What size screen is too big for a monitor?

[Enderman]

2 minutes ago, KenjiUmino said:

tell that to my TV in the living room ... i guess that one didn't get the memo. 

 

then again ... it was on sale for only 250 bucks - wich is about as much as i paid for two 27" monitors together and they DO kick the snot out of the TV on lag and quality (and out of most other TVs i seen so far)

Then it probably doesn't have a real PC mode like higher end tvs do, which is why it sucks at quality and input lag.

The best tvs to use with a PC are mostly samsung.

[Catsrules]

8 minutes ago, Enderman said:

I don't think you know what peripheral vision is.

Did you ever think about the reason why people game on 3 or 6 monitors?

Your getting confused on peripheral vision vs field of view. On a monitor that is too big your going to be using your peripheral vision on locations that are not meant to be peripheral vision. Because in most FPS your field of view is exactly what it would be on the same as the aspect ratio smaller monitor. However that said, some FPS do let you mess with FOV settings. So you could probably fix some of those issues by changing that setting. However it will distort the image on all of the edges of the screen. 

 

As someone who does game on 3 monitors the two side monitors are setup to be peripherals vision monitors only. A proper triple monitor supported game will distort the two side monitors image so your peripheral vision will match the game peripherals. You also don't have any status information, health, ammo, speed dial etc on the two side monitors. Everything you need is in the center monitor (on a good game the supports multi monitor). You should never be looking at the side monitors they are only for peripheral vision. 

 

A giant screen it is just a big center monitor all of your status information is all over the place,  and your field of view is exactly what it would be on the same as the aspect ratio smaller monitor. (At least in the FPS).

 

[KenjiUmino]

Just now, Enderman said:

Then it probably doesn't have a real PC mode like higher end tvs do, which is why it sucks at quality and input lag.

The best tvs to use with a PC are mostly samsung.

samsung? they can't even make monitors that don't self destruct

[Enderman]

2 minutes ago, Catsrules said:

Your getting confused on peripheral vision vs field of view. On a monitor that is too big your going to be using your peripheral vision on locations that are not meant to be peripheral vision. Because in most FPS your field of view is exactly what it would be on the same as the aspect ratio smaller monitor. However that said, some FPS do let you mess with FOV settings. So you could probably fix some of those issues by changing that setting. However it will distort the image on all of the edges of the screen. 

 

As someone who does game on 3 monitors the two side monitors are setup to be peripherals vision monitors only. A proper triple monitor supported game will distort the two side monitors image so your peripheral vision will match the game peripherals. You also don't have any status information, health, ammo, speed dial etc on the two side monitors. Everything you need is in the center monitor (on a good game the supports multi monitor). You should never be looking at the side monitors they are only for peripheral vision. 

 

A giant screen it is just a big center monitor all of your status information is all over the place,  and your field of view is exactly what it would be on the same as the aspect ratio smaller monitor. (At least in the FPS).

 

For fps it might not be best, since you want all the visual info in your fovea, however it does allow you to see smaller details more clearly due to the larger physical screen size, and peripheral vision is also more sensitive to motion.

The main reason tvs aren't used for fps is because they're all 60hz, and for competitive fps people want 144 or higher.

 

For non-fps games, it's extremely immersive, way better than ultrawide or triple monitors.

It's basically like a "wall of 6", but without the bezels

 

1 minute ago, KenjiUmino said:

samsung? they can't even make monitors that don't self destruct

As I expected, you have no idea about using tvs as monitors.

[KenjiUmino]

3 minutes ago, Enderman said:

As I expected, you have no idea about using tvs as monitors.

i have a samsung S27A350H monitor where the firmware corrupted on its own. can't reflash because the samsung flashing tool does not do what it is supposed to. and i am not the only one this happened to. what does samsung do? nothing!

 

that and some experience with samsung phones and tablets is enough for me to know not to buy anything samsung again. 

 

at least i can keep the panel because the driver board i ripped from some LG monitor with a smashed screen happens to be compatible. 

 

 

 

 

 

[pyrojoe34]

It's all personal preference. There is not "too big" but the metric that matter most is PPI. The bigger the screen the higher the resolution needs to be to maintain a crisp image (or you need to sit further from it, in which case you'd be better off with a smaller one closer to you).

 

Before I upgraded to a 27" 1440p 144hz G-sync monitor (which I love), I was using a 43" 4k TV and I really enjoyed it. It fill your field of view, makes for immersive gaming, and has a ton of real-estate for productivity. I personally like a larger screen, for me a 27" is the smallest I would like to go. My next upgrade (not any time soon) would likely be a 34-38" 21:9 ultrawide (1440p, 1600p, or, when available, 2160p), or something like a 30-32" 4k 16:9.