rmay635703 wrote on 2025-12-04, 03:35:

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darry wrote on 2025-12-02, 07:37:

Or were you referring to the general population?

General population.

The “business” side of monitor sales dwarfs the “consumer “ side now days (reverse of not that long ago) but that is only because “monitors” are being made in smaller and smaller numbers which is why mainstream offerings are getting more sparse.

Graphics professionals are also getting to be a smaller niche than they were 10-20 years ago, with more hobbiests than pros.

Historically small TVs sold in significant numbers that it made sense to unify the monitors and TV panel production so they shared.
This is still done to a point, that’s why you see the cheap god awful 32” FHD monitors being pushed at box stores everywhere.

Unfortunately 4k 32” TVs don’t exist which could drive down monitor prices but nobody cares about sub 50” TVs anymore so anything even middling in that space is a triumph.

Thanks for clarifying.

In my experience, cheap 32” FHD monitors are not all awful, at least the last one purchased in 2018 or 2019 wasn't (and isn't). It has a 60Hz FHD IPS panel with SRGB gamut and no obvious flaws to my eyes. It might be a 6-bit +FRC panel, but I don't recall seeing any dithering artefacts or color banding. I looks fine to me and it was actually pretty well calibrated from the factory (used a ColorMunki Display colorimeter) . To be fair, I don't really need more than 60Hz on that one (though it does overclock to at least 70Hz with no frame skipping) nor do I do any color critical work on it. It cost less than 200 CAN$ at the time .

My current main display, the one I do my very amateur photo processing on is a QHD MSI MP275Q 27" monitor. It is a 100Hz, 8-bit+FRC, SRGB monitor. It cost about 200 CAN$. Is it fit for a pro ? Definitely not. Is it perfectly good for me ? Absolutely.

A for 4K 32" TVs, they definitely do exist. They are not that common, but I could get a Sony or Samsung one delivered within 48 hours, for example .

Interesting, per ai the first mainstream 4k 32” TVs launched this year with obscure pro models (that weren’t really TVs) releasing in 2021.

$500 for a 32” TV is quite steep though.

Amazon claims they’ve sold 1000+ 4k 32” and 10,000+ FHD just comparing 2 different Samsungs

4K 32-inchers have existed for quite a while, from Samsung, who has been shipping 32-inch 4K monitors and TVs since the end of the 2010's. But they are the only ones who have really pushed into that smaller size, while others have kept the 40-incher segment as their bottom line. This is due to Samsung's focus on the Korean - and Asian - market, where UHD media is far more prevalent than it is in the NA/SA and Europe/UK markets.

RetroGamer4Ever wrote on 2025-12-13, 22:12:

4K 32-inchers have existed for quite a while, from Samsung, who has been shipping 32-inch 4K monitors and TVs since the end of the 2010's. But they are the only ones who have really pushed into that smaller size, while others have kept the 40-incher segment as their bottom line. This is due to Samsung's focus on the Korean - and Asian - market, where UHD media is far more prevalent than it is in the NA/SA and Europe/UK markets.

4k monitors yes, 4k TVs off the shelf at a box store no.

Mainstream 4k 32” TVs have not really existed the ones that did exist were obscure “the frame” and other exotic options primarily outside us shores.

I’m surprised to see actual normal 32” 4k TVs entering the mainstream where you could walk in a physical store and buy one
even if they are still $500+

Before now they weren’t OTC, only mail order.

This is Samsung's 2019 32-inch UHDTV model that was sold in regular stores. Before that, 43 and 40 was as small as the big players went and during the 2010's, some smaller Asian companies offered 32-inch UHDTVs, though they were not common outside of Asia and few of them were usable due to lack of HDMI 2.0 in early offerings and no HDR.

https://www.samsung.com/us/televisions-home-t … 32q50rafxza/v2/