Mac Mini with 4K 65-inch TV - Resolutions

[FrenchPB]

Dear all,

I'd like to get a M2 Mac Mini and connect it to a 65-inch 4K TV, which I'll mainly use to watch high resolution videos and photos taken with my Canon R6. As a consequence, I'd love to output a native 4K resolution from the Mac Mini to the TV, but I guess that this resolution will make texts/ icons very small on the screen.

Is it basically possible to have bar menu, texts, icons... look as big as they'd appear on a 1080p output resolution ?
I want the advantage of a native 4K resolution for photos and videos, but I don't need the "screen real estate" when doing basic computer taks such as webbrowsing.

Thanks for your help.

 

[michelg1970]

I think you can just use the scaling option. I'm using a 27 inch 4K monitor scaled to 3008x1692, the medium setting. The largest setting = 1920 x 1080. 4k=4k...

 

[FrenchPB]

I'd like to keep the 4K resolutions for digital photos to be as precise as they can be, but I'd like texts/ icons/ menu bar to be scaled up to what would be a 1080p resolution. Baiscally, same real screen estate, but more pixels if that makes sense.

 

[Spike77777]

I was going to get a M2 Mac Mini same reason as you but did some trial and error with my Macbook and glad I did.
I decided to try my 2013 Macbook pro on my 77" LG OLED that I've only had since Nov 22" and it only output at @ 30Hz but the text is crisp and clear.
I thought the 30Hz would be too laggy but I'm not gaming and both the keyboard and mouse aren't slow at all.
It does scale the text and resolution, at the highest 3840 x 2160 the text is tiny but I can still read it from 11' away. I tend to keep it at the next scale up 3200 x 1800. The three above that are 2560 x 1800, 1920 x 1080 and 1280 x 720.
Youtube 4k content looks great, along with shows and movies. I'm glad I tried this out, nice to see that a 10 year old laptop is still usable today.

EDIT: I attached a screenshot

 

[Fishrrman]

With a 65" 4k tv, the resolution that makes the most sense (to me) is "native 4k, pixel-for-pixel" (no scaling at all).

Text should be quite readable, actually a little bit "on the larger size" (when displayed at normal font sizes).

Anything else (scaling, etc.) is going to make text and images LARGER.

 

[FrenchPB]

I just had an idea.
Would it be possible to connect a Mac Mini to my 4K TV in native 4k resolution to enjoy my digital photos and videos at their best quality, and use the Sidecar app to mirror the screen on my ipad when I’d need to do some MS office work ?
The ipad would become my primary screen, the TV would be the secondary screen to watch movies and look at photos. Would that work ? Is the sidecar latency good ?