Question LG OLED C8 as PC monitor for movies and games?

[renzzzo]

Hello!
I have plans to buy that TV and Atmos supporting soundbar.

Can I just connect TV through HDMI to my PC and use VLC or some other player to play ~50GB 4k Atmos mkv movie?
And is it OK for gaming?

Am I missing something?
I've seen a lot of threads and articles about different solutions to steam and stuff. I just don't understand if the simple hdmi connection from PC to TV won't work?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Fallen Kell]

With HDMI 2.0 supported graphics card, you should be able to playback 4k at 30fps (movies are typically 24fps, unless they are newer iMax standards which support 48fps).

Now while HDMI 2.0 can support 48fps+HDR+4:4:4 chroma sampling at 4k, most TV's don't support 48fps natively, and instead want 60fps. 60fps is beyond the bandwidth of HDMI 2.0 and requires the newer HDMI 2.1 standard in order to operate (and there are very few TV's which support it and no consumer computer graphics cards which support it at this time... people had hoped that Nvidia 2XXX series was going to include it, but there was just not enough time from the official release of the standard and when Nvidia released the cards. The next shot is AMD's Navi due out in a couple months).

If you are fine without HDR, or with 4:2:2 chroma sampling, you can watch movies this way with the correct software.

 

[WhiteNoise]

Just a warning...use a screen savor so you don't suffer burn in. That is the main concern with OLED. I wouldn't use one for a PC monitor at all. I'd use it with game consoles but I wouldn't leave a static image on for long periods. By the way...I think OLED is like the coolest and has a beautiful picture. I'd buy one as a TV just not a PC monitor.