How many inches do you prefer? Monitor/TV wise for gaming?

[Parasondox]

This will just be an easter egg. Maybe a little camero is Parasondox roams the Gaming Discussions.

I was speaking with a guy who works in the same building as me and both myself and him are avid gamers. We were joking about a large 55 inch TV that came for a customer today and I pointes out that 55 inche would be way to big for gaming. He has a 24inch screen and I have a 32 inch TV that I use for my laptop and some gaming.

Before Christmas i decided to move my games into my room and used my new 32inch TV and move away from the 42inch in the living room. I moved cause family was over and I needed peace. When playibg on a smaller screen to what I was use too, it felt better. My skills improved a lot, I got through games quicker and response time was on point. I sound crazy dont I? Does size matter in terms of gaming and the monitor/TV you use?

Maybe size doesnt matter and how you should use it?

 

[Saelune]

I got a 40in TV for my console gaming. I wanted one a tad smaller, but that TV had what I wanted otherwise. You don't want too big a TV for gaming. My dad has a much larger TV that I find gaming on difficult, particularly for games like shooters where being able to see and notice everything on screen is important.

I'm less picky for PC cause I'm way closer. Not actually sure how big my laptop screen is, though I suppose its not small, since this is no weak ass notebook laptop.

 

[Bob_McMillan]

It's funny, the TV I use is 55 inches

I wish I could play on a smaller TV, because with my TV and eyesight, I am always too close or too far from the TV. And on most shooters, recoil feels a lot worse when it moves the reticle maybe two inches up on my TV screen.

I wish I could connect my PS4 to my PC monitor, but it's hard to track down an HDMI-VGA cable.

 

[DudeistBelieve]

I have a 40 inch tv sitting on my desk, and I play games through that.

Yeah I know it's more surface area for the eyes to cover, but damn it the bigger the better. I wanna feel like I'm inside the damn game

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

I have a 27" monitor, but before that I had a 21.5" monitor and that's typically what I have at work, so I have no problem using that as well.

if I'm playing console games, a 40-42" is usually typical for me to play on as well.

 

[Lufia Erim]

Bigger is better for me. I gamenon a 50 inch TV and i think it's awsome.

 

[Vinsin]

Well formerly, 42" TV -- before that even, 32" TV -- Before that 23" -- but now.. HMD, Vive. I look forward to a higher resolution one in the future, but yeah. It's replaced standard monitors for me.

 

[Cowabungaa]

I have a 32" TV I play console/Big Picture Steam games on. On my desk I have two 24" screens.

Honestly, with the distance I'm from my TV I'd like it to be a little bigger. 42" Or something, but currently I couldn't possibly fit a bigger TV where I love so that's okay. It's not that big of a deal anyway. For my desktop monitors I wouldn't want to go bigger than 24". They're not that far away from me so they fill up enough of my field of vision. I don't really want eyestrain and stuff.

 

[Recusant]

Asking how many inches a person's screen's diagonal has is kind of like asking how many miles their car can go before it needs to be refueled; while kind of useful, it really only is in the context of information you're missing. A diagonal measurement makes some degree of sense with a 4:3 aspect ratio; it's very nearly 4:3.3, the ratio the human eye sees at. Once widescreen kicks in (and there probably aren't more than a dozen of us on the Escapist who still use monitors designed for human eyes), that changes; the number doesn't mean a whole lot any more.

With no aspect ratio listed, it essentially means nothing; you're better off asking for width by length measurements, or total square inches.

 

[Parasondox]

My projector wall/screen is 97" which is just right for the room it's in. It's made for games like Bloodborne and Uncharted 4, not to mention movies of all kinds.

My PC monitor is only 22" and it's good enough for now, but I'd probably go with around 27" or 28" for my next one. Funny thing is, I almost prefer playing certain types of games on it, like Dark Souls for example. I tend to see so much more detail, and being closer to the action gives the game a very welcomed new feel.

 

[Captain Marvelous_v1legacy]

The first 6 words had me expecting something completely different.

I game on a 30 inch TV, and I'm perfectly fine with it, but I prefer the 60 inch tv at my mom's place. I can't complain though. My TV serves it's purpose and suits me fine.

 

[DefunctTheory]

Asking how many inches a person's screen's diagonal has is kind of like asking how many miles their car can go before it needs to be refueled; while kind of useful, it really only is in the context of information you're missing. A diagonal measurement makes some degree of sense with a 4:3 aspect ratio; it's very nearly 4:3.3, the ratio the human eye sees at. Once widescreen kicks in (and there probably aren't more than a dozen of us on the Escapist who still use monitors designed for human eyes), that changes; the number doesn't mean a whole lot any more.

With no aspect ratio listed, it essentially means nothing; you're better off asking for width by length measurements, or total square inches.

16:9 has been the standard for years, certainly long enough to where 16:10 is absolutely meaningless, really only worth mentioning as an asterisks for the weird few who have one, or as an e-peen measuring tool for PC 'enthusiast' who have somehow missed the 4K boat.

Diagonal measurements are fine.

I have a 55 inch in the living room, where everyone sits 10 feet away from it. I could maybe fit a 60 inch in there, but anything bigger would be pointless.

On the desk, I have a 27 inch Asus Monitor for my primary (On the right) and a 32 inch Sony TV as my secondary (The left). I put the TV on there when my secondary monitor went bad, and intended to replace it, but I eventually found that all I ever did with it anyway was play movies and throw up text files for the occasional glance at, so I never bothered. Now that I have a massive L desk, though perhaps its time to revisit a new monitor. I could always just make it a triple set up. And I can upgrade to a bigger monitor (32 inch monitor, perhaps?). Don't see myself going much bigger then that, unless I end up going for one of those ultra wides.

 

[Major_Tom]

Asking how many inches a person's screen's diagonal has is kind of like asking how many miles their car can go before it needs to be refueled; while kind of useful, it really only is in the context of information you're missing. A diagonal measurement makes some degree of sense with a 4:3 aspect ratio; it's very nearly 4:3.3, the ratio the human eye sees at. Once widescreen kicks in (and there probably aren't more than a dozen of us on the Escapist who still use monitors designed for human eyes), that changes; the number doesn't mean a whole lot any more.

With no aspect ratio listed, it essentially means nothing; you're better off asking for width by length measurements, or total square inches.

I have a 19" 16:10 monitor. 4:3 and 16:10 are both fine, but 16:9 can fuck off as a monitor aspect ratio and stick to TVs. And anything bigger than 24" has no place on a desk, unless you're sitting across the room from it.

 

[Mcgeezaks]

Both of my PC monitors are 24 inches which is kind of the sweet spot to me, my TV is 55 inches which is good but not optimal for 1080p in my opinion but it's still a good. TV's can't be too big.

 

[Gordon_4_v1legacy]

At the distance of couch to TV, 46-60 inch is best I find, but with the shorter distance between chair and monitor I think the largest I'd go is 30 inch, though 27 inch is probably the newest sweet spot in terms of size to resolution.

 

[Bilious Green_v1legacy]

Resolution and refresh rate matter way more than screen size. I use a 27" 1440p 144Hz G-Sync monitor and it's awesome.

 

[Yopaz]

It's funny, the TV I use is 55 inches

I wish I could play on a smaller TV, because with my TV and eyesight, I am always too close or too far from the TV. And on most shooters, recoil feels a lot worse when it moves the reticle maybe two inches up on my TV screen.

I wish I could connect my PS4 to my PC monitor, but it's hard to track down an HDMI-VGA cable.

You shouldn't use a VGA cable either way. VGA cables are severely outdated and will negatively affect your image quality, even more so in the conversion from digital output to analog input. I assume your monitor got a DVI input and HDMI to DVI works much better and DVI is a much better standard.

OT: Honestly, I don't know. For PC gaming I use a 27 inch monitor which is quite good and for consoles I use a 40 inch monitor. I think I would like a bigger TV, but my PC monitor is fine since I am sitting close to it. I haven't really tried any protocol optimization so I can't say what's better or what's preferred.