say it wasn't my first choice, but I couldn't turn down the price.
So far so good. I'm getting use to and playing with the scaling to get the right settings for my eyes. Previously had 4x24 monitors along with a 32 IPS in Portrait mode. I'll follow up in the coming day's after I have sometime to get use to this monitor and give my full opinion.
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Interesting, thanks for sharing.
I already purchased an R9 Nano, but this could be an alternative... although I am not really sure why someone would buy this over the R9 Nano unless they specifically needed 5 to 8 monitors @ 30hz. At first glance, the R9 Nano is shorter, and far more powerful than this card. And same price.
But I couldn't find any benchmarks comparing the two head-to-head.
fwiw, I am in the market for a new monitor (currently using a 2007 era Dell 19" widescreen monitor) and started off doing research on 4K monitors. I came across this ultrawide monitor review where he makes a compelling argument against going 4K due to scaling issues in Windows. The review is a bit dated so there are likely newer improved models, but I have been threatening to order one of these ultrawides. Keeping in mind that the wife is going to be shaking her head that I paid this much for a monitor that will not improve work/trading performance.
Expect beautiful 4K clarity on the 27” DellTM Ultra HD monitor with four times the resolution of Full HD, wide color coverage and reliable performance.
•Ultra HD 3840 x 2160 resolution: Over 8 million pixels with four times the resolution of Full HD, plus wide color coverage at 99% sRGB (deltaE <3).
•Seamless connection to other peripherals: Connect to laptops, tablets and other devices without compromising on picture quality.
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Looks ilke a pretty good monitor....
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There are no scaling issues with Windows 10. I think since Windows 8.1, it's not an issue. With Windows 7, yes.
If you buy a 40 or 42" 4K monitor I think it's a great fit for trading (and I am using 40's). If you are doing something like a 27" then I think it's a waste for trading. Traders don't need density, we need resolution.
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27" monitor is too small to be useful for trading, and 4K is a waste at that size because you'll have to scale everything so large to be able to read it. 40" is the sweet spot, not less.
Hey guys I'm considering upgrading to a 4k 40" monitor I currently have a 17" laptop a 27" and a 24" I'd probably have everything I need on the 4k 40" and my laptop would pretty much become a desktop.
I've narrowed it down to a Samsung 6500 or 6700 series.
MSI Slim GS70 2OD-002US Intel Core i7-4700HQ 16GB Memory 1TB HDD 128GB x 2 SSD Super RAID0 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M 2GB 2 x Mini Displayport 1xHMDI Connect up to 3 Monitors 17.3" Gaming Laptop/Notebook Windows 8 Thinner than Razer Blade Pro (Upgraded to Windows 10)
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Is my system adequate to get 4k at 60hz? 4:4:4? any advantage on the curved 6700 Samsung series over the flat 6500 series?
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I have this: Samsung UN40JU6700 Curved 40-Inch 4K
And wouldn't recommend it as a monitor if:
a) you want auto power on/off like a normal monitor, instead of manual using remote
b) you plan to have more than one of them connected
If neither of the above apply to you, then I would recommend the TV. It's excellent.
I, however, will relegate it to other duties (probably will become my Bloomberg office TV) and plan to replace it with (3) 4k 40" displayport capable monitors.
4:4:4 60hz is not really applicable to trading mind you, so it likely isn't a deal breaker. I wanted 60hz just because I prefer the better refresh rate on my eyes. If you are asking if your GPU can handle 4K for trading, the answer is yes according to the specs I found, it supports 3840x2160.
Guess that's what I wanted to hear after all. Many thanks. I understand the other limitations You mentioned.
Think I'll get the TV/monitor now and sometime next year when I buy a desktop pc I'll make sure to get a Nvidia 960 or better to reap the most out of the monitor.
I don't plan to have any other monitor anytime soon. In the future if I decide to trade another instrument it will be for swing trading. As a matter of fact I don't know how You Guys can handle the info overload daytrading several instruments over multiple monitors. But if I understood correctly you're relegating your set up due to connectivity issues and maybe viewing issues (angle/bezel etc) but You recommend the TV as a single monitor?
I'm still undecided between the curved or flat panel. Do You think that'll matter in case I eventually decide to mount it on the wall?
Found that my laptop's HDMI port will cap resolution to 1920 and any Hdmi port before September 2014 won't be 2.0, 4k displays with displayport are very few https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_4K_monitors,_TVs_and_projectors didn't find anything affordable that I liked also it seems like laptops may not be compatible with some external higher resolution displays.
Minimum requirements seems to be an I5 desktop pc with a GTX 970 I'll just wait till I can build this properly.
I use this trick for my 50inch 4k using an older HP ProBook 5330m I had no use for with only Intel HD 3000 graphics. Its a smidgen of complete width at 3840 (perfect though) and 24Hz has a little flicker (I'm the only one who sees this..fast eyes) but it works fine the 'big picture' trading screens.
"It is possible to do UHD (3840x2160P) using this chip by being careful to stay under the maximum HDMI dot clock.
Using CustomModeApp:
Front Porch H=48 V=3
Back Porch H=80 V=23
Sync Width H=32 V=5
Active H=3840 V=2160
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It relies on the screen supporting 24Hz refresh rates as most UHD screens will. 24Hz is used by Blue-ray in film mode.
Dot Clock for these HDMI settings is 221MHz which is below the hardware maximum of 225MHz
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No, the office and my workspace in this rent house are no good. I'll post plenty of pictures once the new house is completed, I post pictures there almost every day of the construction.
Hey thanks Rory but there's always a little something that is particular to your system every time I pretend I'm a geek and tried advanced tweaks I end up getting burned and having to research for a week or so on how to fix the problems that I created in the first place lol.
Did a little research yesterday it seems like a decent I7 desktop with the 40" 4k can be done at about $2k I'll just wait a few months wife is on a Christmas shopping spree right now lol.
Haha, no worries. I asked my lady what she wanted for Christmas last week and three days later she presents me with plans to buy an old cinema to convert into an apartment. Not a cinema monitor.. an actual building.
40 inch should be decent and practical. People forget about eye strain if most of what your looking at is not on the same plane (constant refocusing for hours is painful).
I have good eyes, near 20/20 but I must say with the 50inch 4k, when I am close enough to comfortably read 10pt text, I'm about 2-3 feet away. This is fine but the edges of the screen are very much farther away than the middle and after 8 hours my eyes are in tatters from refocusing. A very curved OLED etc. screen should improve this however...
I mostly work with 4 USB powered Asus MB168b+ 15.4 *(1920x1080) displays. 3 portrait and one landscape + laptop. Perfect sweet spot for me. the 50 inch now on the wall and just used for "big picture" charts, news etc.
I did start with a 17" laptop and 2 x 16" USB displays when I was still thinking I could easily move around the house with that set up. In reality it proved not to be enough or practical.
I went to a local Fry's to see the displays up close and the 40" seems to be the sweet spot for 4k.
I use the 20/20/20 rule.. every 20 min I look at an object 20 ft away from the displays for 20seg that will give your eyes a break and prevent eye strain.
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I don't have a 4k setup but I noticed that one of Amazon.com's Cyber Monday deals is for a 4k bundle. If anyone is currently in the market for one here is the link.
Interesting thread. I've also been doing research about this lately. After several hours, I ended up ordering the Dell P2415Q 24' Ultra HD 4K Monitor. I paid $409.99 with no shipping or tax from B&H.
This model apparently works well with MacBooks (pro, retina, early 2015) as it supports the (mini) DisplayPorts. If it's good, I'll order another to have a fresh two external monitor setup. It's supposed to arrive by Monday 12/07/2015.
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I don't mean to rain on your parade, but I think that's a terrible decision. 4K is worthless for trading on a display any smaller than 40", because of the DPI scaling required.
The price is also ridiculous for a 24" monitor.
I like Dell, and have owned many. But in this case, bad decision in my opinion.
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I would discourage anything over 42" for use as a monitor. With the 40", you already have to move your head side-to-side. With three of them, the far left and far right are titled inward so it's not as distracting. But a single 50" display would be a deal breaker for me, I would hate it because you can't read what's on the edges of the screen.
Honestly, 40" 4K is the sweet spot. It's perfect. Smaller than 40 and you need scaling. Bigger than 40 and you can't see the edges.
do you still think 4k 40in curved would be better than 4k 40in flat? i guess it mostly depends on the setup but lets just say 3 next to each other on the desk like so:
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The curve is subtle. I would say there is an advantage with the curve, whether it's one or three. But it's not going to make a big difference either way.
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BTW, if I take your example literally it would never work. The monitors on the outside must be angled inward pretty substantially, and you must have a very deep desk to make it all work.
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Both.
You cannot put them side-by-side. Not even two. It isn't usable, for the same reason that a single 50" isn't usable as a monitor.
Please understand, I am talking about using it as it should be used. Meaning 4K, no scaling, and everything readable. Obviously you can use a 120" projector if you want, as a monitor, but you'll be 20 feet away from it and will have to use ridiculous scaling which entirely defeats the purpose.
You'd be better off with a 24" 1920x1200 display than a 120" projector, when it comes to actually using charts and not watching movies.
i guess im just having a hard time wrapping my head around it. if the scaling is fine for 1 4k 40in screen right in front of you, why wouldnt it work for 1 on either side of it?
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No scaling. Scaling is bad. But if you put them side-by-side without angling the outside monitors inward, you cannot see the edges of the screens on the outside.
How far away is the screen from your nose? For me today it's about 20 inches, mainly because of my desk. It would be better to be about 24 inches, for just a single monitor (directly in front of you).
Easiest way to understand is to take a piece of cardboard and make it the size of the monitor you want to buy. Then play around with it.
oh sorry, yes there would be an angle to them. not flat. in the picture i posted i was just trying to show 3 in a horizontal line. but you wouldnt need to angle them inward with curved ones right?
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Yes. Angling them solves it, just keep in mind you need to have a deep desk. 30" is absolute minimum if you want to put three 40's "side-by-side" (angled). Personally, in the new house, I am wall mounting them with a nice mount I bought on Amazon that lets you get the angle and distance just right on the outside monitors, and creates slightly more usable desk space.
i wonder which would give the best spacing, curved ones or sidexside angled? also if you were to put two curved ones on the top, but offset like the picture below, would it hold the same curve?
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Having had six monitors in a configuration of 3 horizontal, 2 vertical -- I will never do it again. It's terrible. I even had special monitor stands, but it's simply impossible to have both a downward facing angle for the top row, and an inward facing angle for the outside monitors. Doing so creates gaps in the borders.
By having just one horizontal row, you don't have gaps at the borders.
sorry i was not clear again and i get what you are saying about that type of spacing. i should have said the depth spacing when using curved or angled. im guessing the curved ones, if following the natural curve, would take up more depth?
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The difference is negligible. Less than one inch. Probably less than half an inch. And due to how it mounts on the stand, if you use a stand, I don't think it makes any difference at all in depth on the desk if measured from center of monitor.
Just discussing this with a mate and took this shot for him.
I strongly agree with BM on 40 inch being the sweet spot, especially as the primary work display. This is a shot of my 10 month old 49 inch UHD with NT7 in the middle for reference (scaled to 1920x1080).
At 49 inches you can see two rows are 1 cm high, which is fine. The annoyance with this size is your head/eyes moving too much and you may need sunglasses when the screen is mostly white in the afternoons. Eyestrain..
At 40 I expect 1cm is closer to 3 rows? so about the same as a 15.4 inch display running at 1920x1080. perfect.
27 inch = microscopic...remember the movie Brazil with the magnifying lenses ?
One can adjust the default windows font DPI, might help but ugly and messy. Many apps are awful looking when 150% scaling is enabled.
Thanks for your opinion. I believe monitors above this size aren't useful as they're too big and I find that distracting. I've found this size works well for me. Forums are a great place for perspective.
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OK. But as a trader, 4K isn't useful unless the size is 40", so that there is no DPI scaling. At 27" you'll have massive scaling, it's a waste of money and depending on your charting platform you may even have major problems (not all applications support scaling correctly).
You could have bought a normal 27" panel, and saved some cash.
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Depends how old the GPU is in your laptop. Find out the exact make/model of the GPU and post it here, or you can just do a google search for the specifications and see if it supports 3840x2160.
I am currently looking at two possibilities. On of my hopes is to have a setup that I can take with me on planes when I travel, as I am a digital nomad. The 40 inch Philips BDM4065UC would be great, but would probably require a custom bag(the monitor is 35.6 x 20.2 x 3.5 inches.) The weight is great for the screen real estate at 18.7 pounds without the stand. The resolution is 3840 x 2160 @ 60Hz. The other option is using two 34" 2k monitors at 3440x1440 resolution. That would combine for 3440x2880. It would probably weigh more, but easier to pack and possibly carry on. Thoughts? My ultimate goal is to live in 4-5 places or countries a year.
I use a 55 inch 4K monitor that way the scaling size is the same as a 27 inch 1920x1080 monitor and I have the real estate of 4 27 inch monitors, therefore eliminating the need of having so many monitors.
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8.5 Kg + laptop(s) + weight of hard case for monitor + power extension cable + 5m network cable (useful) + .....
In Colombia one has to fly between cities so I'm used to lugging my kit around since I moved here.
Until they invent a battery powered laser short-throw 4k pocket projector this works really well for me. No way would I put my work equipment into the hold (will it be on the carousel?) so I travel with 2 light laptops (I use simultaneously) and usually three Asus MB168B+ 1920x1080 USB powered displays I got a year ago. All as hand luggage. They are amazing and run perfectly off USB 2 also. I own 4 of them.
I'd like the IPS display but the older TN screens are better than expected when I ordered them so I'm not bothered. Someone said the older 168+ TN display is brighter than the but I have the 168s set to 70% and that is more than enough.
A few aluminium brackets to clip around the edges hold them up + the Asus supplied cases and its perfect for me. I can just rotate to portrait in a second too. Edge of table though as one USB connector needs clearance but placing on a phone book works. With 2 USB screens per laptop I can run for about an hour on battery, again handy when Wifi or 4G is ok and you want to set up on an available table but can't string a power lead.
Thanks! I may well try this with my LG 49" 4k TV.. from a quick inspection.. looks like it might work. That glass is annoying me. Its nearly a year old and I was considering replacing just to get away from the glare in my new temporary place.
I don't play games so I have no need for a super GPU. I use my Chicago based server cluster for heavy number-crunching. Should be a perfect solution to get 4k running properly off my two older laptops. I expect it will be fine even using USB2 (one laptop is) for Ninja. 4k full screen video playback would of course be clunky with USB2 however NT charts barely use any bandwidth by comparison with video.
I got the Philips BDM4065 40" 4K monitor yesterday. Set it up with my existing Radeon R9 270 using DP 1.2 @60 Hz. The AMD Catalyst Control center software, up until last year, had a feature called HydraVision (HydraGrid) that enabled desktop management. It allowed creating virtual desktops so my goal was to create 4 virtual desktops so that I have an equivalent of the look and feel of 4 individual 1920x1080 monitors. I was surprised to find that HydraVision has been discontinued and has achieved EOL. I could install an older version and get HydraVision to work but I do not want to depend on something that has no more support from AMD. AMD has focused on Eyefinity since which is geared more towards gaming and combining many displays to work as one but there are no desktop management features in the newer versions of their software.
So, after spending the majority of the day researching, I found that NVIDIA's quadro and NVS lines come with their nView sortware that basically does what I am looking for. I will either buy the NVS 810 or 510 once I verify they can support DP 1.2 @ 60 Hz and try to set this up. My ultimate goal is to have 2 or possibly 3 of these monitors which basically would be an equivalent of having 8-12 virtual 1920x1080 desktops.
Will post pictures once its all setup.
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Large 4K monitors are an appealing idea but not for me. I sometimes trade by remotely logging into my desktop from the tablet. Remote desktop software like splashtop or teamviewer present the entire desktop on the tablet and they allow switching between the monitors. Even though the tablet is only 8" (for convenience) viewing the entire desktop on it is not bad at all. With a large 4K screen, I would be panning and zooming all the time.
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