The Ultimate Monitor Guide | Refresh rate, Resolution & More!

🎮 The Ultimate Guide to Monitors – Everything You Need to Know!

Looking for the perfect monitor but confused by refresh rates, resolutions, and panel types? This guide breaks it all down so you can make the right choice for gaming, work, or content creation!

💻 Tips Covered:
✅ Resolutions
✅ Panel types
✅ Refresh rates
✅ Pricing & Brands

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Times:

Intro: 00:00 - 01:30
Resolution: 01:30 - 2:14
Refresh Rates: 2:14 - 3:36
Panel Types: 3:36 - 5:18
Brands & Price: 5:18 - 6:22
Outro: 6:22 - 7:07

[filipmajewski]

I’ll give you some feedback (I’m a editor in Poland). You need to show more visuals related to the topic you’re talking about in your video. This way, it will be much easier for the viewer to understand and stay engaged. Of course, you can show yourself, but you should mix it up frequently with other visuals. I have no bad intentions—just trying to help. Good luck with your channel!

[ibuiltit]

I have to say, Great job on this video.😊. I can tell you definitely did a lot of research and made this very well. I use middle of the road monitors. 1440p and IPS. Which works great for my content creation and gaming. Without breaking my budget. Have a good one

[Sapper_gaming]

I started with 120hz then 144hz tn 1080p, but been gaming on 1080p tn 240hz for the longest! At the end of 2023 i switched to 24"(not 27") 1440p IPS 165hz AOC (this is for me next best after my OLED)

January 2025, i switched over to 27" QD-OLED 1440p 360hz, and i been loving it since!

The only thing i would change is the screen size, yes i have got used to 27" monitor, but i still prefer 24/25" monitors!

[Butcherbg]

I were hesitant if I should write a comment or not. ~I kind of will...
Two things. First I think actually there is such thing as "Native Resolution per Size" But right after "the staple" (which is obviously obsolete, but it is good as "measuring unit" things become ~very smirky, for me at least. Here`s what I mean and why I am saying it. 1920x1080 (the default HD) expands to 21` monitor pixel by pixel with like what I assume and <should be> standard pixel size for PC monitors. Those are very small but still visible pixels if you stick your face into it (More on that later). Now if it were >not< <<hardware>> pixels ~Like Old CRTs you could put a higher resolution on the same monitor surface are <that> would make the Icons smaller... However... in the Hardware Pixel for Pixel world (rather than the light emitting "cannon" at the back of the vacuum tube) the >>only<< resolution and refresh rate (I think, not sure about the refresh rate in terms of ~"fixing it lower", which should be possible, but higher ~not really, old CRTs could be "ran" at different refresh rates as well) your monitor support is the one it`s made for on it`s "size". So from this "metric unit" there are options (where the unclearness begins)... If you go larger size... 27 as an example... but it is 1080p... I think that makes <the physical> pixels <Larger> than the standard (kind of like a TV I guess) to cover larger area with same count... that makes them unpleasantly visible... However... If you increase the surface area <and> the resolution to ~1440 for 27` I think... That gives you <Exactly the Same> pixel size as in 1080p but on larger surface... which obviously gives you ~More to Look @. And what I also recons happen out of it is that... the Icons are <exactly the same size> but they might visually look smaller... residing on larger surface... Otherwise they are pixel by pixel 1:1... and if you move a shortcut from your 1440 to your 1080 for as long as they are 27 (I assume, because I am not sure what actual native size for 27 is) you are gonna observe exactly identical icon in the transition. At least I think you should strive to obtain Monitors that "allow" for that to be true. However... 4k Makes things ~weird. Now there the surface area is huge if expanded to real Pixel By Pixel... so we are talking TV sized things for the 1080p Pixel size (I think). What that gives is <more> pixels per surface area ~even on let`s say ~31.. .than there are on 27 x 1440 or 21 x 1080. Which makes it well... for better looking picture. Namely, even if you stuff your face in the monitor, your bare human eye, still possibly will not be able to see an individual pixel. You can do an experiment with your cell phone. Most modern day androids have resolutions vastly larger in Pixel Count than Surface Area... try seeing an individual Pixel on picture with resolution same as the native of your phone... Pretty impossible for me at least... That`s what 4k Monitors give and I am sure is awesome... IF (that leads to my second part of the talk)... Your Hardware can run that resolution <and> on them high refresh rates.
I am a potato gamer and I am on both 1080p (21`) and it is 60hz. That is with V sync, but my PC even if Vsync removed (which with some of the modern software shannanigans is still not tearing, which I cannot exactly explain how, considering it is physical limitation of the monitor as a hardware) cannot pump even 120 FPS flat... It goes like ~in between 100 and 90 and that is on like 70% of the not so demanding situations... There are like 5% of the time within the game I play (it is an mmorpg so yes it involves multiple people spamming stuffs at once) I cannot even keep my meager 60hz maxed. So there is exactly 0 point in obtaining High Refresh Rate monitor (in regardless of the resolution, but more = harder and more expensive) if you cannot actually pump the FPSes for that Refresh Rate. For example I have decent 27 x 1440p @ 180hz monitor offer I can somewhat afford... But without the GPU upgrade that will spank me in the pocket too hard for now... I will get only tilt as a result. The increase of the resolution will drop those 90 ~ 100 FPS on 1080p (that I don`t actually use with Vsynced 60hz) to like ~Idk 60 to 70 @ best... on 180hz refresh rate monitor. Why do I need 180hz "beast" if my Rig can deliver it like 60hz... But obviously 1440p 60hz monitors probably A) do not exist... B)... yes I obviously am tempted to go at least 120 out of them 180 on 1440p with better GPU... that of course will strain my current CPU... which is Air Cooled so I might have to consider Liquid if I want it to last... and onward it goes...

[aquastreak]

I am eating a chocolate chip cookie while watching this video… hell yeah

[SoloKyoto]

"Tech mother" is a wild statement. 😂

[theshakyproject]

I have a 4K monitor from Sceptre that I bought almost five years ago. It's 27 inches at 60Hz, which suits me just fine. I'm not currently a PC gamer but if I decide to venture into it, there's a good chance I'll go for that same brand again.

[altonstolfus]

I have the bog standard monitor when it comes to gaming monitors.

A led, 1080p, 144hz monitor.

[VaderDabs]

Msi mag 27cq6f is the sweet spot for an intro monitor. 180hz 1440p is all you need. 240hz is for the sweats

[gavinmartin]

I've decided on the Alienware AW3423DW.

[KiloWattPlays]

I know alienware is overrated but I'm really loving my AW3423DWF ultrawide 1440p HDR QD oled. its my second ultrawide and im never going back:D

[BiigWhisper]

Went with Asus swift QD-OLED 4K 240hz. Never looked back

[theepastglass]

I have heard great reviews about the galax vivance-01 it has a IPS panel and 1440p and 165hz might get when I get my gaming pc

[choc]

can we get a update on the preggo yorkie pls

[matt-dw]

I'm looking to upgrade from my philips 346p1crh (34 inch 21:9, 100hz, 1440p, VA).
Since I went ultrawide I can't go back. I also require a KVM with usb c, a refresh rate of 144hz+, and a screen size of more than 34 inches due to the monitor being about 2.5ft away on my desk. That gives me like... 5 options at best, most of them around £1000 or more, lol.
Trying to decide whether to splash out on a 45 inch 240hz oled or get by with a 40 inch 144hz IPS to save a few hundred £.

[Future_Priest_Harrison]

I bought two years ago, a 1080p 60 hz monitor for $265 aud

[Mrshoop]

Oled is the best but expensive ips is good for colour accuracy and viewing angles but bad response time only high end ones are only good va is a good middle ground between ips and tn speaking of which tn has bad colour accuracy but very good response time 1080p is the best for high fps like 240 hz or higher like 540 or 480hz 1440p is good good fps and good looking 4k is lower fps max is 240hz using a display port 2.1 cable and

[eric]

hello hope you're doing well, can anyone recommend a 32' 1440p OLED??

[imNOTaYOUTUBER]

Did we game before on a minecraft server you made ?

[silas-ppdb]

Soooo, this was great but if you want to get a 2nd monitor you prolly want it to like leave Discord open while your gaming in which you DO NOT NEED OVER 1880p. Unless you are gaming on both monitors at the same time then don't waste your money to get a 1440p for Discord plus I bet 90% of the people watching this don't even have a pc that will support 1440p or even make over 60Hz. But besides that great video, your super gorgeous too btw!