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Hi there
Remember also that if you have too large a screen you will have to sit further away from it. Personally for up to 32 inch screen it really doesn't pay to get a resolution better than 1920 X 1080 (full HD). Any higher resolution is only marginal at typical viewing distances.
Of course Ultra 4K UHD is magnificent on a 50 - 60 inch screen but you'll need to position the screen some way from in front your nose !!!! .
Problem also with these types of screens is in the way some programmers have coded the software -- with fixed pixel sizes you'll find some menus etc have really tiny fonts and you can't increase the font sizes. Personally I think programmers who code like that should be left to stay for 3 days in a cold meat store room stark naked !!!!
Most video cards can drive quite large monitors as it's only the video signals from the graphics that are necessary -- the power for the rest of the electronics required to produce video on the screen comes from the electronics within the monitor / TV itself.
For example I've no problem with standard HDMI output at 1920 X 1080 from an HP envy laptop driving a 42 inch screen at 1920 X 1080 -- and that's just using the basic laptop's built in video. Any bigger than 42 inch would need me having to do a massive amount of desk re-arranging !!!!!!
Cheers
jimbo