Monitors: A Bright Beginning

[teddy710]

I know very little about what makes a monitor work and why it is good or bad. Can someone help me out and inform me of what makes a monitor amazing and what to look for when shopping around online? Thanks!

[Stardar1]

4 minutes ago, teddy710 said:

Thank!

...just gonna leave that there. 

 

Things I look for:

Make sure the screen fits your application, IPS screens are good for some things (gaming) and make very little difference for others.

Generally I go for either 1920x1080 or 1440x2560 resolution, widescreen and 4k are also viable. 

Low response time is key, anything under 10 ms won't be noticeable. 

Other than that, depends what you're doing and on your graphics card. 

[Savir]

10 minutes ago, teddy710 said:

I know very little about what makes a monitor work and why it is good or bad. Can someone help me out and inform me of what makes a monitor amazing and what to look for when shopping around online? Thank!

It just matters about features for the price. G-sync(for Nvidia GPU)/Free-sync(for AMD GPUs), IPS/TN(IPS is usually a must), resolution(1080p-4K), response time(5ms or lower) , and screen size(23 inches and above) are the main things to look like. 

 

 

 

 

[teddy710]

4 minutes ago, Stardar1 said:

...just gonna leave that there. 

 

Things I look for:

Make sure the screen fits your application, IPS screens are good for some things (gaming) and make very little difference for others.

Generally I go for either 1920x1080 or 1440x2560 resolution, widescreen and 4k are also viable. 

Low response time is key, anything under 10 ms won't be noticeable. 

Other than that, depends what you're doing and on your graphics card. 

Oh that brings something else up can you explain all the numbers you told me about?

[Stardar1]

4 minutes ago, teddy710 said:

Oh that brings something else up can you explain all the numbers you told me about?

haha ok. 

 

monitor specs:

 

Resolution - the number of pixels, higher is better, but harder to run, 1920x1080 (width by height) is pretty much standard at this point. 

 

Screen Size - the length of the diagonal of the screen, but keep in mind that as the screen gets bigger, the pixels will get bigger unless you increase resolution as well. 

 

Response time - pretty simple, the time between when the PC says to put something on the screen and the screen does it, anything under 20 milliseconds (ms) won't be noticeable. 

 

Frequency (also called Refresh Rate) - Measured in Hertz (Hz), this is how many times per second the screen will update, 60 is standard, but 90, 120 and 144 Hz monitors are available. 

 

EDIT: I recommend nothing bigger than 25" for 1920x1080, and nothing bigger than 30" for 1440x2560

 

Also, those resolutions are in a 16:9 aspect ration (the ratio of the width to the height), Widescreen monitors are also available at larger ratios (they will be wider). 

 

 

[Glenwing]

4 hours ago, Stardar1 said:

haha ok. 

 

monitor specs:

 

Resolution - the number of pixels, higher is better, but harder to run, 1920x1080 (width by height) is pretty much standard at this point. 

 

Screen Size - the length of the diagonal of the screen, but keep in mind that as the screen gets bigger, the pixels will get bigger unless you increase resolution as well. 

 

Response time - pretty simple, the time between when the PC says to put something on the screen and the screen does it, anything under 20 milliseconds (ms) won't be noticeable. 

 

Frequency (also called Refresh Rate) - Measured in Hertz (Hz), this is how many times per second the screen will update, 60 is standard, but 90, 120 and 144 Hz monitors are available. 

 

EDIT: I recommend nothing bigger than 25" for 1920x1080, and nothing bigger than 30" for 1440x2560

 

Also, those resolutions are in a 16:9 aspect ration (the ratio of the width to the height), Widescreen monitors are also available at larger ratios (they will be wider). 

 

 

That is not what response time is. That's called latency. Response time is the time between when the monitor starts changing the image and when it finishes changing the image. The delay before the monitor starts changing the image is not response time. This is a common myth.

[Stardar1]

10 hours ago, Glenwing said:

That is not what response time is. That's called latency. Response time is the time between when the monitor starts changing the image and when it finishes changing the image. The delay before the monitor starts changing the image is not response time. This is a common myth.

My mistake.