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I tried using a 40" 4k tv as a monitor a few years ago. It was big enough that I had to move my head to see different parts of the screen. I didn't like that and now I'm back on around 30".

LG makes a 43" 4K IPS monitor. It's the centerpiece to my most productive setup, with a 27" in portrait mode serving as a sidecar.

My only complaint is that it's not 8K. There's no such thing as too many pixels.

But he was measuring the width of the monitor, which is not how monitors and TVs are measured -- they're measured diagonally across the screen.

So, assuming he was talking about a 16:9 aspect ratio monitor (which he certainly was not -- he was talking 4:3 -- but I can't be bothered to do the math), a 40" wide monitor is actually a 46" monitor.

And a 27" monitor would be 23.5" wide.

Wait till you see Frank's 2000" TV!

And "Slackers" would have a whole new meaning these days.

> 40 inches wide

What would that be diagonally?

46 inches at at 16:9 aspect ratio.

Somewhere between 56.5" and 40".

I have a 40" monitor