Moving on from crt monitor
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Karmeck




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PostPosted: Sat, 18th Aug 2018 18:17    Post subject: Moving on from crt monitor
So I have long used crt tv's and monitors for my retro gaming (raspberry pi) but now I'm done with geometry issues and aged hardware parts. It's time to go flat.

What has now initially been of interest is the Philips 436m6vbpab. What has me worried now is the dirty window effect, which I belive is a darker area around the displays edges. I think this is visible in the pcmonitors.info review.

Other then that the monitor seems perfect in size (43 is physically max for me).

Will mostly continue to be used for retro gaming nes to psx. But also media consumption using nvidia shield. And while I have the shield why not test streaming my games from my pc.

Good choice or do anyone here have any other suggestions?
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KillerCrocker




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PostPosted: Sat, 18th Aug 2018 18:37    Post subject:
Prepared to be disappointed with shock.
-Almost no monitors are glossy. The dirt effect is just a grain from matte coating. It also diffuses the lgiht and makes the colors appeal more dull than on glossy monitor.
-Contrast is best on VA lcd's (3000:1) but they suffer from ghosting. IPS and Tn have 1000:1 poor contrast.
-only 240hz monitors or 144hz strobbed are as clear as crt in motion or close to it.
-VA have ghosting and gamma shift
-IPS have backlgiht bleeding and IPS glow
-TN have bad viewing angles and banding.

Your choice is just a 60hz MVA monitor. MVA have even higher contrast (up to 5000:1) than va or ips but they ghost and smear like a motherfucker. Worst of all lcd tech. No overdrive can save these. Prepare to see trails after moving objects and shimmering on fine detail in motion. It will be nightmare coming from crt lol.

4k is real but can also be considered a problem. All 1080p content will be stretched to 4k and not displayed properly. There is no integer scaling with AMD or Nvidia gpus. nor does any monitors offer it. All non 4k content will be much blurrier. 1080p locked games will look like shit. Especially pixelart indie games. That's a big problem with 4k no one is talking about. only 4k content looks as it should. 1080p or other resolutions have bilinear scaling applied and blur.
Besides, at 43" the dpi of 4k is the same as 23" 1080p monitor.

HDR is fake. The panel is not 10 bit, there are no local dimming zones, the whole brightness of panel just goes up and down. So white gets brighter but darks too. It's just a marketing shit HDR.

edit: Sorry, not trying to be negative or burst Your bubble but lcd tech fucking sucks and it's a compromise. You need to choose what is Your priority (Image quality, motion quality and so on) and then search.


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Frant
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PostPosted: Sat, 18th Aug 2018 21:14    Post subject:
I think KC is a little too demanding for some reason. My telly's IPS and the issues mentioned aren't as prominent as it sounds.

I love my Panasonic TX47-AS750E. The picture is very crisp and the colors are great. I haven't noticed any issues with contrast except I'd like to see deeper blacks but that's basically it. Ghosting isn't actually noticeable on this panel.

It's perfect for gaming imo due to the absence of any serious or even noticeable ghosting (you'd have to run testufo to see a tiny amount of ghosting).

It's 2-3 years old now but sweet as ever. The surface is actually semi-glossy with no matte coating which is one of the main reasons I chose it. (It was expensive for me though, €800 new).


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Karmeck




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PostPosted: Sat, 18th Aug 2018 22:30    Post subject:
KillerCrocker wrote:
Prepared to be disappointed with shock.
-Almost no monitors are glossy. The dirt effect is just a grain from matte coating. It also diffuses the lgiht and makes the colors appeal more dull than on glossy monitor.
-Contrast is best on VA lcd's (3000:1) but they suffer from ghosting. IPS and Tn have 1000:1 poor contrast.
-only 240hz monitors or 144hz strobbed are as clear as crt in motion or close to it.
-VA have ghosting and gamma shift
-IPS have backlgiht bleeding and IPS glow
-TN have bad viewing angles and banding.

Your choice is just a 60hz MVA monitor. MVA have even higher contrast (up to 5000:1) than va or ips but they ghost and smear like a motherfucker. Worst of all lcd tech. No overdrive can save these. Prepare to see trails after moving objects and shimmering on fine detail in motion. It will be nightmare coming from crt lol.

4k is real but can also be considered a problem. All 1080p content will be stretched to 4k and not displayed properly. There is no integer scaling with AMD or Nvidia gpus. nor does any monitors offer it. All non 4k content will be much blurrier. 1080p locked games will look like shit. Especially pixelart indie games. That's a big problem with 4k no one is talking about. only 4k content looks as it should. 1080p or other resolutions have bilinear scaling applied and blur.
Besides, at 43" the dpi of 4k is the same as 23" 1080p monitor.

HDR is fake. The panel is not 10 bit, there are no local dimming zones, the whole brightness of panel just goes up and down. So white gets brighter but darks too. It's just a marketing shit HDR.

edit: Sorry, not trying to be negative or burst Your bubble but lcd tech fucking sucks and it's a compromise. You need to choose what is Your priority (Image quality, motion quality and so on) and then search.




I think you like me see problems everywhere when you know about them. And you seemingly knowing alot about this see most that can be bad.

At the same time I look to my self, I plaid and play platformers (currently dead cells) on my acer 1080p 27 inch TN panel for more then 5 years. It's probably crap by today standards, but I don't see that. I tried to play snes on it and found no issue with it..... If I don't look for it.

Ignorance is bliss.

The Philips monitor mentioned above have a glossy screen and 32 dimm zones.
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KillerCrocker




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PostPosted: Sat, 18th Aug 2018 22:48    Post subject:
Glossy and 32 dimming zones? It's a joke but better than nothing.
The site I've checked had everything wrong Laughing

It sounds like a good movie monitor then. Not a good gaming monitor still


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Karmeck




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PostPosted: Sat, 18th Aug 2018 23:08    Post subject:
KillerCrocker wrote:
Glossy and 32 dimming zones? It's a joke but better than nothing.
The site I've checked had everything wrong Laughing

It sounds like a good movie monitor then. Not a good gaming monitor still


I recommend you read this grate review: https://pcmonitors.info/reviews/philips-436m6vbpab/ there is also a 50 min video review from the same guy.
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KillerCrocker




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PostPosted: Sat, 18th Aug 2018 23:14    Post subject:
I know this site and I do not trust them. The guy don't like Nec or Eizo monitors and always recommends AOC. he gets very cherry picked samples and the units I got were nowhere near close to his measurements.
But from the review, the monitors seems awesome. Like something that I would want to get aside from ghosting and typical va issues.
I mean i would never buy a monitor this huge and without rotating stand but if You want it, it looks like a real solid choice.

edit:subpixel layout seems really weird but should not be a deal breaker from far away
edit2: The more I look at it, the better it looks but using it as a desk monitor would be a mistake. From far away? maybe? The ghosting and shimmering will be less visible and importantly, from far away the gamma shift will not be apparent. Normally, va screens up close are brighter on the edges


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Karmeck




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PostPosted: Fri, 9th Nov 2018 15:52    Post subject:
Currently moving towards a TV instead. Still 43"

Looking at the Philips 43PUS7303. Glossy and va. Hard to find anything better at 43"
But also considering Samsung 43NU7475


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PickupArtist




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PostPosted: Fri, 9th Nov 2018 16:35    Post subject:
all i will say is i have seen the 120-144 hrz tiny 24-27 inches and curved models and 1000 eur+ models at friends places and i still prefer my cheapo 350 euro 42 and 49 inch tvs i use as my computer monitor nowadays. ( i started with 14-17 inch crt and still have 4 working 21 inch crts at home for my little dos gaming museum room i hope i will make someday)

at 70 cm distance its a cheer joy to just leap my chair back watch movies, read sites, and play slower paced games like world of warships/tanks or battlefield realitymod being pesky sniper

diablo 3 was a little rough cause so many colors of the skill bombarding and filling up the screen, blinding me a little due to the big screensize but solo it was great, just these greater rift mages light up the screen like no other Sad

currently have used a 42 inch hannsg ( invertor died after 6 year of 8+ hours a day use, need to open it up to fix it) and a 49 inch thomspon, just turn off all the shitty auto this n that features in the menus and its works like a charm for pc.

i have no experience with 4k, will try once there is affordable gfx cards out there ( 2020
Sad ) to run games on it. sofar it just seems markething blabla and full hd with aliasing works just fine
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Karmeck




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PostPosted: Fri, 9th Nov 2018 21:28    Post subject:
My 43" tv will be for use with nvidia shield tv for emulator gaming and movie watching.



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Karmeck




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PostPosted: Mon, 31st Dec 2018 18:04    Post subject:
Thinking about using a 32 inch monitor instead of a TV. Looking at the Samsung u32h850.

Ideally a 40 inch monitor would be grate. Maybe ces will show somthing 16:9 non-curved monitor.


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