New TV for old gaming

almoststew1990

almoststew1990

almoststew1990

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I'm looking to get a new TV for my "office". I'm trying to pin down what is going to be the best compromise for my budget.

I see most TVs are 50Hz (then a made up number for "processed speed" or "motion speed" ). Is this is an issue or worse than one that can do 60Hz which a couple can do? I only play PAL / UK games.

How is input lag these days? My outgoing LG 32" from 2012 has stupid 3.5mm adapters for analogue inputs and it had glacial input lag., so I'll be avoiding that at least.

At the same time I don't want it to be awful for my PC, PS3, PS4/5 etc, otherwise I'd just buy a CRT!

Any recommendations for 42ish"?
 
I recently purchased a 43" for the office, I didn't go for a fancy OLED, its for playing in the background so I picked up a LG 43UN73006LC (2020). Netflix and Amazon look great. For the price, I love it.

It never crossed my mind to try any gaming, only the other night I was bored so I fired up Raceroom and I have to say it worked very well! The resolution was not right but I had not bothered setting up properly, I just fired up and raced! I have not read up on TV gaming and presumably need to use Steam big picture mode. It has definitely sowed the seed to experiment with FPS and retro games, curious to see how Quake or Doom will look like!

Will do some testing and report back. :)
 
TVs really aren't half bad for gaming now. I've got an ITX set up on which I play PS360 era games and it's fine, it's just got that stupid 3.5mm connectors and it's pretty small from where I sit. I have steam start when I reach windows and load up as big picture mode. you can't really get rid of a mouse and keybaord though because of various extra launchers (Skyrim being an obvious one) that you need to click play on.

I'm hoping anything will be an improvement in input lag etc from my current tv
 
Initial thoughts, I was very surprised in all honesty. I tried years ago with a Steam Link and a 32" TV, and it was a bit of a disappointment - the link worked (as long as you had it hard wired) but the picture looked washed out. The TV picture when playing PC games, looked odd so I canned.

4K TV's even using for Windows is a revelation. I recently ordered a Dell gaming monitor which is proving a nightmare to obtain so whilst waiting for the Dell to turn up, sat thinking about trying the TV as a gaming screen! Yes it will be laggy but as I have no interest in competitive gaming, if it played Quake 3, Left for Dead and the odd racing sim but on a big screen with playable lag (whilst looking good), I'll be well happy.
 
almoststew1990 said:
I'm looking to get a new TV for my "office". I'm trying to pin down what is going to be the best compromise for my budget.

I see most TVs are 50Hz (then a made up number for "processed speed" or "motion speed" ). Is this is an issue or worse than one that can do 60Hz which a couple can do? I only play PAL / UK games.

How is input lag these days? My outgoing LG 32" from 2012 has stupid 3.5mm adapters for analogue inputs and it had glacial input lag., so I'll be avoiding that at least.

At the same time I don't want it to be awful for my PC, PS3, PS4/5 etc, otherwise I'd just buy a CRT!

Any recommendations for 42ish"?
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Is the oldest console just the PS3? If so just go with something around 40" mark as suggested. You probably won't achieve decent HDR at this size though. (PS5 is what I'm thinking of)
 
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