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The solution is simple: use the “sexy af” piece of art in your office.

I’ve used one for 4 years. The only compromise is I have to power it on/off by remote.

I've considered it, but can't play FPS effectively on anything over 34" due to biology and $ per sqft of real-estate. The seating position to keep the game in focus would be half way across the room.

OLEDs under 40" aren't TVs and almost all OLED monitors target revenue generating use-cases and are priced to match.

LG sells several 48" OLED TVs. To get the equivalent of 30" distance to a 27" monitor (about 48 degrees FOV), you need to be about 4.5 feet away from a 48" screen.

I just mounted mine to the wall, and the back of the desk is about a foot off the wall.

I have the Gigabyte FO48U, which uses the same panel as the 48" LG C1, and... it's a beautiful TV. That's what I wound up using it for, because I couldn't stand it as a monitor and went back to my old 27". Image retention is still a real factor for computer use, and maximizing a mostly-white window results in this incredibly jarring transition from a screen that's almost uncomfortably bright to one that's too dim.

LG is also introducing a 42” OLED this year - which I am very tempted by [0].

[0] - https://tftcentral.co.uk/news/lg-c2-oled-tv-line-up-for-2022...

Playing FPS is office use? Are you a game developer? :-)

What brand/model are you using?

I have a 49" curved Samsung 8500. It isn't the newest technology anymore.

When a curved 42"-50" 16:9 OLED comes out, I'll be the first in line.

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