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New TV for my pc, console and cable
I'm been thinking about what tv I want to get. I really don't want to buy monitor and tv if I'm gonna use pc, new ps4 and watch tv in my room. I'm thinking maybe just one nice TV that can do three things with one device. Anyone have this setup and how well does it work?
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There isn't, unfortunately.
If you buy a television, the resolution will be spread across a larger distance, meaning it will look bad for PC gaming. Text on the PC will likely be hard to read. Just image a 1080p monitor's pixels which normally take up a 21" diagonal, but now taking up a 40" or more diagonal. That's four times the surface area with the same pixel density.
The alternative to buying a television with slow pixel-response times and bad pixel density is to buy a large monitor. This becomes cost-prohibitive as you exceed 25" or so. The only decision you would have to make is if you want others to be able to watch it. The smaller it is, the less likely others will watch it with you.
If you can afford it, some of the 4k HD monitors might suit your needs. You'll need a beefy video card to handle those resolutions, though. Avoid the 4k televisions unless they publish low or comparable pixel response times.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4K_resolution
The newer Sony LED TV's are decent for gaming, their input lag is only ~20ms and the picture quality of the panels is excellent.
I occasionally game on a 50" plasma as it's already hooked up to the PC for movies and TV and while i wouldn't recommend a plasma for gaming because of image retention the games look brilliant on it.
I have gamed using a PC and TV before - the input latency isn't really bad or noticeable once your in the game. Consoles use TVs all the time, after all. You may can tell if your into highly competitive eSports where every mS counts, but unless your playing at the level where your getting paid to play, you probably can't even notice.
That being said, while games play OK - text is absolutely awful. Web browsing is pretty terrible. Pretty much anything except gaming you really don't want to use a TV for. If you had to, say, write a report for school - you'd probably want to drop your TV out the window before your done with the first page.
If this is in your bedroom - you may be better served with a 27" monitor with HDMI inputs - that will accept your computer, PS4, and TV, and look great for all 3. 24" is the "sweet spot" for prices, but 27" have been coming down a lot recently, and can be found for less than $400 in some cases.
Aside from that, if you really want a wide screen TV (anything over 27" basically) - then get a wide screen for gaming, and get a cheap 24" monitor for doing everything other than gaming.
Aye I play on a 120hz 46" hdtv and I have never noticed any latency issues. Like Ridelynn mentions though I don't really play any "competitive" pvp games even and don't notice it in any mmo pvp I do.
The quality of the image is just fine and I don't notice any difference from my wifes pc monitor, that said I also sit about 6 feet away from the tv.
My biggest gripe is that the writing is very small so I have to increase the size to 150% (in the resolution window) and in forums use ctrl -=
Some programs like photoshop are a pita though as the text on its UI remains miniscule. If you just game, watch movies and surf the web/browse forums you'll be fine if you want to do more things like school/work related things you might want to think about it.
Brenics ~ Just to point out I do believe Chris Roberts is going down as the man who cheated backers and took down crowdfunding for gaming.
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