I bought a 43" Q60A intending to use it as primarily a big monitor and also some console gaming and thought I would leave some quick comments for those interested. Like RTINGs I measured a mediocre (by modern VA standards) contrast ratio. Using my i1Display Pro meter I measured only 4100:1 at 100 nits, which looks like it’s even lower than the 55" version reviewed here. Very dark scenes can only be described as cloudy. Without local dimming you really need better native contrast. At max backlight, black levels were at 0.125 nits which is borderline IPS-like in a dark room.

Most of my other observations were in line with what I see here except the gradients were extremely bad on my panel in dark colours – some of the worst banding I’ve seen (it’s possible this had something to do with running in PC mode). Note the only calibration I did was the white balance. My peak brightness measurements were similar, around 470-480 after calibrating white balance (510 before that). Response times were also poor on the 43" version (no measurements here, but I could just see all the motion blur).

I was hoping this would be a nice 43" monitor candidate but it’s not worth the price tag to me so I returned it after I also tried a 43" Hisense H78G which was half the price but offered equal performance in most categories (better in terms of contrast, almost 5000:1) except for peak brightness obviously. But as a monitor I didn’t want eye-searing 470 nits SDR anyway. The Hisense doesn’t go much above 200 once calibrated but that way I can leave the backlight at 100 and avoid PWM anyway.

The only way I could recommend this 43" version is if you need the extra brightness for watching in a bright well-lit room.