4K Display - 28" @ ~1.5ft or 44" @ ~5ft?

[kamikazekyle]

Now that my GPU can drive it, I'm thinking of replacing the 37" 1080p TV I'm using as a "primary" gaming/video display on my system with either a 28 inch 4K monitor or a 44 inch 4K TV. The TV is wall mounted behind my desk at the moment on an arm at around 5 feet, so I feel like the pixels are big enough they could poke my eye out. The 4K TV I'm looking at would simply replace this TV directly on the wall mount. If I got the 28" monitor over the TV, I could place it on a swingarm or directly on the desk, so viewing distances would be much closer, probably around 1.5-2 feet at most.

I also run other devices to the TV such as game consoles via HDMI, VGA (Dreamcast!) and component. I could leave the TV on the wall for non-digital inputs if I went for the 4K monitor over the 4K TV. I run everything through a mixer to some studio monitors, so the presence/quality of bulit-in speakers is irrelevant.

Right now I'm looking at the 4K monitor on Monoprice for $430:
http://www.monoprice.com/Product?c_id=113&cp_id=11307&cs_id=1130703&p_id=12156&seq=1&format=2
Downside is I'd have to grab a converter for HDMI>DP as the monitor only does 60Hz over the DP connections. Thankfully I only need a 1080p converter as the only thing that'd drive 4K would be my computer, which I can run natively DP.

Or a Samsung TV at the local BJ's for $999. No link to that one, unfortunately, as it's not on their website at all I can't think of the model number to find another link. I do know it does 60Hz over HDMI and best price I could find when I did look it up a month ago was $1300.

Thoughts?

 

[R0H1T]

The second one easily, 4k on anything less than 32 inches is overkill IMO especially when you consider that some of these big monitors aren't too comfortable, at least for me, using them up close.

 

[bystander36]

Assuming you are calculating it out so that the pixels look the same size to you in either configuration, then there shouldn't be any real difference in clarity and how much it covers your view, I'd probably go with the 28". It would take up less space, and probably better for your reading vision.

 

[sxr7171]

44" @ 5' is my preference by far.

 

[kamikazekyle]

I think I'm probably going to nab the 4K TV. Keeps me from having an extra display sitting around (TV + monitor) and I can always migrate it to a "normal" TV later on if I want.

Now the hardest bit is to figure out how to get it home...dunno if it'll fit in my car