Buying a Monitor - Top 5 Tips for Beginners

[@SajjadHussein97]

bro, your reviews is the best on the entire internet

[@HipocratesR]

Thanks for the info, is a good 8minute summary to go and buy with a better mindset of what your getting or need, cheers

[@sebon11]

Great video

[@catpawjack7687]

In time for my monitor upgrade.

[@greengoresgaming6301]

Thanks! That really helps me a lot. Greetings from Germany

[@DeadWaterLies]

Excellent content.

[@jeanettehowell35]

Thanks great video

[@kayathepiratebaykid]

Wonderful explanations. tx

[@woofinu]

Nice and helpful overview. Thank you. One thing you didn't mention: Matte or glossy? Glossy seems better to me but I'm not sure about actual and long-term usability.

[@ReviewsForLifeYT]

Good point! I go with 25% haze matte. Glossy is too distracting for me.

[@app1mxh]

Excellent!!!

[@allisonfahy]

Thanks!

[@aqueelkadri8371]

As a fellow gamer/developer I deeply appreciate your insight on monitors as you have steered me away from buying a "cheap" (whatever that means nowadays) VA panel monitor that would have ruined my eyes while scrolling through code. Tbh I feel like 60hz refresh rate is perfect for coding but sadly gaming is also in the way. I've also learned that if I make a lot of ill advised financial decisions, I have the option of making KZbin videos to share my mistakes and lessons and make some of the money back.

[@anamikasood1240]

Very helpful

[@Asofe17]

You seem very knowledgeable about this stuff. I cant decide between used samsung cfg70 and aoc 24g2spae... Both are on a budget of 130$ aoc is IPS, with warranty, brand new, etc. Samsung older, no warranty, used and oled panel, damn monitors are hard. :D

[@JustLawlyTTV]

ok question here, what monitor should you get for fast paced shooter games when you play against fast moving targets and you need the monitor to be as sharp as you can get without ghosting effect, which monitors would you recommend 1080p and 1440p?

[@maxdeniel]

Very good video, it is very helpful, another thing that I would like to know is the difference between FHD, QHD, WQHD, UHD.. etc.... I think it is related to the size but not sure about it. I'm thinking on buying the DELL curved S3422DWG 34" WQHD (3440 x 1440) 144 Hz , it uses freesync and my laptop is a nvidia, not sure if there is any problem, but at 5:24 you said there is no problem... so!

[@masithlalinga9469]

Review's for life: Zooms in to show pixelation in 1080p compared to 4k. Me watching at 720p: They seem to be the same! 🧐

[@CaptainScorpio24]

bro cheapest 10 bit monitor please

[@tomoprime217]

How bad does downscaling look if I get 4K? I mean would a native QHD or WQHD display look better than viewing that same resolution on a 4K monitor of the same size? For one I don’t think my graphics card can handle native 4K so I might want to change the resolution to downscale it. But I fear text would become unclear. I daily drive a 16” rtx 2080 MaxQ laptop. Recently got a 3060 Ti desktop without a monitor yet. I do coding and gaming. Debating UHD vs QHD vs WQHD when sticking inside a lower native for performance.

[@ReviewsForLifeYT]

Downscaling looks pretty bad in general for gaming. Downscaling fractions (e.g. 4K -> QHD) will make text soft, like looking at your monitor through frosted glass. And downscaling whole numbers (e.g. 4K -> 1080p) will make characters/environment look chunky and blocky. It's the same experience when watching youtube on 1080p vs 480p. For your setup, I'd go for the QHD or WQHD. Comes down to if you want ultrawide or 16:9. Let me know what you end up with!

[@tomoprime217]

@@ReviewsForLifeYT I ended up getting the 34” curved gigabyte monitor for $299 as it was on sale. I like it so far.

[@zombiedeutsch]

Bro, does non native resolution look better on tv? For example ps3 on 1080p monitor vs 1080p tv. Or ps4 slim on 4k monitor vs 4k tv. Also i can't decide between 32" pc monitor or 40" tv. I am worried if the 32" would be too small or the 40" would feel too big. I could use your feedback. Thanks

[@ReviewsForLifeYT]

native resolution looks best, doesn't matter if it's tv or monitor

[@zombiedeutsch]

@@ReviewsForLifeYT 720p or 900p on my 1080p pc monitor look like dogshit, but i see videos on KZbin people showcasing base ps4 or xbox one s on 4k tvs and talk about upscaling claiming it looks very good. I cannot judge off screen because it doesn't show the real image on camera. So either 4k tv does good job making 900p/100p look good, or these people talking crap and have bad eyes.

[@meestaShin]

The biggest difference maker is which screen has the best color and least amount of motion blur. I recently bought the LG 34GP83a-b and never going back to anything else. I bought and returned 4 different monitors (around $400-$600 range for each), and bought the LG for $799 on Amazon. If you want to try it out, the price fluctuates from $799-$999 daily. Set a price drop alert.

[@rodrigogirao8344]

Ultrawide is stupid, TALLER monitors are better. Moving away from 4 : 3 was a tragic mistake.

[@meestaShin]

If you don't use a 3rd party monitor mount (wall or desk clamp), you're doing it wrong.