4K TV as a PC monitor how to get the best picture quality (Settings you should tweak) 

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This video is over 1 year old yet still applicable . Thank you Tech Guy Charlie for your time and very clear instructions for tweaking a 4K TV for the best image quality.

Thank you so much, this is the most comprehensive TV-to-PC monitor guide I have ever seen on the whole internet. I always feel some kind of eye strain after staring at the TV after a while, the screen is too bright, the color is off, the input lag, weird motion blur, etc. Although I have a different TV, this helps me a lot, thanks again! PS: except you, every other tech RU-vidr always feels like they trying to sell me the "coolest, hippest, expensive" hardware.

Dude, this video is the ONLY reason I was just able to setup my new Samsung 4k TV as a monitor without any issue!!! YOU ROCK!!! 02/18/2022

So I want to THANK YOU! In 2022 this video was of help. I just got my first gaming laptop and the screen was to small for me. So I got an LG 43in 1080p TV for my needs. However after months of noticing it wasn't crisp I found this and the input tag saved the day. As soon as it was changed to PC BAM! LOOKS BEAUITFUL. Thank you friend!

This has made such a difference to my Samsung AU9000 43" connected to my office PC with a Geforce GT1030. Before I could see dots on the screen, now it looks spot on, thanks for sharing 👍

Dude this was so helpful, thank you!! Especially covering both samsung and lg with every possible detail. Much respect!

This has been so informative and useful. I was able to make most of the changes and use the TV as a good monitor for the computer by following these instructions. Thanks again.

This video is gold for me, new tv yesterday and couldn't figure out the blurry picture quality. The signal plus did it for me. Besides that, you are very good at explaining things. Overall top-notch video Sir, thank you very much.👌

Great video! This has helped me a ton. Just learning about the input tag for the TV helped a lot. I had just kept it on the default this entire time. Nice setup by the way :)

Dude you rock!! You speak clearly and precisely, and you don't speak 100 words a sec; which I love. If I could give you two thumbs up I would!!

You are a life saver and a legend sir....

Thank you so much for the detailed information. It really helped me in optimizing the image quality of my Samsung 5 Series TV connected to laptop with Linux based OS.

Brilliant video - Thank you, very helpful . 'All the exact settings and explanations, without any woffling.

I just wanted to say that this is EXACTLY what I was looking for! You are a lifesaver. I made sure to like and sub! Thanks again!

Thanks for the very informative video. I have one question though. I have 10th gen i5 laptop with integrated UHD graphics. but like u said in the video, HDMI port is 1.4. will I be able to get clear text with the hardware i have with 43 inches 4k TV? I understand that refresh rate will be restricted to 30 Hzs but that is fine with me as long as the text quality is not compromised. I dont play games and watch very little movies. office work and reading text is my first priority. thank you. eagerly waiting for an answer.

Holy shit dude. Thank you so much I was having so much trouble with my display and this video fixed everything dude. Godspeed dude 🙏

Thank you Tech guy Charlie!!! A very well done video sir. You are very well spoken and and all points you made were very clear. I just purchased my first 4k tv and was questioning my decision as the image quality has been hard to get dialed in. thanks once again for the fantastic info!

You are a life saver my friend. This was really really helpful. Thank you.

This video was so helpful!! Thank you! I am using a 65 inch 4k UHD Samsung and was having trouble with terrible pixelization in game. Your information has changed the entire thing!! 4k @ 60Hz is Awesome! My little RTX 3050 is running the tv like a champion! Thank you for taking the time for this great informative video!

Thank you Texh Guy, I have been using the wrong settings over a year and u just made my tv like a new model, 🙏

Thank you!!! Picture looks great 😎

Thank you this helped me out A LOT 😁

Tech guy Charlie, awesome video. No one does videos like this, or at least I searched for months. Thank you so so much. This was a great video! I have Samsung Q70R 55", and set it like your video, and it looks awesome 4k 60hz; my only question is I have ps5 on another HDMI port on the same TV and noticed the tv has a gaming option which is disabled. Can I set this on for only the ps5 hdmi and not the pc HDMI settings? Cause it looks bad on the pc if I turn on game mode? Thank you again.

Very nice video and well explained. Helped me with my TV. Thanks !

the sharpness of that TV is absolutely Beautiful

Very nice explanation and your video will be my guide. Can you please suggest affordable 40inch 4k tv options in which this works in the range of 25 to 40k?

great video. lots of good information. subbed

Dude! Thanks so much, made the change and WOW. So much better!👏💯

THANK YOU!!!!! So much good info in this video! So happy. I'm subbing, you deserve it. Great Vid!

Great job with this video! Really helped me out a lot installing my new LG43nano79 TV as a monitor! 🙌🙌👏

nice info! I came here cause I just hooked up my desktop to my 65" Sony oled. The picture looks awesome and the computer set everything correctly on its own, no tweaking needed. I did of course still have to change settings just to see what happens, every little change I made just made things look bad lol. I changed the display text from 300% to 150% and the tiny text was unreadable from my couch 8' away. I slightly increased the mouse pointer and it turned out to be over 3" long. I guess maybe it depends on the size of your tv how close you are to the TV and maybe even the graphics card in the computer IDK but the windows 10 300% recommended setting was dead on for my TV.

I struggled to get my laptop connected to my 4k Samsung TV. It would keep blacking out. I found i had to change the frame rate to Interlaced to get it working and this only at 1080p 60fps Interlaced. Didn't realise the benefits of the other enhancements you mentioned.Thanks for this.

Thanks a lot for all the tips ! Great video ! 6:05 was the most important thing for me !

Awesome video - thanks a lot. You've earned yourself a new sub!

Thanks, excellent content. Subscribed!

Thanks, this help me a lot

Thank you Sr, very informative video

This helped so much. Thank you TGC.

finally someone who explains this problem clearly :)

Dude thanks so much for your help! I actually couldn't get my laptop to run 4k 60hz but you explained why ( 04:00 ). Bummer but at least I know why now.

Very detailed and nothing is missing ☺️

This was a very useful video I learned a lot thank you very much!

That's very nice setup

Subscribed. Cool video bro 😎💯. I have an old HP Z 440 workstation doing nothing so I decided to hook it up to a tv I was given last week. I don't watch tv, but I just wanted an easy project to entertain myself. I had to buy an HDMI to display adaptor as my PC only has 2 display ports. I got it up and running and it looks good 👍.

Ho Bro..... Thank you very much.... Very informative video and your way of explained is so good ... Pls make this on MI TV pls

Thank you so much video was really helpful ❤🙏🏽

This worked well for the bravia x80h. Thank you!

thank you this really helped me great video!

Well done, thank you very much :)

This is great but I’m left with one question still. What if you have a custom display profile for calibrating a 120hz monitor. Is there a way to disable the profile easily just while using the tv as a monitor? Or maybe the better question is does the ICC profile affect the hdmi output or does it use it’s own profile?

I have been thinking about trying it i have a 60inch 4k lg i have never tried a tv before will try tomorrow

Just got a 43" 4K TV and been using it as my main display (dual monitor setup), and I have been liking it quite a bit so far. Though I do think, in my case, I may need to upgrade my hardware. For whatever reason (most likely something to do with Linux being my preferred OS), I have some issues with refresh rate and intermittent issues with 4K 60fps playback. Or those just may be my excuses to update my system:P I think my CPU is probably fine (Intel 5820k), but I feel it's past time to move on from the GTX 970. I've got a new build all planned out, so hopefully in a few months I'll have all that worked out. Good idea for a video, dude. Thanks!

Thanks a lot 👌it was very informative video

Very helpful indeed thank you so much sir 👍

Really good video! I love how detailed the information are!

Holy crap. Thank you !! :))

Thank you! Helped a lot!

I am considering Samsung M7 4k 32Inch/Samsung Crystal 4K 43 Inch as my primary display for casual gaming and basics entertainment needs. Please suggest Which one to go for?

Have another video idea for you. With all the people working remote you should consider doing a video on how to connect smart TV to wireless desktop or laptop for home office users as second (dual) monitor option For example 50-in Samsung QN90A 4k. Just set one of these up great screen for bright offices but needed a little tweaking to get just right.

Wow, that a tutorial... You convinved me of moving from my 34inches monitor to a 50inches TV... Thanks for very complete video, and I'll be back to watch it as soon as I receive my TV...

thank you my guy

Thanks, I had no idea about changing hdmi settings to PC 👍. Hope this will work on my m1 Mac mini when it turns up.

Thanks for sharing!

Nice setup... Very cozy

Thank you legend!!!!

Superb!

Thank you of showing us

thanks for the information

Thanks man .love from sri lanka.

Thank you very much You saved me time and money

Great video. Where can I find your wallpaper?

Great video and so helpful. Many thanks. Do you find a problem in switching back to a monitor from a 4K TV? Is there a way around having to change the PC settings back to the original ones?

Gracias carnal.

Thanks for fitting in that mouse sizing part. I would lose the reg sized curser all the time.

Beautiful setup

Thank you.

great tutorial. thank you.

Hi techguru, at 4:30 . I have a question, my tv is Samsung 46” FHD 1080.Everything is huge, how do I reduce it further more. I don’t mind the pixel

if you read this i have a question, i have a 4k tv/50in, i set the resolution to 3200x1800, i want to render a game at a lower resolution, upscale the game to 4k, then post to my display at 3200x1800, is that possible?? when i set the resolution on my 4k 50 in monitor to 3200x1800 it actually shrank the image and now i have a three inch border all around my t.v. which i am fine with as i believe by it not expanding the 3200x1800 image to a full 50in would increase the blurriness, and it actually makes the image very sharp, i play games at 3200x1800 i just would like to know if i can play them, have them upscaled to 4k then brought back down to my 3k image (3200x188) when i use dsr it actually makes the computer run at 4k, essentially it would take the 4k image and render it higher than 4k and then downscale back down to 4k, but it uses the full 50 in of my tv and i wanted to shrink the image down to get a better ppi/pixel per sq in, i know its a lot but i am learning and curiousd this i have a question, i have a 4k tv/50in, i set the resolution to 3200x1800, i want to render a game at a lower resolution, upscale the game to 4k, then post to my display at 3200x1800, is that possible?? when i set the resolution on my 4k 50 in monitor to 3200x1800 it actually shrank the image and now i have a three inch border all around my t.v. which i am fine with as i believe by it not expanding the 3200x1800 image to a full 50in would increase the blurriness, and it actually makes the image very sharp, i play games at 3200x1800 i just would like to know if i can play them, have them upscaled to 4k then brought back down to my 3k image (3200x188) when i use dsr it actually makes the computer run at 4k, essentially it would take the 4k image and render it higher than 4k and then downscale back down to 4k, but it uses the full 50 in of my tv and i wanted to shrink the image down to get a better ppi/pixel per sq in, i know its a lot but i am learning and curious

nice, very informative thanks buddy . can u make another video , how productive is this tv , while using multiple windows plz??? im thinking to get this one on black Friday !!!!

Hi Charlie. Awesome video!! I am not sure if I should buy a 1080p tv or a 4k tv. Would the text and sharpness of a 1080 tv be the same as a 4k tv if using as a computer monitor? I am not getting 4k signal and will use tv for browsing internet and computer work. Thank you very much!!

my dear what is the best set up to see a movie on my 85 inch tv by my pc ... your video is the ONLY one that helped me to improve everything form me dramatically

Thank you

Superb video. Is there any problem running your games in 1080p since it's scalable with 4k?

Wait, is that a coffee mug in your PC case? Awesome tutorial. A few weeks ago I replaced my 34" monitor with a $169 TCL 43" 4k TV, since it's like the cheapest well reviewed TV that can do Chroma 4.4.4 subsampling. It's pretty awesome have such a big cheap screen. I did get really nauseous playing a CODMW level where you had to pan around a lot. I love VR and flying FPV drones, so I didn't think that would happen to me LOL!

Your the best my good sir

I want to do this so bad, but the auto on feature of a monitor is nice.

urgh.. i need u to come over to my house and set it up for me

thank you brother....

Thanks a ton

you helped me. Thank you...

THANK YOU!!! from canada!

Very nicely explained. What is the distance between your face(eyes) and this 50" display? I mean don't you have to move your head a lot to peek at anything but the center of the display when sitting at regular pc usage distance (which is usually 1 - 1.5 feet)

Very good video. I have a question that I own a 1080p laptop which doesn't have graphics card. How would it reflect on to a 43inch 4k TV as. I want to use use TV as 4 split screens 21inch each. But I want the TV to have normal font and other elements size so that it doesn't occupy to much space and be comfortable. Please reply soon as I want to buy that in big billion sale

your a life saver

Thanks

I'm looking for a 4K TV as a PC monitor (with local dimming light/blacklight) under 50inch but I can't find one, do you have any recommendation? I can't find your LG or Samsung TV. Thanks!

You are great genius man..

Thx a lot man for lg tv: pc tag