Question Are there any 1440 tvs still in existence?

[gpbarth]

I'm looking for a 2560x1440p 43" television to use as a monitor. Can't afford a monitor, and can't find one in 1440p anyway. I could buy a 4K, but I'd still have to run it in 1440p because my GTX1080-ti can't handle 4k. I might settle for a 32" 1440p...

-= Gary =-

 

[Eximo]

They aren't typical. The way motherglass is made for TVs it would be an odd size to make. 4 or 5 4K panels in a single sheet. QHD panels would be more around the 720p panels they make out of scraps. Just not economical to make large 1440p displays.

How much do you have to spend, what currency, and where?

There are some pricey 38" 1440p panels out there, but more expensive than most lower end 4K TVs.

 

[bill001g]

I can give you the some random guy on the internet recommendation

It seems a lot of the cheap 4k panels do not support much other than 1080 and 4k. So I was over at a fiends house and with my laptop which likes to run at 1440. He had 2 cheap 43 inch 4k tv. One from walmart called ONN that refused to work at 1440 and some other one I think was hisense 43a6h he also got from walmart.
The hisense worked at 1440 but when I went to look this up in manuals after I found nothing to show it was actually supported.

 

[gpbarth]

They aren't typical. The way motherglass is made for TVs it would be an odd size to make. 4 or 5 4K panels in a single sheet. QHD panels would be more around the 720p panels they make out of scraps. Just not economical to make large 1440p displays.

How much do you have to spend, what currency, and where?

There are some pricey 38" 1440p panels out there, but more expensive than most lower end 4K TVs.

Here's my dilemma - I need a larger screen because of my vision problems. I currently have a 32" 1080p monitor, which does a fair job, but in MSFS2020, sometimes it's hard reading some of the instrumentation. My graphics card is an ASUS GTX1080-ti, which I understand can do 3840x2160 (4K), but not efficiently. So I don't want to overdrive my video card. If I go with a 4K monitor or TV, and throttle it down to 1440, I'll have a 43" size 4K screen with a smaller 1440 screen inside.

Which is self-defeating. I've seen some 1440 wide-screen monitors, but once again, my wallet is limited. I'm trying to limit the cost to under $500 USD. It seems that I'm stuck with either a larger 1080p screen or expend a lot more money on a higher res graphics card, which are over $1K USD. I'd settle for a used 1440p monitor if I could find one - 43" or maybe 32".

 

[gpbarth]

I can give you the some random guy on the internet recommendation

It seems a lot of the cheap 4k panels do not support much other than 1080 and 4k. So I was over at a fiends house and with my laptop which likes to run at 1440. He had 2 cheap 43 inch 4k tv. One from walmart called ONN that refused to work at 1440 and some other one I think was hisense 43a6h he also got from walmart.
The hisense worked at 1440 but when I went to look this up in manuals after I found nothing to show it was actually supported.

The Hisense at Walmart claim to be "2K" but when you look at the specs, they say 1080p. So I'm not sure they would work at 1440...

 

[bill001g]

These cheap tv have lots of similar models. It definitely can run at 4k what I don't see is it say it can actually run at any other resolution.
https://assets.hisense-usa.com/assets/ProductDownloads/434/ea5cb0e43b/43A6H-spec-sheet-release.pdf

 

[kerberos_20]

TV displays can receive any PC resolution you throw at it, because they usualy have preconfigured multiple signal modes, every other resolutions you send are done by upscaling/downscaling to selected signal mode
as you can see here, connection to display is 4K, while desktop resolution is lower

that case where it refused to show image at 1440p could be because display drivers were sending incorrect active signal mode to that display, this can be corrected with cutom resolution


here some random google picture example how it should looks like in nvidia control panel

you can see 4k x 2k mode with six resolutions available, any 4K TV can handle lower resolution, including 1440p (under 4k mode)

mine samsung for example can do it aswell, but if i reconfigure TV factory settings a little, it is able to shows 1440p as signal mode aswell.. but then once selecting it up, it refuses to show picture, so i guess TV firmware was in that ONN case set incorrectly, which can be fixed with cutom resolution profile

 

[gpbarth]

TV displays can receive any PC resolution you throw at it, because they usualy have preconfigured multiple signal modes, every other resolutions you send are done by upscaling/downscaling to selected signal mode
as you can see here, connection to display is 4K, while desktop resolution is lower

that case where it refused to show image at 1440p could be because display drivers were sending incorrect active signal mode to that display, this can be corrected with cutom resolution


here some random google picture example how it should looks like in nvidia control panel

you can see 4k x 2k mode with six resolutions available, any 4K TV can handle lower resolution, including 1440p (under 4k mode)

mine samsung for example can do it aswell, but if i reconfigure TV factory settings a little, it is able to shows 1440p as signal mode aswell.. but then once selecting it up, it refuses to show picture, so i guess TV firmware was in that ONN case set incorrectly, which can be fixed with cutom resolution profile

So a decent 4K TV can be set to show full screen 2560x1440 through the nVidia settings? I was assuming a sort of "screen within a screen" effect. If I can make the set work as you suggest, that will be fine by me. I can get a nice 43" 4K set for less that $300 USD. And I'll be a happy camper. Thx!