My old monitor burnt out, it was nearly 8 years old lol, I am curious is there even any need to buy strictly a monitor anymore with uhd? I was comparing prices, and monitors are damn near 4x the cost with not enough power to really compensate for it, or am I missing something?

Ex, my 55in lg UHD 4k tv was only $515, although it's only 60hz.

a 27in UHD monitor with 29-76hz is is $630

am I missing something?

I don't game hard enough to care about 60 vs 120 hz etc. As long as the image is good that's all I need.

Monitors, all else being equal, have sharper pictures than TV's.

You're comparing inches, instead of pixels. TVs due to their size, have less pixels per inch, aka less sharp of a picture.

Pixel per inch tells you how sharp the picture will be.


/e If you have a monitor and a TV that both have say... 2560 x 1440 resolution, but the monitor is 27" and the TV is 55" the monitor will have the sharper image.

This post was edited by Ghot on Jul 27 2016 07:52pm

Good point, I havent really gamed yet on my big ass tv, mostly used for entertainment/movies

but in that same sense, would it be smarter to buy a small tv vs monitor when the tv will be probably half the price if specs are nearly the same


edit: my tv is running in that setting right now, my old monitor ran in 19x something, dont remember


This post was edited by Juggalo_Mole on Jul 27 2016 07:52pm

Depends how far it is away too

There are other things involved...that was just the quick answer.

Response time
refresh freq.
panel type etc.

But the main difference (all else being equal...which it usually isn't) is the pixels per inch.

Input lag too
Type of input connections

Thanks all, you answered everything I needed to think about, i would just keep it on my tv now if it wasnt my family tv lol, it's so pretty

what about that 90 inch monitor on newegg a few years back? cost like 10s of thousands of $?

Yea, input lag is the time needed for an image to be displayed from input versus response time being pixel transition time.

Uhhh yeah, but you have to sit RIDICULOUSLY close to a 55" 4K TV to notice a lack of resolution.

In fact you have to sit uncomfortably close just to NOTICE the difference between 1080p and 4K with most content on a 55". Unless you're doing video editing / photography that is... for movies/gaming 4K on 55" is MORE than enough.