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Statutory Ape posted:OP hasn't been edited in 5 years and was made 8 years ago The issue is that brands seem to put out new monitors/panels every few months and prices fluctuate a lot. Cross referencing https://pcpartpicker.com/products/monitor/ and http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews.htm to find something that meets what you think you want seems more sensible. Asking the thread is a good idea as well because a lot of time people think they want 4k to play games on ultra at 240hz or they want a 32" 1080p monitor or whatever that doesn't make sense and folks can give suggestions to help them out.
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Partial Octopus posted:I'm looking for a 144hz 1440p monitor just for games. Low response time and input lag are very important to me. Should I still be looking at TN panels or are IPS panels good enough now to not have to worry about that? IPS panels are objectively better now, sans cost. If you can find an IPS 1440p144Hz model within your budget (preferably the XB271HU but anything goes) then definitely go for it. If you can't stretch it, get a TN model (As S2718DG or similar).
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Partial Octopus posted:I'm looking for a 144hz 1440p monitor just for games. Low response time and input lag are very important to me. Should I still be looking at TN panels or are IPS panels good enough now to not have to worry about that? The only sad part is you can't choose 1080p 144Hz IPS. If you were picking between 240Hz 1080p and 144Hz 1440p IPS then there's certainly a debate there. Ultimately, you won't be unhappy with the IPS. I was hesitant as heck to get a 1440p 144Hz IPS panel because I am easily annoyed by response time and refresh rate. Easily annoyed like, ask me anything about playing video games in 1280x1024 on a CRT in 2011 despite owning multiple good LCD panels for the time. There's really no difference, and maybe even some advantage to the 165Hz IPS, between the 144Hz TN panel I had and the 144Hz 1440p IPS I bought. Khorne fucked around with this message at 18:36 on Aug 17, 2018 |
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Aug 17, 2018 18:33
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Khorne posted:The 144Hz (realistically 165Hz if you toggle the setting) 1440p IPS monitors are very good and the way people evaluate monitors is empirically wrong. You gain 0 advantage from going with a 144Hz 1440p TN panel. Awesome. Thanks for the responses. I was very worried about the response time difference between TN and IPS.
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Aug 17, 2018 18:50
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Leperflesh posted:Recommend me a monitor please. So should I get a IPS or TN panel like 1440p or something? Is there a good brand to go with or bad brands to avoid?
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Aug 17, 2018 20:24
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There should just be a chart with screen resolution on the X-axis and refresh rate on the Y-axis with Goon Picks(tm) on each cell alongside the screen size. Then explain why the XB271HU is the superior choice for a 27" 144+Hz 1440p G-Sync screen. Sometimes they have great deals that make it the most economical choice among its peers for sure.
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Aug 17, 2018 22:14
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Yeah. And the notes on the 2560x1600 size just read “ “
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Aug 17, 2018 23:08
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Leperflesh posted:So should I get a IPS or TN panel like 1440p or something? Is there a good brand to go with or bad brands to avoid? I just bought the Dell S2417DGR from Best Buy for the $369 deal. 27", 1440p, 144Hz, TN panel, G-Sync, 1ms response rate. One hour into using it (driving it with a GTX 1060), I am in love with this monitor  Colors look great and the smoothness is a HUGE step up for me from a really ghosty 1080p Dell 60Hz TN panel from 10 years ago. From reading the thread and elsewhere, it seems like for games, a 27" good TN with G-Sync is the best under $400 option, then there's a valley of death until you hit $850-950 (depending on sales) and get the 34" Alienware or Predator IPS.
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Aug 18, 2018 01:45
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canyoneer posted:I just bought the Dell S2417DGR from Best Buy for the $369 deal. 27", 1440p, 144Hz, TN panel, G-Sync, 1ms response rate. What about stuff like viewing angles? I just bought that exact monitor because of the deal and will pick it up tomorrow and am terrified I made a bad choice instead of splurging on the >$600 IPS monitors
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Aug 18, 2018 01:56
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I watched a video that showed a side by side, in the same room comparison with that Dell and one or both of the Acer / Asus IPS models, and I know it's only a video, but it surprised me. TN panels have definitely improved over the years. A buddy who owns tried to sell me on it, too. At that price, I could still get a second 27" 1440p IPS non G-sync monitor, just not sure I have the room for them right now. Decisions.
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Endymion FRS MK1 posted:What about stuff like viewing angles? I just bought that exact monitor because of the deal and will pick it up tomorrow and am terrified I made a bad choice instead of splurging on the >$600 IPS monitors Viewing angle means poo poo when you're looking at it straight on 2 feet away from your face.
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Endymion FRS MK1 posted:What about stuff like viewing angles? I just bought that exact monitor because of the deal and will pick it up tomorrow and am terrified I made a bad choice instead of splurging on the >$600 IPS monitors TN is fine at 24". 27" can get a bit squirrely with the viewing angles unless you are exactly dead on.
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Aug 18, 2018 03:35
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how many people are buying gaming monitors and then off setting them
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Aug 18, 2018 04:34
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Statutory Ape posted:how many people are buying gaming monitors and then off setting them How many people are running dual-screen setups? A lot. That's where I ran into color shift on my S2716DG. Not terrible, mind. But noticeable, if you moved your head side to side an inch.
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Aug 18, 2018 04:41
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Paul MaudDib posted:How many people are running dual-screen setups? A lot. i run 2 - 3 screens and my gaming monitor is straight on
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Statutory Ape posted:i run 2 - 3 screens and my gaming monitor is straight on I ran a dual-screen and both monitors were in a shallow "V" (angled towards me a little bit, maybe 15 degrees past straight-on), and it was noticeable. 
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Aug 18, 2018 04:43
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Well, got the monitor, quality is fantastic. Only thing is vertical viewing angles are terrible. I guess that's normal for a TN panel but it's bothering me. Tonight I'll try using it with my chair raised so I'm slightly looking down. Before work I played with it a bit and adjusted to looking straight on instead of slightly up at the monitor but that wasn't good enough. I'm hoping I can adjust to looking sightly down on it because I really don't want to spend 300 more just for an angle problem
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Aug 18, 2018 19:18
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Green Gloves posted:Been using a custom ultrawide 3840 x 1600 on my LG Oled. GTA V is pretty dope even with the black bars top and bottom. Anyone else tried ultrawide on a 4k tv? Holy gently caress, I hate you for doing this to me. I just reinstalled GTA V this weekend, and now I know what it feels like to play in an ultrawide aspect ratio. Does anyone have any experience with the Acer ED347CKR? I already have a 2560x1440 G sync display, and my 1080 TI should be able to drive most games at 60FPS at that resolution.
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Aug 18, 2018 20:58
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Not monitors, but display-related: Anker's Nebula line of portable projectors is on sale today. These are all small, battery-powered, HD+ DLP projectors. Their newest one, the Capsule, isn't part of this sale. Their oldest projector, the Mars, has the best image quality but the oldest software (Android 4.4, but you can use external devices through HDMI.) The Mars 2 runs Android 7.1, the Mars Lite is just a regular (non-"smart") projector with no internal OS (requires an external video source.)
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Aug 18, 2018 23:01
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So I just picked up a PG279Q and I think I might actually take it back and get the TN version. The colors are pretty but holy poo poo the glow around the corners is terrible when watching or playing anything slightly dark. My 5 year old TN panel never had that issue. I think that I would much rather have more limited viewing angles as I only use the monitor sitting at my desk. Color accuracy isn't important to me at all either.
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Aug 19, 2018 01:06
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LASER BEAM DREAM posted:Holy gently caress, I hate you for doing this to me. I just reinstalled GTA V this weekend, and now I know what it feels like to play in an ultrawide aspect ratio. The cool part with OLED if youre playing in the dark the black bars pretty much blend in anyway. Honestly looks even better than when I had an ultrawide because OLED TVs are superior to anything else let alone monitors.
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Aug 19, 2018 06:44
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I could be wrong but there aren't any high refresh rate, low latency OLED monitors on the market. Are there?
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Aug 19, 2018 07:02
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Partial Octopus posted:I could be wrong but there aren't any high refresh rate, low latency OLED monitors on the market. Are there? The LG B7a can run 1080p at 120hz and thats what I have been playing Monster Hunter on. Looks really clean and clear. Rtings lists input lag at 21.7ms which is really good for a tv but not the lowest I think the TCL 600 series has the lowest ms. With HDMI 2.1 coming theres probably going be TVs possibly OLEDS that run 4k at 120hz. Which is going to be amaze balls.
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Aug 19, 2018 08:21
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How big of a mistake am I about to make? Two BenQ 27" QHD IPS PD2700Q monitors with the AmazonBasics Premium Dual Monitor Stand. Are the cheaper monitor arms as good?
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Atomizer posted:Not monitors, but display-related: Anker's Nebula line of portable projectors is on sale today. These are all small, battery-powered, HD+ DLP projectors. Their newest one, the Capsule, isn't part of this sale. Their oldest projector, the Mars, has the best image quality but the oldest software (Android 4.4, but you can use external devices through HDMI.) The Mars 2 runs Android 7.1, the Mars Lite is just a regular (non-"smart") projector with no internal OS (requires an external video source.) Believe it or not, there's actually a Projector Megathread.
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Zero VGS posted:Believe it or not, there's actually a Projector Megathread. Noted for future reference, thanks. Now this is all moot because the one-day sale is over, but FYI I had to dig to find the projector thread; it's not indexed in Alereon's thread and actually isn't in SHSC at all, it's in IYG (sharing a link next time would be helpful.) Also before I posted here, that thread had been dormant for over a month, so as far as relevance and visibility are concerned, I'm still OK with sharing that info in this thread because it's still relevant and more likely to help someone from a wider audience.
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FunOne posted:How big of a mistake am I about to make? The more I think about it, the more I think I want 4k. I spent all day in front of these monitors, I want them to be high quality and sharp. If I game, which is rarely, I need it to work (can't have 50ms of input lag or something), but high performance is a computer problem I can solve in the future. Now I'm looking at the BenQ 27" 4k IPS GW2764HT, but should I be looking at the newest Dell in that size range? Or something from Acer or LG?
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Aug 20, 2018 15:15
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So, I may just be a dummy or missing something, but do they not make 24" monitors that are (1) 144hz-refresh, (2) G-Sync, and (3) IPS? I can find 27" and bigger, but I don't really need/want a huge darn monitor due to desk size and personal preference. (Use profile is gaming, office work stuff, and occasional movies. Even though I do sit near to the screen usually, I'm worried about the angle problems from TN)
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The Lemondrop Dandy posted:So, I may just be a dummy or missing something, but do they not make 24" monitors that are (1) 144hz-refresh, (2) G-Sync, and (3) IPS? https://www.blurbusters.com/gsync/list-of-gsync-monitors/ Sort by size and you'll see IPS G-sync monitors are not that abundant.
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The Lemondrop Dandy posted:So, I may just be a dummy or missing something, but do they not make 24" monitors that are (1) 144hz-refresh, (2) G-Sync, and (3) IPS? They really don’t seem to. I was looking for exactly that and eventually gave up. I ended up dropping the IPS and going with a good Dell TN that was still 144 hz and gsync . I have a 1080p dell IPS and while I can tell the IPS color is a little better, the 144hz and 1440p resolution more than make up for it. Granted, I use it almost exclusively for gaming. There seems to be a wasteland of cost where if you want gsync 144hz 1440p IPS panel you’re gonna have to drop at least $500, and that’s with a decent sale. I got my 24 dell TN for a little over 300. I was pretty nervous about going from IPS to TN but my understanding is that good TN is a lot better than it used to be.
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I asked about the same thing a page back or so. I wound up going with an ASUS PG279Q. I am pleased with the picture and response time, but I want to get into streaming and now I'm worried about gaming at 1440p when trying to stream at 1080p.
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Is there a 27" 2560x1440 IPS with 144hz refresh rate that has color/brightness on par with a U2715H?
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The Lemondrop Dandy posted:So, I may just be a dummy or missing something, but do they not make 24" monitors that are (1) 144hz-refresh, (2) G-Sync, and (3) IPS? My acer 27" is only an inch and a half wider than my older dell 24". Thin bezels are huge
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BlackMK4 posted:Is there a 27" 2560x1440 IPS with 144hz refresh rate that has color/brightness on par with a U2715H? Probably. According to this the U2715H comes with Brightness 350cd/m2, Contrast 1000:1 and covers 99% of the sRGB color gamut. This one has the same stats except Asus claims 100% of sRGB. Add another $150 and you get G-Sync as well.
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Drakhoran posted:Probably. According to this the U2715H comes with Brightness 350cd/m2, Contrast 1000:1 and covers 99% of the sRGB color gamut. This one has the same stats except Asus claims 100% of sRGB. Add another $150 and you get G-Sync as well. Do not buy the PG279Q. It's loving garbage. I went through 3 of them this weekend before returning it for a refund. They all had terrible backlight bleed as well as stuck pixels. https://imgur.com/kiyVU7t After some research, I learned that all of the 27" 1440P 144hz refresh rate panels are made by LG. They all have this issue. So I would definitely stay away from them at the moment.
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Partial Octopus posted:Do not buy the PG279Q. It's loving garbage. I went through 3 of them this weekend before returning it for a refund. They all had terrible backlight bleed as well as stuck pixels. I have the PG279Q and got lucky on my first roll, because I have neither of those problems, however I have it sitting next to a Dell U2718Q, and its absurd how much better the color looks on the Dell. Of course that monitor has its own issues, since you can't leave a window on it for more than 2 minutes without having that stuck on the screen until you manage to work out the ghost with moving content.
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A dark spot started appearing suddenly on the bottom of my 2012 VS248. It dissapears when I turn the monitor off and on but will come back after 10-20 minutes of usage. Is it dying? You can see it here against a solid color background for contrast. 
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Partial Octopus posted:Do not buy the PG279Q. It's loving garbage. I went through 3 of them this weekend before returning it for a refund. They all had terrible backlight bleed as well as stuck pixels. Aw, drat. Thanks for the heads up, for sure.
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Pole of Mars posted:A dark spot started appearing suddenly on the bottom of my 2012 VS248. It dissapears when I turn the monitor off and on but will come back after 10-20 minutes of usage. One of the LEDs lighting the panel is dying.
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8-bit Miniboss posted:One of the LEDs lighting the panel is dying. drat, thanks. I guess I'm gonna start shopping for a new one.
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