My old monitor (Phillips 42" OLED) broke recently so I'm looking for an alternative and the LG C4 looks amazing!
But from what I've read and experienced, there are some potential issues when using as monitor:
1. you need to turn it ON/OFF - is this true? What happens when PC goes to sleep? Won't it turn off after some time?
2. TPC (Temporal Peak Luminance Control) OLED protection - the automatic brightness lowering when image is not changing "enough" (for example when writing text).This was super annoying on my previous OLED monitor, because it was lowering brightness even when it was already low, even when it was 0%! Which made it then barely visible.The main problem was, that this protection activated every time I was writing text, because the changing text on the screen was not "enough" to register is as movement. Also moving mouse was not enough to "restore it", I had to scroll the page or open some new window.
My room is pretty dark, so most of the time my brightness is set to <20% and 0% in the evening, so this protection doesn't really make sense.
3. Screen Shift (pixel shift) - does this make part of the screen invisible? Or are there "spare pixels" on edges?My previous OLED was moving screen a lot and for example in games I couldn't see FPS counter fully when the shift was full left at the moment.
Also, is the shift only horizontal? I would hate to see my taskbar cut in half with vertical shift.
Can someone with this TV as PC monitor comment on these points please? :)
And maybe share more issues/benefits.
Thank you!
UPDATE:
I'm now a proud owner of the LG C4 42" so I can reply to my own questions :), and even compare it with the terrible Phillips OLED monitor I had before.
1. the ON/OFF - sadly yes, the monitor has to turned ON and OFF manually.
When the PC is switched OFF, it will start showing some random images with a pretty high brightness (probably ignoring the user setting), no matter how long I've waited.
Similarly, turning PC will not wake it up. The good news is, Windows won't resize or move windows around while the TV is off. This was happening with my Phillips before.
2. TPC OLED protection - an amazing surprise! There is no visible dimming, even while writing or showing white pages, nothing visible is happening. But I am using a low brightness, so that may be related.
Note that I'm not even sure what brightness am I using, the settings for that are not very intuitive and sadly there is no dedicated button on a remote for it :(.
3. pixel shift - it's definitely there and it's somewhat visible. But much less than on my Phillips before.
Note that I'm pretty sure it can shift it also a bit UP, but again, it's very subtle so not really bothering.
Now, let me list some other issues I've noticed over the few weeks:
it's missing the DDC/CI, so you can't change brightness from operating system using an app
it's missing an USB hub (well, it's a TV so not a big surprise)
the glossy panel is just too much... you can see ALL reflections in it
when I've used S/PDIF to connect my speakers, it introduced about ~200ms delay. Maybe it's the Dolby/DTS issue while encoding in my Windows, I'm not sure. But it was not really usable for movies or games with it.
with the HDMI ARC I couldn't get a 5.1 working, only stereo
on a grayish backgrounds, there is weird "slow pulsating ellipse gradient pattern", it's not very visible though and it's visible only sometimes and only on static content, like web.
Now, let me list some great POSITIVES:
144Hz and super fast response time!
amazing picture quality with perfect blacks!
all OLED protections seems to be invisible (even the pixel refresh which my old Phillips reminded me every 4 hours is running when the TV is off, so you can't even tell)
great price - only about 1000€, which is like 400€ less than I payed for the Phillips!
I know I've listed a lot of negatives, but the overall feeling is super positive!
For this price it's UNBEATABLE screen for a PC, and I can highly recommend it!