Monitors

[Midnight]

Evening all,

My youngest wants to get a monitor for his room so he can play the x box on, any suggestions?

He will be saving the money up from birthdays and jobs round the house.

Cheers

Midnight...

 

[GreiginFife]

What size does he want? Which XBox version is it?
Does he want curved? Does it need a stand or will it be vesa mounted?

A monitor isn't a monitor isn't a monitor.

 

[Midnight]

What size does he want? Which XBox version is it?
Does he want curved? Does it need a stand or will it be vesa mounted?

A monitor isn't a monitor isn't a monitor.

It's the x box one big if he saves enough he might update next year. It will be on a stand on his desk, I sure about size and curve but I would guess no smaller than 32 mate

 

[GreiginFife]

It's the x box one big if he saves enough he might update next year. It will be on a stand on his desk, I sure about size and curve but I would guess no smaller than 32 mate

Bigger than a 32 I'd look at a TV. Monitors start to get pricy for decent specs when you get up to 32+.
XBox One a standard 1080p 32"+ TV would do. Currys were doing a 32" Sony for about £250.

To contrast that my 27" curved Samsung 1440p 144hz gaming monitor was £400.

Bear in mind as well, many monitors have no sound as they are primarily built as display devices.

If he was running a gaming PC then a monitor might make sense but for a console, a TV is just fine.

 

[Midnight]

Bigger than a 32 I'd look at a TV. Monitors start to get pricy for decent specs when you get up to 32+.
XBox One a standard 1080p 32"+ TV would do. Currys were doing a 32" Sony for about £250.

To contrast that my 27" curved Samsung 1440p 144hz gaming monitor was £400.

Bear in mind as well, many monitors have no sound as they are primarily built as display devices.

If he was running a gaming PC then a monitor might make sense but for a console, a TV is just fine.

Cheers for the info mate????

 

[DanFST]

I have a couple 27's at 60hz x 1080p. He could have one for cheap. As above, Look at tv's if he wants a bigger size.


Also if it's a new xbox it could be either 4k or 1080p 120hz.

 

[larmen]

I don't know anything about teh Xbox, but I checked out monitors a lot in the last week. For a home office.

I know that for gaming you want
- a high refresh rate, 120Hz minimum
- a short response time, like 1 mili second
- AMD freesync
- And after that you start to think about the high resolution like 4k, quad HD of full HD.

What I would also consider is that it is 'wall mountable' or 'vesa compatible'. You might not want to put it on a wall, but you can get a desk clamp from £25 onwards which gives you so many options and space back on the desk.


Or you plug it all into a decent TV

 

[Pants]

 

[spongebob59]

https://www.avforums.com/threads/my-best-tvs-for-next-gen-gaming-2020-21.2316098/