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I use a 55" TV as a primary monitor at my desk also (alas only 4k). I've found that as tempting as it may seem to use the entire 55", at normal eye-distance, it's too big an area to track and it requires 45 degree head-rotations to scan across it (i.e to shift my focus from one window to another). It's like sitting in the front row of a big movie theater.

What I do instead is configure the desktop to only use the equivalent of about a 36" display. That way it works like a single large monitor that I can scan left to right with mostly just eye movement.

Why have a big TV as a monitor only to use a smaller portion of the screen? The TV reverts to just being a TV during non-work hours (when we use its full dimensions), so it doesn't feel like wasted real-estate - in fact it frees up space for me in the office by doing double-duty as a monitor and a TV.



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