Recommend a new display

[PracticallyGeek]

Good Morning all,

Newbie to the forum and signed up to post this thread.
Basically I've just bought a 4K Acer monitor and while it's all pretty it just doesn't work for my needs. Really should have put my homework together beforehand but oh well. It's going back for a refund luckily but I need some recommendations on a new display.

I'm not a daily gamer or play online but when I do play its for a good chunk of the day. I need a new display which will
A. Be great for both my PC and PS4, I've looked into using a 32in TV but not sure.
B. Will play PC games but mostly PS4 games really smooth with good image quality.

I've been looking at the ROG Swift by Asus which looks really nice but I get the feeling I will be paying a premium for the high refresh and G-Sync when I dont play online.

Any idea's guys?
I'd like to stay below the 600 pound mark if possible.

Cheers

 

[Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163]

Welcome to Tom's!

For use with the PS4, you won't get better picture quality than buying a 1080p monitor/TV.

Before I'm able to recommend a display, you have to decide what panel type you want to use. There are 4 types,


PLS: Basically Samsung's version of IPS due to the fact that LG owns the technology

IPS: Poor contrast, excellent viewing angles, high defect ratio, best suited for bright rooms

TN: Poor contrast, poor viewing angles, low defect ratio, best suited for bright rooms

VA: Excellent contrast, decent viewing angles, low defect ratio, suited for dimly lit/dark rooms.


Now, focus on 1080p, or you'll basically be throwing money away. If you need the extra screen real estate, by all means get a 1440p or 4k display, but no benefit as far as your PS4 is concerned.

If you're going to choose a TV, you can reach an input lag of as low as 30 ms, which is very good. The fastest gaming monitors are down to 10 ms, and the difference is hardly even noticeable. There are TV's which are 79-95-111, and so on, which should be avoided. So it's important to research a TV's true specs, a good source is www.rtings.com and www.displaylag.com.

When it comes to choosing a TV, it's important to consider refresh rate, and no, I'm not talking about interpolation or fake refresh rates. If you're going to watch a lot of blu-ray movies, then you want a 120 Hz TV, that should be mandatory. It's the only way you'll achieve cinema level playback at home, because 60 Hz TV's do a 3:2 pulldown (telecine), so you'll get judder.



All the best!

 

[superninja12]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Monitor: Dell U2715H 60Hz 27.0" Monitor (£388.32 @ Aria PC)
Total: £388.32
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its a 2k ips panel well, for the gaming part from your ps4 1080p is supported by the ps4 but when you use it as a tv or for watching 2k from your pc.
the 2k with an ips panel will really shine.

 

[PracticallyGeek]

Thanks for your input! Give me a lot to think about here. Really not sure but I definitely wont be watching films, maybe the odd YouTube video but mostly gaming. I think it would be best going for a monitor rather than TV because I will be using it for PC games.

 

[superninja12]

what graphicsm card do you have right now and what type of games do u play most.

 

[PracticallyGeek]

I have the GTX 970
I play Fallout 4, Uncharted 4 , fifa 15 on my ps4 and on my PC i play GTAV, Skyrim, sims etc
Dont play online a lot if at all

 

[superninja12]

missing gsync can result in some screen tearing, which gets me out of my game however u gotta make decisions.
gsync+ips+2k= rog swift 550 pounds
2k+ips= 350 pounds
gsync 1k no ips= 300 pounds.

gl op

 

[Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/BenQ-BL3200PT-AMVA-32-inch-Monitor/dp/B00JIWLNHU

 

[PracticallyGeek]

Would I go with wrong with Asus ROG PG278Q?
Theres the 279Q out which is IPS but do I need IPS rather than TN?
At the minute I could save up and buy a new monitor or use my Argos card and get something from there but their range of monitor's isnt the best and they do have the ROG 278Q but not the 9Q