TV vs Monitor for GAMING

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For gaming, your display is your window into the virtual world, so it’s pretty important to use a good one. In this video I want to walk you through the age-old debate - TV, or monitor? There are pros and cons to both, so coupled with my rather thorough testing with my very own open source response time tool, let me walk you through which is for you!

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[Djuane]

After gaming on a tv for the past 20 years i have realized ive been gaming wrong this entire time. I got a 27” AOC 180hz monitor and its night and day difference performance wise and it immediately made me better by about 15%. I say casual gamers are fine on a TV but if you are very competitive than 1000% get a monitor, dont wait too long like i did.

[dbgt]

Granted I don't play competitive games but I got a 65 inch Hisense U7K a couple months ago and i'll never go back to a small monitor. 4k 144 hz plus gsync compatible. I got it on sale for $650 so the price wasn't even that bad.

[Demonoid]

I'm working on a new setup in my room. Going with the Sony Bravia 9 here eventually. A bit pricey, but it'll be my "all in one" screen. I don't watch cable or buy movies. Everything I use to entertain myself is on PC be it games, streaming, music, whatever. That and I've wanted to do an HTPC setup for awhile now.

Haven't had a proper desktop setup in years. Been an OTR trucker for the last 10 years. So for quite awhile I've just had a laptop. But that'll be changing soon as I'm working on getting into local work so I'll be home everyday and actually get weekends off lol.

My bed will be my couch, and I'll have everything positioned around it. Getting rid of the big ole desk I had in my room has opened up a lot of floor space. Getting an 85" screen will allow for a much more relaxed setup, just flop on the bed, pull my rolling table up, and enjoy.

I usually only upgrade my setup about once every 5 years or so. It should last me a while going all high end with bleeding edge components fresh to the market. Until now I've always stuck to more of a budget. But after a decade of trucking I've actually got some cash to burn this time around. Going for the ultimate "lazy old man" setup lol. 🤤👍

[hugoleonardo]

To be honest, I feel that the best display is more situational. Like if you have a couple friends or someone else on the house, a couch TV experience can be better due comfort, size and often social aspect that can provide. TVs themselves often aren't great even for work, study or reading. Their density and size often provides bad experience for distances like 30cm-90cm which monitors offer a better way to experience at that and the possibility of curved displays on it. While I get that competitive games, response times can give you an edge, at same time competitive games don't offer much value on the long run, unless you are focusing on being a pro or something. I mean is cool for sometime due gauging your limits, but realistic folks eventually shifts the competitive aspect of it to just fun, which is often the ultimate goal folks seek in games and which competitive aspects or competitive modes not always pairs well with it. If I play a party game I would rather have a TV, if I play some RTS by example I would rather have a monitor, if I play a Turn-Based RPG I would rather use a smaller screen like phone or switch or steamdeck or even a laptop. About response times, I would reason that I would rather find more enjoyable a stable experience than actually low or high response times, I mean the human brain is an amazing to adapt to several stuff if is consistent enough and online games also have another variable like network latency that most places are on the 80-150ms realm easily. I would rather look for HDR or something compatible with my needs like size, panel type, inputs, features. I mean maybe is me, but I don't see PC/Consoles as simple tools only for gaming anymore, instead a set of tools to provide entertainment and fun, that occasionally can to productive tasks too.

[philiphansen]

I enjoy both worlds. My pc is connected to an ultrawide monitor and my 4k Philips tv. So depending on what I’m playing I’ll just change display on the fly.

[anddo]

Great video!
The OLED monitor revolution came a little too late for me. I purchased my current display when PC monitors were still lacking in key features. I own a 42" Sony A90K as my TV/monitor (8.5ms in put lag, VRR, 120HZ, Gsync) all the gaming features of a PC monitor. I could go down to a 32" Asus OLED monitor. But it's not a practical purchase with my current TV/monitor.

[justyours]

Nice video but can u also include a "high-end tv" lile compare a 40 inch LG C3 to a 40 inch monitor with the same features (mainly VRR, HDR, 120HZ)

[Kapono]

I think 32 inch is the sweet spot if you play single player games. Anything bigger, gives me a headache

[Monster-Abee]

Gaming at a distance doesn't feel good to me. I play on both but monitor feels more connected.

[kyledodson]

I like both, but the glory of my entire living room looking like an Atom bomb just went off from the 65” is another level lol

[UsernameSeamanJizz]

I’m running a Ultra gaming monitor “27” 240hz 1ms response time XboxSX

[Pillokun]

I would argue that u want a monitor with high refresh-rate, why because the higher frame the easier it is to place your car where u want. each fps is a given distance u travel after all and u get more precise where to brake and so on. for instance if u travel at 250kph that means u travel 69m/s and then u do your won math :P too early but I have done a look up table for all that for when I was arguing about this topic with my sime race friends :D

[Juice_VI]

I appreciate the video but you didn’t test any new TVs with input lag close to monitors, VRR, good response times etc etc.

[yosonricky]

Instructions unclear, just bought both.

[quranbriggs]

I’m from the us when he says his tv was 300lbs I was like wth oh right uk money 🤣💀2:04

[eliotanderson]

Searched title and found an old channel i knew

[MothproofKT]

I play competitive games where input lag is what matters most for me.
I’ve got spine surgery coming up and wanted to get a new TV to play from my bed whilst recovering. But is there a TV with the 1ms input delay my current monitor has?
That’s the question I really want to find the answer to.

Anyone know if this even exists?

[TOoLoUd]

So monitors are good for sports games?

[xqspx]

Playback at 1.25x if you value your time
Otherwise good vid

[DieIndruk]

@TechteamGB; What about something like the Hisense U8K Tv being paired with a strong 4080 RTX as an example? 55", 4k, 144Hz, G-Sync, 280Hz @ 1080p, HDMI 2.1, HD10+ etc etc?

I'm comparing this to the Dell 32Q2332G - it's slightly more expensive than the TV, also 4K, 144Hz etc, but only 32", not QLED, and has no onboard processor. Only 'positive' I know of is the 1.4 DP on the Dell, but that's less bandwith than using the true 2.1 to 2.1 48Gb/s HDMI, even though the HDMI carries both Audio and Visual data, unlike the 1.4 DP, it can handle it.

What to do? I have a few months before my tower build is complete, would like to make up my mind by then and any help would be super appreciated 🙌🏼