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On Fri, 20 Jun 2014 00:16:27 +0100, "Trimble Bracegirdle"
<no-spam@never.spam> wrote:

>LED Monitor Misery .
>The Hardware change this game playing household has put of &
>dreaded for years recently came to pass.
>I had to get an LED Computer Monitor as the Dell 20" 4x3 CRT was looking 
>increasingly unreliable.
>Been in use around 5 years.
>My TV is also 4x3 CRT so 16x9 looks horrid
>
>I researched thoroughly & decided I HAD to have 16x10 ... IPS ,
>only realistic candidates were 24" 1920 x 1200.
>There are around 6 possibilities available. all around �250 UK = approx. 
>$400 USD.
>The best choice I settled on with 2 very full tech. reviews
>finding v. good input lag & good as-best 5ms response.
>is @@@ BenQ BL2411PT 24" @@@ which I have brought.
>
>Its not widely available in USA, the alternative best in this group IMO is
>"ASUS VS24AH-P Black 24" 5ms  LED Backlight LCD Monitor IPS"
>@@@@
>
>So had it for 2 months or so & it IS gorgeous picture quality.
>Solid sharp image looks like its painted /printed paper.
>Can look almost edge on without viewing angle problems.
>No moving switches - touch sensitive points on front panel corner.
>My other dread re. playing at non native resolution's  is in fact OK.
>16 x 10 is a very good choice as you can set almost any resolution & it will
>look decent enough....4x3 ..16x9 the 'fill screen' feature makes it just a 
>little fat or thin.
>
>
>BUT !  But ..in games I'm so aware of 'blurring' .
>You'll find  it difficult to believe but tho I've been 'into' personal 
>computers since there beginning - 35 years,
>& with PC's for 25 years I've never before had an
>extended game playing session on LED Monitor until now.
>I have used them for Internet & I maintain 2 friends machines but not 
>gaming.
>
>I'm trying to convince myself its because the new screen is much larger & 
>more detailed than
>the 20" CRT & the extra width emphasises left to right blur effects.
>
>I start Borderlands 2 & look down & around its sharply designed open 
>landscapes
>& think "God can I stand this blur ?" but get into the game & forget all 
>that.
>Maybe an hour later I pause & Blur doesn't look so bad now  !
>
>Try assorted Frame rates (with frame limiter & various V. synch 
>combinations)
>its all the same 100+ fps ....60...20 fps even .. IT's BLURRY
>
>Try switch off 'Fill Full screen' so 1280 x 1024 is a square just in the 
>middle....
>...yes better, or rather less noticeable Blur.
>
>Well I'm just going to have to learn to live with it .
>Eye sight is wonderfully versatile.
>Human awareness seems to be ither in a analytical judgmental technical 
>'Mode'
>or lost in concentrating on the content.
>If you can play the game without being distracted then whatever the tech. 
>measurement's
>its is OK.
>(\__/)
>(='.'=)
>(")_(")  mouse (But Ahh!...120Hz ....'Lightboost')


Probably the only new monitor I would buy right now for gaming, if I
had to, is a G-SYNC modded ASUS VG248QE and there are only a handful
of places that sell them, and the modification voids the warranty on
the monitor.  You can buy the monitor and mod it yourself if you enjoy
being the one to void the warranty. 

But, G-SYNC is an Nvidia technology so if you have an AMD card you'd
have to change that too.  Several months ago I was really optimistic
about G-SYNC, but now adaptive-sync has been added to the DisplayPort
1.2a standard,which means that's probably what we will all be using in
the future.

The VG248QE is supposed to be impressive as far as fast (non-blurring)
monitors go even if you don't have an adaptive sync solution worked
out.  I think part of your existing problem is you're gaming on an IPS
based panel and TN panels are superior for gaming.

But really, I'm not the one to ask since I'm still plugging along on
my CRT for gaming.  I've got no shortage of LCDs that I use for
getting work done and audio production, but none of them are even
remotely in the same league as my antiquated CRT for gaming, and I've
got 2 more CRTs in storage in case this one goes tits up, although
they've been in storage for a while so who knows how that would go.

Even if I went for the VG248QE tomorrow, even if I were happy with
blurring, I would miss having the flexibility of resolutions without
quality degradation that I'm used to from a CRT.

It's actually quite sad that such an ancient technology got replaced
by such a vastly inferior solution.  Every time I've played games on
an LCD, I found it so uninspiring I completely lost interest in
gaming.  The exception might be games like MMORPGs or strategy games
that don't really require the rapid speed of a first person shooter or
have lots of text on the screen in small fonts.

Now as far as TVs go, it's a different story entirely.  I'm was
thrilled to have gotten rid of my old CRT many years ago. You're
missing a lot by not having a modern TV and an HD signal, even though
it's easy to not realize how much until you make the switch.  I
personally think plasma provides a better picture than LCD/LED TVs but
the latest models narrow the gap somewhat, and I could live with a
good quality LED TV if plasma was no longer an option.  Plasma is not
bad at all for console gaming, which I don't do much of but have been
known to play on occasional game of GTAV or fighting games that aren't
available on PC.  I don't know how gaming on a large LED TV would
compare to plasma with an arrangement like Steam big screen gaming,
etc., someone who has tried each would have to comment.