Was my monitor upgrade silly?

garsands · 23 Oct 2011 at 22:04

compboyo said:
I remember I used to game on 14 lol.

I remember I used to watch TV on a 14 sat 8 feet away.

compboyo · 23 Oct 2011 at 22:17

garsands said:
I remember I used to watch TV on a 14 sat 8 feet away.

with your telescope?

LabR@t · 23 Oct 2011 at 23:19

when I was about 13 I had a black and white 13" portable in my room for my speccy and my betamax video player

yes I am that old.

Fr0dders · 24 Oct 2011 at 00:37

compboyo said:
LCD vs LED

well no, thats a daft statement

LED TVs are LCD.

LCD - liquid crystal display, but with a cold cathode light behind it.

LED - liquid crystal display, but with an LED light behind it.

Its like asking the difference between an LED sidelight bulb in your car, and a normal one. Its just a different way of producing light.

In computer monitors, its all just marketing BS to justify higher price tags. They do help the TV be a bit thinner, since LED strips are physically smaller than cold cathodes. But since when has thickness mattered on computer monitors ?

Destination · 24 Oct 2011 at 01:48

compboyo said:
that was my point. 24 should be ok though?

It might be ok, hopefully more so than most of your threads which prove to be less than average.
This one is certainly working out that way.

arknor · 24 Oct 2011 at 03:06

the repsonse time on modern monitors doesnt really matter anyway does it? i jumped straight from a really good sony crt monitor to a dell 200quid 24inch monitor around 1 year ago and i cant say i really notice the 5ms in fps games

Mr Krugga · 24 Oct 2011 at 09:08

Ash2097 said:
Personally I think anything too big does't work well with FPS games as you can't see the screen as a whole (obviously this depends on how close you sit) I use a 22" up close and I can pick up on movement anywhere on the screen I don't have to move my eyes to focus on parts. By the way I have had a 27" monitor and also used to my 42" TV. I just find 22" works best for me.

That's why games have FoV adjustment.

OP, how did you compare the response times of the monitors? I hope you haven't taken them from the manufacturers' specifications because those are rubbish.

Fred · 24 Oct 2011 at 10:21

MrLOL said:
well no, thats a daft statement

LED TVs are LCD.

LCD - liquid crystal display, but with a cold cathode light behind it.

LED - liquid crystal display, but with an LED light behind it.

Its like asking the difference between an LED sidelight bulb in your car, and a normal one. Its just a different way of producing light.

In computer monitors, its all just marketing BS to justify higher price tags. They do help the TV be a bit thinner, since LED strips are physically smaller than cold cathodes. But since when has thickness mattered on computer monitors ?

What you really want is OLED /drool

Craig R · 24 Oct 2011 at 10:47

Waste of time. Should have gone for at least 26" to make it worthwhile. As for the colours, your monitor probably just wasn't calibrated properly, and it's doubtful the new one will be much better in that regard.