An increasing number of manufacturers has a monitor with a diagonal of 40 inch or more in their assortment. This means more than a meter of monitor in front of you. Is bigger also better? We tested six of these bigger models.

For years the trend has been visible in television land: every year they become bigger, or rather: bigger models become more affordable, and with that they are more mainstream. Once upon a time a 21-inch (53 cm) device was the standard in the Dutch living rooms and it was amazing if you had a 28-inch model (71 cm). Nowadays the average is 50 inch (127 cm) to about 55 inch (139.7 cm) - and this is already shifting to devices from 60 to 65 inch. Where 40-inch used to be the go-to size during the full hd era, this size is now found on entry-level models.