Tv Vs Computer monitor?

[GrizzlyBear0]

so a few days ago a computer store owner told me don't get a monitor but get a TV Screen with the same specs for my computer. he was like it's better and balalalalalala without explaining anything.

so is it true a tv screen better then a monitor?...... if yes then why? if no then why not. just here for knowledge

[Glenwing]

Generally speaking TVs have higher latency than monitors, though some newer TVs are better about this. Their markets don't really overlap much to be honest; if you want a smaller screen suitable for desktop use, most TVs in that size range are low quality extremely budget oriented units. It's very difficult to find a high quality TV in the 24" class size, whereas there are plenty of very good monitors. If you want a 60" screen you'll be looking at from across the room on a couch on the other hand, there are almost no monitors in that size class, your choices are limited mostly to TVs.

[GrizzlyBear0]

4 minutes ago, Glenwing said:

Generally speaking TVs have higher latency than monitors, though some newer TVs are better about this. Their markets don't really overlap much to be honest; if you want a smaller screen suitable for desktop use, most TVs in that size range are low quality extremely budget oriented units. It's very difficult to find a high quality TV in the 24" class size, whereas there are plenty of very good monitors. If you want a 60" screen you'll be looking at from across the room on a couch on the other hand, there are almost no monitors in that size class, your choices are limited mostly to TVs.

"It's very difficult to find a high quality TV in the 24" class size"

how are they limited to tvs then when i only want 24 size.? isn't a monitor better for size 24?

[Xander Cousins]

umm I can't give much detail on this but from personal experience to me yes. TBF I was gaming on a 4:3 monitor before I moved to a 27" curved screen TV. I do notice latency from time to time but majority of the time it is fairly responsive and provides great detail. 

 

Again I wouldn't go off what I given as my prior display was a 4:3 monitor so anything was gonna be better than that  

[Glenwing]

2 minutes ago, GrizzlyBear0 said:

"It's very difficult to find a high quality TV in the 24" class size"

how are they limited to tvs then when i only want 24 size.? isn't a monitor better for size 24?

Yes, like I said, it's difficult to find high quality 24" TVs. So for that size, you would look for a monitor.

[GrizzlyBear0]

Just now, Glenwing said:

Yes, like I said, it's difficult to find high quality 24" TVs. So for that size, you would look for a monitor.

a lot of people said for 1928x1080  resolution. a 24 size is perfect 27 is overkill or some bull sht

either gtx 1060 6gb or 980 ti or 1070 [one of these graphic cards] but i made my mind up on size 24. since apparent;y it's best. but what do you think about size 27?

[Nocte]

1 minute ago, GrizzlyBear0 said:

a lot of people said for 1928x1080  resolution. a 24 size is perfect 27 is overkill or some bull sht

either gtx 1060 6gb or 980 ti or 1070 [one of these graphic cards] but i made my mind up on size 24. since apparent;y it's best. but what do you think about size 27?

It depends from how far you sit from the screen really. I sit around 0.5m away and 24" is max I can use, else I won't see the edges of the monitor. 

[GrizzlyBear0]

Just now, Eibe said:

It depends from how far you sit from the screen really. I sit around 0.5m away and 24" is max I can use, else I won't see the edges of the monitor. 

ah. i sit pretty close 

[Glenwing]

18 minutes ago, GrizzlyBear0 said:

a lot of people said for 1928x1080  resolution. a 24 size is perfect 27 is overkill or some bull sht

either gtx 1060 6gb or 980 ti or 1070 [one of these graphic cards] but i made my mind up on size 24. since apparent;y it's best. but what do you think about size 27?

Depends on viewing distance. At normal desktop distance I think 27" is too large for 1080p, but it's a matter of preference too. I use a 25" 1440p monitor.

[userzero]

TV's for living room, Monitors for desks

 

Could not deal with a high latency crappy refresh rate blurry TV. Monitor's will always be better for PC work. IMO.

 

I do have a media center PC and a 50" Sony TV in my living though with wireless keyboard and mouse setup etc but as others have said, that's the norm. I'm a good 3m away from it.

[AshleyAshes]

For my own personal needs, TV's not 'waking up' on signal input is a downside too.  I put my computer to sleep or turn it off and then all my go to sleep and sip 0.5w, the compute powers up and the screens all jump to life.  No need to press the power button on every monitor.  Meanwhile a TV would blink 'No Signal' for 15mins or so, turn itself, off, and stay off till I press power again.

[Majinhoju]

What will you be doing with it?  If you're going to be playing anything that'll benefit from low latency/input lag (like fps games) I'd go with a monitor.  If it's just casual gaming and viewing media a tv would be fine.

[Siskofan]

4 hours ago, AshleyAshes said:

For my own personal needs, TV's not 'waking up' on signal input is a downside too.  I put my computer to sleep or turn it off and then all my go to sleep and sip 0.5w, the compute powers up and the screens all jump to life.  No need to press the power button on every monitor.  Meanwhile a TV would blink 'No Signal' for 15mins or so, turn itself, off, and stay off till I press power again.

Not entirely true. My tv is by LG and will go into a powersave mode when my pc shuts down or turns off the display.

 

To answer the OP another question is if you game competitively in fast paced games like shooters, go for a monitor because tv's traditionally have a really low response rate. Otherwise for single player gaming, or games where quick reactions aren't critical I'd base the choice more on what was already said namely, distance from the screen and resolution.

[Majinhoju]

Forgot ask, what refresh rate do you want to game on? 

Even though I'd be comfier sitting back and gaming on my 60hz tv with my feet up in the recliner, I mostly game on my 144hz monitor for the ultra smooth framerates.

 

My TV is 46" and my monitor is 24".  I like to use my TV for watching and my monitor for playing.

[Shane86]

I'd say you need to look at what size you're going for, and the DPI/PPI.

As others have mentioned here, latency will likely be worse on a TV vs even a standard monitor, saying nothing about high refresh gaming monitors.

 

But if you expect to use it as a daily work station, then you're looking more at the DPI/ppi numbers. 

Using this handy dandy website: https://www.sven.de/dpi/ it's pretty easy to do some comparison of resolution vs size impact on monitor PPI.

For instance, a 24" 1080p display has a PPI of 91.79, and is maybe a bit grainy, but acceptable for sitting at a desk 1-2 ft away.
a 46" 4k TV on the other hand, will have a PPI of 95.78, so actually look clearer at the same distance, and give you significantly more workspace than the 1080p display if you're scaling both to 100%

 

I'm getting tempted to pull the trigger on this experiment myself for my work laptop. A 42" 4k tv is available in the $200-300 range now, and would be the rough equivalent of having 4 21" 1080p monitors in a 2x2 grid pattern but with more flexibility as there will be no bezels to combat.

 

[dizmo]

14 hours ago, GrizzlyBear0 said:

a lot of people said for 1928x1080  resolution. a 24 size is perfect 27 is overkill or some bull sht

either gtx 1060 6gb or 980 ti or 1070 [one of these graphic cards] but i made my mind up on size 24. since apparent;y it's best. but what do you think about size 27?

It's not bullshit, it's their personal opinion...which is all you're going to get for a question like this, since it's largely based on a persons perspective.

Personally, I think 24" is as big as 1080p should go, and at 27" it's too blurry. My dad thinks it's fine.

The size of the monitor has no effect on your GPU performance, only resolution does.

 

As for the TV debate, it's already been said but you won't really find small sized TVs that are worth it. They're generally priced higher because they have additional components. Just get a computer monitor and do it right, unless you're looking at something 40" or larger.

[Shane86]

After thinking about this stuff for a day or so, i remembered we have a Vizio 4k 39.5 display in my office somwhere..
Did some digging this morning, and managed to hunt it down. 

After some serious color correcting, i've been using it most of the day.

 

My hypothesis on the DPI was effectively correct. This is not a high end panel by any estimate, but it doesn't look worse pixel/graininess than my Apple Cinema HD Display.. the color sucks though.. i really need a calibrator.

 

6 windows is pretty damn nice. It's a lot of working space, but it's hard to organize. Sure, you can windows snap to 1080p segments in 4 corners, but it feels like wasted space.. Manually organizing windows to get to the 6 panel layout is a bit of a pain.. need to see if there's some way to customize the snap to different dimensions, sectors, etc..

 

There's also a fair bit of head turning, but actually less than my 3 wide normal monitor setup, but there's a bit more up and down. A stand of some sort would likely help significantly.

 

The whole thing's being driven off my laptop (on the right) through my thunderbolt dock from plugless.

[Billiam42]

Viewing Distance matters more on a tv than a monitor you can see pixels the close you get to a tv more. - Go monitor