Monitor for Gaming

antijoke · 24 Mar 2010 at 10:40

I have been toying with the idea recently of buying a 22"/24" monitor to hook my PS3/360 upto so I can game whilst the missus watches TV.

Does anybody do this here? Am I going to struggle with screen size compared to playing on my 32" TV?

antijoke · 24 Mar 2010 at 12:13

Nismo said:
If you can stretch to something like a 27" that would be better. I found 24" too small for gaming, even from a couple of feet away.

That is my main concern, even sitting close to the monitor it's going to be too small.

antijoke · 24 Mar 2010 at 12:32

Mr Latte said:
I use 3 iiyama 2407 models on my cockpit with FM3 and upcoming GT5
Decent monitors full 1080p, affordable, include hdmi and work with PS3 as well.

Prices have really come down lots in the last few years.
These are usually about £170 but of course others will be even cheaper.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-051-IY

Is that what you have? It doesn't list HDMI as a connection.....

antijoke · 24 Mar 2010 at 14:08

Bah the B2409HDS (does anyone know if this is HDCP? Looking arounf the net it looks like it is but no mention on OcUk) is on pre-order only. Have to wait it out until OcUK get stock.

Think I will plump for that, I will be sat quiet close to it so I'd imagine for the small amount of time I cannot get on the main TV it will be a good substitute. Will also use my headphones so not worried about speakers.

I will probably be about 1-2 feet away max.

This will not be connected to a PC it's purely for connection to my PS3/360 to equal anytime gaming when the missus wants the TV.

antijoke · 24 Mar 2010 at 14:30

I can't see this going down well with the other half though.

antijoke · 24 Mar 2010 at 15:14

DooMeR said:
One thing to note though when u sit close to console games most of them look ugly compaired with pc.

Is it really going to look ugly running 1080p content though?