what's the mainly factor for you to buy a monitor?

[sowhat]

Did you want to upgrade your current monitor to meet the trends of the I.T market? I knew there were many reaons for you to choose your favour monitor, denponds on budget, using purpose, gaming, office and other reasons. I want to upgrade my monitor recently. I checked and found lots of information on the Internet. I googled the monitor and watched YouTube which comparing the different monitors with best choice and good for value.

Finally, I decided not to buy a new monitor. The tech is the mainly points for me to consider the new monitor. For example, if I bought Samsung 32" gaming monitor for gaming and using it for work, read more excels as well. But, to be honest, money is a main point for this purposed and maybe waste money to buy unnescessary product.

What is your choices for monitor? What is the main reaons for you to purchase new monitor? Share with me here, thanks.

Hope you guys enjoy the PC as well.

 

[Lei]

I can only choose between two brands. Wacom and Huion. They have digital pen which you can directly interact with the display.
I could also get a digital pad instead.

If I didn't have the budget for Huion, I would pick a monitor with high resolution. And also it should fit inside a travel luggage. I know you'd say it may break inside aircraft, but I don't care at all.

So my choice: high resolution, max 24"+ digital pen
Or : pen display from those 2 brands

I don't care about refresh rate or gaming. I game but I never decide any hardware for gaming only.

I'd never get curved display, they're the worst for transportation.
I'd consider buying cheap big TVs and then selling them before I move.

 

[ratirt]

For me it has to be 4k. So that is my first aim. Then you have frequency and delay has to be somewhat low.
To make it easier it has to be balanced there are no perfect monitors.

 

[AusWolf]

I bought my monitor because it's curved, it has a VA panel and it was cheap. It's modest size and resolution (24" 1080p) are plenty for me. I'll only change it if it dies or if somebody buys me a bigger one as a present. I couldn't care less about trends.

 

[Lei]

For me it has to be 4k. So that is my first aim. Then you have frequency and delay has to be somewhat low.
To make it easier it has to be balanced there are no perfect monitors.

Yeah 4k is really good. Luckily my 24" is 4k
I can't buy larger, it must comply to airline rules.

 

[Dirt Chip]

I moved from FHD 21', 60Hz, 11 years old monitor to a 4K 27', 60Hz monitor about 2 month ago.
It was with a whole system upgrade and I mostly need it for work with 4k video files.

I don't fallow trends as they aren't fallow my personal needs and cost more for no good reason.

 

[sowhat]

I can only choose between two brands. Wacom and Huion. They have digital pen which you can directly interact with the display.
I could also get a digital pad instead.

If I didn't have the budget for Huion, I would pick a monitor with high resolution. And also it should fit inside a travel luggage. I know you'd say it may break inside aircraft, but I don't care at all.

So my choice: high resolution, max 24"+ digital pen
Or : pen display from those 2 brands

I don't care about refresh rate or gaming. I game but I never decide any hardware for gaming only.

I'd never get curved display, they're the worst for transportation.
I'd consider buying cheap big TVs and then selling them before I move.

You are always moving a house to other cities? I agree to buy a big screen TVs than buy a luxury monitor. That's a good point. But, to be honest, if you play game in TVs, is it break down easily? I meant that TV will be unresponsed when you play a 4K game?

For me it has to be 4k. So that is my first aim. Then you have frequency and delay has to be somewhat low.
To make it easier it has to be balanced there are no perfect monitors.

No perfect monitors... I have no money to buy a perfect monitors because the vendor changes the performance of the speed or other units of IC. And then put it into marketg.

I bought my monitor because it's curved, it has a VA panel and it was cheap. It's modest size and resolution (24" 1080p) are plenty for me. I'll only change it if it dies or if somebody buys me a bigger one as a present. I couldn't care less about trends.

I love your point. If i have a rich friend, he/she has lots of money and always buy luxury products. If they wanted to change something new, i will never mind to receive their products.

Yeah 4k is really good. Luckily my 24" is 4k
I can't buy larger, it must comply to airline rules.

I don't understand. Do you buy a monitor that you need to take a flight to other cities?

I moved from FHD 21', 60Hz, 11 years old monitor to a 4K 27', 60Hz monitor about 2 month ago.
It was with a whole system upgrade and I mostly need it for work with 4k video files.

I don't fallow trends as they aren't fallow my personal needs and cost more for no good reason.

Purchase a high brand unnecessary products by using own money. It's great hurt my wallet.

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

Price rules.

After I got the not great but easily my best Samsung uea25 4k 60 I did realise finally the importance of the monitor.

But then I got a 144hz 1080p laptop.

Now my must have list has grown.

4k.

120/Hz

Decent backlight IE oled.

But, but, price rules simply put because I do have a visual output the next has to be better and the right price.

 

[Lei]

That's a good point. But, to be honest, if you play game in TVs, is it break down easily? I meant that TV will be unresponsed when you play a 4K game?

If the TV displays TV shows at 4k, then it can display realtime 4k games too. The rendering is done on gpu, TV doesn't care how hard it is to make the content it shows, it only handles what comes through hdmi cable. whether it's recorded by a 4k camera, or whether it is being made right now on your graphcis card.

No it won't make the TV unresponsive.

I don't understand. Do you buy a monitor that you need to take a flight to other cities?

exactly.

This is how my monitor looks like. you take a pen and draw directly on it:

if you're on tight budget, you can purchase this type instead:

 

[emothxughts]

As a budget-ish gamer, I look for 1080p resolution and a refresh rate of at least 75 Hz. 1440p and above stretches my budget and also the capabilities of my graphics card.

 

[GreiverBlade]

1st? no 4K or higher refresh rate than 100hz (mild joke, but personal experience, i see zero improvement above 2880x1620p or 75hz)

not valide? well then 2560x1440p capable and preferably with overpixeling like my Erazer X58222 which can do 2880x1620p which is the ideal sweetspot for the GPU i use

that monitor i bought 6yrs ago fill all my requirement : 299$? check, 32"? check, 1620p60 (or 1440p75) check, 8ms (5ms overdrive is enough) IPS? check.

 

[kiriakost]

IT and productivity this will be always best served due IPS panels.
Over 23" panels I think of them as overkill.
Since the moment that you did completed your purchase, this topic has nothing useful to deliver back to you.

 

[Chomiq]

Price, size, resolution and refresh rate, panel type/quality. Initial pick is based on reviews from trusted reviewers like:
tftcentral.co.uk
pcmonitors.info
Hardware Unboxed (YouTube)
TechteamGB (YT)
moreleTV (YT - while it is a channel sponsored by a store, the guy responsible for reviews is solid)

 

[bug]

I know I'm an odd ball, but my requirements are programming (space for and IDE with all the bells as whistles), amateur photo editing and sometimes gaming. That means 4k, 32", wide-gamut, flat screen for me. I would love to have HDR capability, but those implementations are currently either a complete joke or extremely expensive in the consumer space.
I also have a secondary, 24" 1920x1200 monitor on the side. I won't upgrade until HDR becomes an option.

 

[Bill_Bright]

Forgive my minor change, but... ,

Did you want to upgrade your current [fill in the blank] to meet the trends of the I.T market?

Wanting to upgrade anything "to meet trends" is a poor, if not misguided excuse to buy anything - except maybe, the latest trends in apparel "IF" ones livelihood depended on their public image.

Computer hardware should be upgraded when required to meet ones "needs" and NOT just because something new is "trending".

Now I am not saying those needs must be 100% "practical". For example, nobody "needs" a gaming machine (unless gaming is how they feed and shelter their families). But if a new game requires more RAM, or a better graphics solution, as examples, then upgrading makes sense.

But upgrading because of some new trend (or "fad")? No way!

If I "must" replace something because the old one failed, or the old one does not supports my evolving needs, I will "look" at what's trending. But for sure, performance, functionality, practicality, compatibility, efficiency, even price will take precedence over what is the latest trend.

Of course, that is me. Others may think aesthetics are more important than function. I suppose that is why I am not into fancy facades and flashy RGB lighting in my cases. I want and expect my case to sit quietly and discreetly off to the side and NOT draw attention to itself. After all, it's what's happening on my monitors that matters.

 

[sowhat]

Price rules.

After I got the not great but easily my best Samsung uea25 4k 60 I did realise finally the importance of the monitor.

But then I got a 144hz 1080p laptop.

Now my must have list has grown.

4k.

120/Hz

Decent backlight IE oled.

But, but, price rules simply put because I do have a visual output the next has to be better and the right price.

How to identify the 1440P and 1080P?

If the TV displays TV shows at 4k, then it can display realtime 4k games too. The rendering is done on gpu, TV doesn't care how hard it is to make the content it shows, it only handles what comes through hdmi cable. whether it's recorded by a 4k camera, or whether it is being made right now on your graphcis card.

No it won't make the TV unresponsive.

exactly.

This is how my monitor looks like. you take a pen and draw directly on it:

if you're on tight budget, you can purchase this type instead:

Amazing, are you a designer?

As a budget-ish gamer, I look for 1080p resolution and a refresh rate of at least 75 Hz. 1440p and above stretches my budget and also the capabilities of my graphics card.

75Hz, is it the Hz up to top, it means that the power is great? I don't know how to analyse the Hz?

1st? no 4K or higher refresh rate than 100hz (mild joke, but personal experience, i see zero improvement above 2880x1620p or 75hz)

not valide? well then 2560x1440p capable and preferably with overpixeling like my Erazer X58222 which can do 2880x1620p which is the ideal sweetspot for the GPU i use

that monitor i bought 6yrs ago fill all my requirement : 299$? check, 32"? check, 1620p60 (or 1440p75) check, 8ms (5ms overdrive is enough) IPS? check.

It seems that you are looking for a cheap value of the monitor. And you also find it good for value. I appreciated your comments. Nice.

IT and productivity this will be always best served due IPS panels.
Over 23" panels I think of them as overkill.
Since the moment that you did completed your purchase, this topic has nothing useful to deliver back to you.

No, I don't know the monitor. I want to dig information and thinking more.

Price, size, resolution and refresh rate, panel type/quality. Initial pick is based on reviews from trusted reviewers like:
tftcentral.co.uk
pcmonitors.info
Hardware Unboxed (YouTube)
TechteamGB (YT)
moreleTV (YT - while it is a channel sponsored by a store, the guy responsible for reviews is solid)

Are you doing more research before buying a new monitor? Watching more information on the different site what you listed?

I know I'm an odd ball, but my requirements are programming (space for and IDE with all the bells as whistles), amateur photo editing and sometimes gaming. That means 4k, 32", wide-gamut, flat screen for me. I would love to have HDR capability, but those implementations are currently either a complete joke or extremely expensive in the consumer space.
I also have a secondary, 24" 1920x1200 monitor on the side. I won't upgrade until HDR becomes an option.

Can I ask you question? How to look at the 4K. I mean the 4K should be the sereen?1980X1080 Is it just a 1080P? How to identify?

Forgive my minor change, but... ,

Wanting to upgrade anything "to meet trends" is a poor, if not misguided excuse to buy anything - except maybe, the latest trends in apparel "IF" ones livelihood depended on their public image.

Computer hardware should be upgraded when required to meet ones "needs" and NOT just because something new is "trending".

Now I am not saying those needs must be 100% "practical". For example, nobody "needs" a gaming machine (unless gaming is how they feed and shelter their families). But if a new game requires more RAM, or a better graphics solution, as examples, then upgrading makes sense.

But upgrading because of some new trend (or "fad")? No way!

If I "must" replace something because the old one failed, or the old one does not supports my evolving needs, I will "look" at what's trending. But for sure, performance, functionality, practicality, compatibility, efficiency, even price will take precedence over what is the latest trend.

Of course, that is me. Others may think aesthetics are more important than function. I suppose that is why I am not into fancy facades and flashy RGB lighting in my cases. I want and expect my case to sit quietly and discreetly off to the side and NOT draw attention to itself. After all, it's what's happening on my monitors that matters.

Needs are great important to buy everthing including the Computer field. For example, a product put into the market every year, they just upgrade a lit more and sell to the market. I don't think any improvment for that products. Maybe I am wrong. Just my views for that products. Trends of the I.T are a crazy thing in my eyes. Rich person will buy the latest product, they chase the upgrade no matter which is upgraded. So, he/she wil never mind cost their money.

 

[Shrek]

For me it's about detail, so everything is resolution in a monitor that is not too large and not too expensive; at the moment I have one that is 2560 x 1440 in a 24" screen and no bad pixels (cost is a factor or I would already have a 4K monitor). Not one for multiple monitors and I don't like a shiny screen and don't need a touch screen or a fast one; also bothered by a small viewing angle and don't like built in speakers. Harder to judge is reliability.

In other words, I like something approaching a retina display.

 

[AusWolf]

It's strange that most of you mention resolution, or refresh rate, but not many say anything about panel type, colour accuracy, or pixel density. I think these are lot more important than resolution alone.

 

[caroline!]

I have the peak monitor already, no need to buy a new one.

It even has its own LGR video.

Well his is the 220 and mine the 225 which is a bit newer (2005) but the main parts are still the same.
There's really no need for me to get a new one, especially considering most modern monitors sold in my country are trash at ridiculous prices, most are 720p but there are some odd 1360x768 models, and a few 1080s from unknown China brands that I wouldn't bother trying because I know how terrible they are just by looking at the display units, the main reason I have a tube is blacks and darker tones in general, blacks in LCD or LED monitors are mostly a weird grey, not truly black as the problem is inherent to the technology, it relies on a backlight that will always have some "bleed" as they call it.
The monitors at work are all LCD and oh boy the colour rendering of those things is utter awful, no matter the settings everything's in pastel tones, opaque and... bland. They were made for people who mostly display white things, spreadsheets, documents, etc. it looks acceptable as long as you don't set a dark theme or fullscreen terminal in black.

Another good thing is that I can play even at the lowest resolutions and it'll still look good, if I want some extra FPS I just lower the resolution a bit and that's it, the image won't look blurry or square-y pixelated because of how tubes work.

The "180Hz" thing in the video thumbnail is obvious clickbait, it will do 180Hz but only with CRU and at low resolutions, not the default 1536p, which is odd by the way and most games don't like so I step down to 1920x1440 and also run at 85Hz, it can do 100 but excessive overheating leads to flickering which I don't like. I've installed an exhaust fan by the way, it does a good job keeping it cool during hot summer days.

 

[64K]

My list of must haves is pretty simple. 27 inch, 1440p, 120 Hz or 144 Hz, IPS. I sit about 30 inches from the monitor and I have found that a 27 inch screen is perfect for me.

I haven't bought a monitor in years and years. I don't really even know what's out there right now or soon coming.

 

[Psychoholic]

Refresh rate (144+), Image quality, Resolution, in that order.
3840x1600 is my goto, sorta like the wide screen version of 4k, but not quite as hard to push as actual 4k and i prefer ultrawide.

 

[emothxughts]

75Hz, is it the Hz up to top, it means that the power is great? I don't know how to analyse the Hz?

In practical terms, 75 Hz monitors can display up to 75 fps, 60 Hz 60 fps, 144 Hz 144 fps, and so on, depending on how powerful your GPU is. And at least for me, I can see the difference between an office monitor capped at 60 Hz and a budget gaming monitor at 75 Hz.

 

[maxfly]

My last monitor was suddenly sold off with a rig I built. It was only a few months old(1440 ips, can't recall anything else).
I honestly don't remember why or what exactly drove me to buy my current monitor but I'm glad I did. It has been a great gaming monitor, never an issue with it and it looks great.
I only replace my monitor when it needs to be. Or I forget to buy a monitor for an expensive build...that's on a deadline hehe.

 

[BlaezaLite]

32", 1440p, 165Hz and a good price. I was using a 32" 1080p Panasonic TV from 2009, so huge upgrade.

 

[AsRock]

That my last one was 12 years old haha.