Using a TV as a Mac Mini Monitor

[daved10928]

Hi, I have a Mac Mini. I currently use a 32 inch HP monitor. I am getting back into coding and I would like to upgrade to a 43 inch TV. Does anyone have experience with this. Especially interested in Sony - 43 Class BRAVIA 3 LED 4K UHD TV. Does anyone have specific experience with this model?

 

[gigatoaster]

I don’t use it for working but the mini on my OLED TV looks glorious, the interface is great and I increased a bit the contrast. I’m not on liquid glass, though.

 

[Bigwaff]

Those are some pretty big pixels unless you plan to sit 6 feet away. Hope you have a deep desk.

 

[Boyd01]

I have also considered doing something like this. Don't know anything about this particular TV, but (based on a quick search) it has a dot pitch somewhere around 80 to 90 pixels per inch (Sony doesn't have a spec on their site). Those pixels would certainly be on the large size, but not too crazy.

I'm using a BenQ 32" QHD screen at its native resolution on my 2018 Mini and have been very happy with it. IIRC, it has a pixel density of about 94 PPI. I don't think I'd want to go any lower than that personally, I always really liked my old Apple 23" Cinema Display and it had a dot pitch of 100 ppi, so I would want to stay in that range.

Now, I'm talking about using the native resolution - which I need for the Windows GIS app I heavily use in a VM. If you use something like the "looks like 1080p" setting then, yeah, that would be really big text.

 

[fricotin]

My 2012 mini has been looking great for the last five years on my 2D FHD LG TV Display 23-inch (1920 x 1080).