Can A Gaming Monitor Be TOO Big?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 พ.ย. 2022
- Answering the age old question, can a gaming monitor be too massive?
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I just got a 32” monitor and I thought it was already too big. I couldn’t even dare to use 40” let alone 48”.
Would you recommend 32 or revert back to say a 27 inch?
I use a 32 daily since 1 year and I was considering buying a 50 inch TV in order to have a bigger screen
i bought 32" monitor like half a year ago first i thought that it was too big but now im ready to get bigger. what im saying is you get to used it fast
@@tex69420 the only thing i would consider to play in tv is fifa
On my desk, 32* 1440p looks just perfect in my viewing distance.
49” neo g9 was life changing and i will never go back to a small monitor, yes i have to look across the room to see my mini map but i love every second
I went from a 34" ultrawide to a 48" OLED. At first I thought it was too much, but after a week I quickly got used to it. I tried going back to my 34" for a little bit and it felt like looking at a phone screen! Large format isn't for everyone, but with the screen at the back of my desk, I never have to turn my neck to see all four corners.
48 " At the back of your desk? You must have a desk like Putin
Nah massive screen for PC gaming is just too jarring , Unless all you do on your PC is play laid back games with your controller. I've had 42 and 48 (even placed back with enough space) and I just can't deal with it when I need to concentrate up close and personal.. On certain stuff I do and a bunch of games I play. I mean, Yeah I could have my 32 (perfect size imo) on a desk and have a big ass screen hooked up someone else with a couch for laid back controller fun, But i can't be bothered with the hassle lol. I'm perfect doing all my PC work and gaming on a 32 monitor. I have a PS5 on a big ass oled TV if I want that anyway lol (not that I use it much)
@@mozzjones6943 In my bedroom, I was able to position my monitors near enough to my wall mounted TV that I can just swivel my 42-inch 4096x2160p TV to the left and either play at around a distance of 4.5 --5.5 ish feet away, or I can just look forward at my 27-inch 1440p monitor. If I want to play in bed, just turn my TV back to face my bed, and do the same with one of my monitors if I'm watching TH-cam or something while gaming. As someone who almost exclusively plays single player AAA games, having a 1440p 100 Hz monitor and a 60 Hz 4k TV (paired with an RTX 3080 and an i5 12600k/32GBDDR4 3800mhz/Gen4 NVMe 2tb x3) has been a great monitor set up for me. I'm gonna for the same card next gen, maybe I'll go and again depends on whatever gives me more VRAM, but either the 5080/8900XT ish area, and I'm, more than pleased with DLSS at 4k, so I think I will have the hardware to continue to push 4k. I used to be so obsessed with my framerate, but nowadays, I'm fine with 100 Hz. A nighttime setting with the moon shining on the grass in RDR2 or even Ghost of Tsushima 4k HDR really makes you ogle at the screen and say "Damn, I'll sacrifice a few fps for this" lol.
I'm looking to grab a 27-inch Full HDR 1440p display, but considering just springing for a 32 inch 4k, but then I think I want an ultrawide, but then if I get an ultrawide, I don't get 4k, but I do get a dope ass fucking 21:9 ultrawide aspect ratio and 1440p is still beautiful with full HDR, but 4k HDR looks impeccable, so I'm all fucked up when it comes to the choice of my next monitor lol. I still feel that 42 might be a good choice for me personally, because I have two other displays I would use for general use, and I only really game with a controller recently, until I want to get back into whatever RPG from back in the day like Kotor that are just abysmal to play with controllers.
The trick is to use a 42" screen, behind a 36" depth desk, and wall mount the screen. Much more balanced in terms of neck and eye relief
Yeah a 42inch is the sweet spot
Yo I have a 43in monitor. Could you recommend me a desk
Yep. This is basically it. I use a 43" display, but on a 42 inch deep desk. It's pretty great.
I think 32" is where most people want to be, over sizing is just as bad as under sizing.
That's what I have. 42 C2. Wall mounted larger desk. Love it..
FoV is important on large monitors, as you discovered. I run an older Asus 43" (non-OLED, sadly), and sit probably a smidge closer than you with that one. I tend to run anywhere between 110-140 FoV depending on the game.
I have the 42" ROG PG42UQ on my desktop and it's great! Took a week or so to get used to, but it's fantastic. Going from 1440p IPS to 4K OLED is glorious. :)
i'd love to hear a neck-review after 4 weeks of use, please!
@@strubbleler I've had it since 19th September and no neck issues. Only thing that took some getting used to was the size of the panel, but I have it set way back on my desk and all is well. No eye strain, neck or any other aches. I'm happy with it.
@@RageQuittersUKOfficial By pushing it waaaay behind ur desk, ur basically getting the same display size as a smaller display that sits closer. Basic geometry bro.
I have a 43 inch as well. I have a deeper desk (actually a table) so the screen sits a bit farther from me, but not too much farther. No neck injury and I prefer the larger desk. I would never go back to a smaller screen.
@@Voltaire321 A 27 Inch glued to your face, obliterates your Field of Vision. The more you go on size, the more you have to push in further, to have that same effect. There's no reason in having a gynormous display, 16k sitting 10000 metres away from your desk, giving you the exact same effect as a close 27 incher.
The only reason to go for a bigger PC monitor is if you plan on using it as a two-function display. If you don't want to get a TV for TV shows/movies, and you want to use ur PC monitor instead, bigger is better, depending the size of the room where it will be used.
I've been asking a lot of channels to review it including you and I am glad you did
Been using my giga monitor 4K 55" LG B9 OLED w G-Sync since 2019. Sit about 6' away and game from the couch with wireless keyboard and mouse, Xbox controller. Its been great!
edit: I have 17,340 hours on it now and have practiced very good burn in prevention (auto hiding task bar, local dimming, and lower screen brightness setting overall).
about the same here, apparently much better for the eyes as well due to the distance from the screen
Same here, I also use a 50" TV for gaming, and am happy sitting in my recliner 186cm from my screen. Sadly OLED is well out of my budget, but even my basic LG 4K display is good stuff.
@@arokh72 all depends on your priorities as well if OLED matters or not, when i was choosing my screen i chose not to get an OLED since all the ones at the size i wanted all had like 10ms more delay in tests, which, considering how i already have at least some delay from wireless keyboard, mouse and headset, doesnt feel like a smart choice to get
Bruh 3years have 26280 hours!
💪You are using it to its fullest!
Similar here. I use a 65" 120hz Samsung as my main monitor and sit about 7' feet away with wireless peripherals and it's great for both work and gaming. After using this set-up for so long, sitting at a desk with a tiny screen would feel too restrictive and the experience wouldn't be nearly as immersive either.
I've used a 4k 49" screen with my PC for over 4 years now and in 4k 60 with proper configuration it's super clear and a pleasure to use and view. Playing on anything smaller seems like I'm looking at a postage stamp!
he dont get it. Some never do. Bigger screen is always better.
@@PsyloOfficial lol, for a tv maybe but at a desk you'd have a hard time getting the whole picture.
@@ianrobertson3419 ymmv but I've had no issue at a normal size desk with a 48" for nearly a year now. I don't get the neck thing, I just move my eyes no head movement necessary.
@@PsyloOfficial you are so wrong
Yeah I use a 50" 4k oled HDR TV that I paid 300 for on black friday. I sit right in front of the thing like a monitor. If you were to look for a monitor with the same spec at half the size it's the same price which is ridiculous. A 50" TV is perfect for Sim racing, shooter games, or any other game really, RDR2 looks beautiful in 4k on my TV, forza has true to life size objects and it actually feels like you're sitting in the car because of the immersion and scale. You can't tell me that having a more zoomed in, higher quality picture is worse for gaming. You're just either broke or wrong or both or you've been mislead to believe that you need a monitor instead of a TV. My gaming setup is also my Netflix setup in front of my bed so it has multiple functions instead of just gaming. TV is better+ratio+get rekt
I’ve been using a 48 inch LG C1 OLED for about a year now and it’s been pretty incredible. I wall mounted it and it sits about a foot away from my desk, so this setup definitely isn’t for everyone, but it’s been the best monitor/tv I’ve ever bought by far. High refresh rate, excellent response times, HDMI 2.1, 4k, HDR10, perfect blacks, it is a no compromises display.
just got a c2 48 and did the same. its amazing
I've got the ROG XG43UQ (43" 4K UHD 16:9), on the ROG x IKEA UPPSPEL desk (80cm / 32" deep), and it's just about perfect. That size at that distance basically fills my main field of vision, and doesn't really need you to be actively moving your head around in normal use. It was a leap of faith to choose to go that big, took a little getting used to and some tuning of desktop scaling and stuff, but I'm glad I did. It's highly immersive in games, and the image quality is awesome. Pixel density is clean and crisp, you don't see the individual pixels. Going big also gives you extras like HDR1000, compared to HDR600 on typical premium 32" monitors.
No regrets, and I'd go for roughly that size again if I had to start over.
Completely understand what you're talking about with MOBAs. I picked up an Aorus 48 inch monitor earlier this year and it's hilarious how you have to physically turn your head to look down at the map. I got caught out because of that more than a few times hahha
Currently using the 42 LG OLED C2 and I freaking love it, but I think 48 would be too big for me
49" here, loving it after 6 months, even play competitive game like CoD
I totally agree I am using a LG UM7300 43" anything bigger for gaming is to big. For watching videos surfing the internet playing older games 50" would be just fine. 38" to 43" would about the biggest for gamers playing games that have come out in the last 7 or 8 years.
@@DJboutit2 i get 120 FPS on high settings in MW:2 that's about the latest big game out. so i'm not complaining, wouldn't go less than my 49" i love it.
i could tweak the graphics a bit more but i'm only at 120hz on my monitor, my monitor can go up to 240hz but i'm leaving it at 120 as want it to last.
If your going to go big just make sure your ppi is high. I'm running 4k at 43in and I feel it's really good all around. It's a TLC TV and I got it a few years ago for Hella cheap at $189 at target black Friday sale. Which is why I bought it instead of a 1080p TV as the 4k TV was actually cheaper lol. I now have a 1440p monitor that I got for free from a friend and it's terrible compared to my 4k TV. I want to upgrade to oled 144hz 4k at 43in or perhaps larger. I recommend being 30inches away or more from a 43in or bigger monitor or TV. I'm planning on getting a rolling TV stand that's height adjustable so I can perfect my viewing angles. I also use my TV as my TV for my bedroom for watching movies so going bigger would make a better movie experience as my TV is 12 ft away from where my eyes would be in bed. I love how immersive my large 4k TV is. Playing games like red dead redemption 2 is an absolute dream and I even get a bit of a competitive advantage in games like battlefield because I can see further due to the sharp crisp 4k resolution and the large format allows me to crank up the fov if I want. Overall it's going to be a personal preference but be careful as once you go 4k large screen you will never go back!
Awesome, honest unbiased reviews of products Dawid, put you way above most youtubers. You would find something bad on a diamond and that is exactly what we need. We don't need to hear all superlatives and what not, but real pluses and minuses of each product you get your paws at. Good job.
Fair assessment. I'm in the market for a monitor, and this kind of information is very helpful. Thanks
I use a 28” 4k display and upscale UI and it is extremely sharp, I adore it. I had always used 24” 1080p monitors and this felt like a massive upgrade.
What is upscale UI?
Same here (28" 4k) I personally find anything bigger, I get a sore neck. Had a 34" Dell but it felt like a shrine surrounding me, and kept wanting to shift the chair back.
Not op, but I think he means windows scaling. On a 28 inch 4K screen you can get away with 150% scaling
Optimal display size has always been part personal preference and a lot sitting distance. This looks like a great monitor, as mentioned in the video, for an in between of a traditional monitor and a tv. If your monitor position is a short distance from your head and you find a 32" monitor a tad bit small for your preference, then this would be a great consideration instead of a traditional tv, or as an option if you just want to be able to lean back and play with a remote, as demonstrated in the video too.
imagine how much room a 48-inch crt would be if they ever made a 4k crt that large🤣🤣🤣
@@raven4k998 I used to have a 65” DLP and that thing weighed like 200 pounds lol. Was definitively fun to use as it was free, just had to replace the internal bulb
@@christophervanzetta DLP is not the same thing as CRT those things were awesome for amazing 3d images and had darker blacks to boot
I've been using a LG C1 48" as my only monitor for around a year. 4k 120, gsync, and amazing pixel response time. And I kind of treat it like a multi monitor.
Very nice comparison at the end
My PC is currently connected to a 43" TV. I sit about 8 feet away so you are pretty spot on.
LOL... yeah im on a 44 inch ultrawide and I sit at a normal computer distance... and dear god does my head swivel back and fourth too much now!
I have a LG curved 38" ultrawide ips and it's as big as I'd want to go, but I'd also never want to go back to a smaller monitor😁
yeah 48" is for 8k not really good for 4k🤣🤣🤣
I recently bumped up to a 65 inch TV for my home theatre setup and playing first person stuff on it initially took some getting used to. As you said, it kinda felt like being in a wormhole or something haha. Now I've adjusted to the extra viewing angle it's great but it'd be awful being sat too close to it. Definitely feel like bigger screens don't work out very well as PC monitors.
Currently my lounge setup is using a HTPC with an LG CX 55” OLED is a dream to use for single player titles and the colours are 🤤🤤🤤🤤!
I got a 24 inch display and I'm considering adding another, I think I rather go for the 2-screen setup than a massive one. Nonetheless, a top video as usual Dawid. Loved watching it!
trust me, dual displays is far better than 1 massive one. personal experience here. gaming on a TV-sized screen just sucks.
@@scarecrow5848 depend for who, i had dual monitor i went back to only one
I've ran duel for 20 years, couldn't image not, use 2 at work also. Home is 2 x 27inch.
@@scarecrow5848 personally ive been Using an 32inch panasonic tv ive owned for years and aside from the fact its only 50hz and the fact i dont have the stand for it sl its just leaning against my wall, its a very good expiriance personally
@@scarecrow5848 I do like my ultra wide monitor that my work provided for productivity, but I prefer playing the vast majority of games on my 27" monitor
I upgraded from a 23" 1080p to a 27" 1440p display last year and I'm certain that if I go 4K, I'd top out at 30" or 32" at most. Else I'd just be looking around constantly.
Yes 32 is perfect> i own one any bigger is too big.
I've been using a 55" OLED C1, it's been a pleasure all around.
great analogy at the end. nailed it
For scenarios where you need to focus to a smaller space like with gaming, you play windowed and leave the desktop black and empty. The point of these large high resolution monitors is to have a larger workspace, not to use everything necessarily in full screen. Like instead of multiple monitor setups.
Then you might as well get a smaller display…
Went with a 32 inch monitor and I feel it's about the perfect size for my uses. However, I'm quite jelly of my friends Samsung G9 Monitor. I recommend trying one if you can. :)
That is seemingly a good size for 1440p.
Thanks for your review. I bought this monitor and waiting patiently to receive it :)
Been using the same 42" 1080p Insignia as a monitor for 7 years now. Love it
I prefer 32~34 inches for 4K. This is certainly entering the "too big" range for me, at my usual arms-length sitting distance. But the color and response time of OLED is wonderful.
My dream monitor would be 4K 75~144hz 32~34inch OLED with freesync (and optionally, >=HDR600). If that existed, I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
Asus announced a monitor with those specs at Computex this year.
@@Techrodd Is it not out yet? The closest I could find with a quick search is the XG32VC which is a VA panel, and the PG42UQ which is too large at 42"; Not really suitable for my desk, I'd have to give up my other monitors, and it would need a curve at that close of a distance. I could be convinced to sacrifice (some of) my monitors for a curved ultra-wide like the new Samsung OLED G9, tho its 1440p (acceptable) and has some bullshit "smart hub" which is a deal breaker for me. So, I'm still out of luck...
You need to judge size with distance. Also, I think most pc gamers recommend 90 FOV minimum
Also one has to differentiate the actual display FOV to you eyes. (Research puts it at most 78°)
And the game virtual FOV
1:58 I thought he was gonna say that the "Hexagon is the best-a-gon" 😭
I loved all the extras sensory and the water that felt like a residue was my fav
I have a 50" 4K 120Hz monitor and I wish I would have went maybe 42" or something a little smaller. I have 2 other 32" 4k 120Hz on each side for my normal computer stuff. When I try to use the 50" for certain tasks I just move them over to one of the 32" monitors.
that sounds more like a TV
My setup is a 43" 4k monitor as my main and a 24" 1080p monitor on each side of it, one flipped 90 degrees for discord and it's nearly identical height to the main monitor.
I love this setup so much.
I tried playing with a 60" tv. Trust me dawid if you love your neck and eyes you shouldn't go bigger than 27" 😂
I tried getting a higher refresh rate monitor that was 27", couldn't stand it compared to my 60Hz 55". Granted that was mostly an issue of resolution, as the 55" was 4k and the 27" was 1440p. But I returned the monitor within 2 days of picking it up because I hated it compared to my bigger TV and I haven't really looked back at smaller monitors since then. But even sitting 3-4 feet away from it I don't have to move my neck at all to see the whole display easily.
@@Galiant2010 i don't recommend using a tv as a gaming monitor though as tvs tend to be an a hole and overstretch things
@@Galiant2010 i use a curved 24" 165Hz monitor as my main monitor and it works fine for me
@@Galiant2010 you can set it to 60Hz if you want your monitor to stay at 60Hz
I love my 42" OLED set up in my living room, its great for the older games I tend to play. To your point, the racing games are just a fantastic experience on larger screens.
I just ordered this on sale…but unlike most I primarily brought this to use with my PS5/SeriesX. I’ve found console gaming on a monitor has been really nice for me and bit more immersive than the classic couch/big screen set up. Currently on a 32in and I think 48 will be perfect for what I use it for.
For a desktop monitor, maybe a 32" would be ideal. If you have a big living room, and can sit relatively back from the monitor, a 39" to 42" is good. However, if you are about 6 feet away from it, a 55" is about perfect. It depends on the distance from the monitor versus the field of view.
Exactly. People don't seem to realize that the bigger the screen, the further away you're supposed to sit. Which in theory is counter-intuitive, just get a smaller screen and sit closer.
32" is fine if you sit close, but I'd rather have a 42" 4K or a 38" UW
@@1seb11 Which one? The 55" 4k monitor? I guess you're right. Let's just sit close and immerse ourselves into having it sit about 3 feet from you. Good luck!
Bigger isn't always better ;)
Thats what she said
2 inch destroyer!!!
I'm watching this video on this exact model and it's perfect. That's coming from an Alienware 34" Ultrawide. I love this monitor. I watch lots of videos and the screen space makes it easy to multitask and actually see what I'm looking at.
I'm currently using a 43" 4K TV for a monitor. I've been using bigger displays for years. What I've personally found is you must train yourself to move your eyes and not your neck. 42-43" is perfect to cover your field of view and immerse you into the game. And, moving just your eyes, you do not need to move your head. Any larger, depending on how far back your monitor is, of course, and you will have to move your head.
Plus, gaming aside, screens this size in 4K allow 2-3 windows at the same size with large, crisp content.
The proper sitting distance for a 4k display is the distance where it takes up most of your field of view but you can see it all, all the time, just a little eye movement to focus on different sides/corners. I sit about 3-4 ft away from my 55".
I bought a 1080p 42" TV back around 2010, and just a few months ago I upgraded to a 55" 4k QLED. And I would happily take something at that size and resolution at 60 Hz over something smaller (27") 1440p and 120 Hz. I bought a monitor to go alongside the TV, figuring I'd use the TV for watching whatever video I'm streaming and then see what all the fuss was about for high FPS gaming at 1440p on the monitor.
The 1440p monitor might have been okay as the only upgrade from the old 1080p TV, but after experiencing the joy of 4k at 55" I couldn't go to anything under 4k now. And I'm the kind of person that as long as my FPS is stable at 30 FPS or more I can't really tell the difference. Right at 30 FPS I kinda can... but 40+ is great and I feel like I'm wasting money on a display that does more than that. I spent hours trying to find the magical difference in the 120 Hz of the 1440p monitor (and before people ask, I was deliberately running games where I was getting at least that output shown by a Windows app overlay and in game FPS counters, usually games a few years old running on my 3060ti, so it's not like my GPU was only outputting 60 frames on a 120 Hz display). And I couldn't tell.
The only thing I'd notice is that things didn't look as sharp at 1440p as they did at 4k, even when having them take up the same amount of my field of vision, and I'd just get the urge to go back to my 4k display. If I got farther away from the 1440p it was simply "fine". So I returned the monitor because it felt like a waste of money. My TV was $450 for 60 Hz, and the monitor was like $300 for 120 Hz.
Bigger and higher resolution for me any day, over smaller and lower resolution with a higher refresh rate.
I always had reasonably large Monitor. CRT 15" with the 486, 17" with K6-2, 19" with Athlon, then moved to TFT in 2002 with 19", then 28" 1920x1200 in the Phenom days to 42" 4k TV in 2015 and since last year 43" with a Gigabyte fv43. I tried the larger ones but it seems that even for a "Big Monitor guy" 42/43" is the sweetspot.
Gaming is awesome and it is also great for working. I am a CAD engineer and always have SolidWorks, Excel, Explorer and Outlook on the screen without much problems.
Love your videos dawid
i'll be making my switch to this monitor very soon. I'm excited
I've been using my 55" TV as a monitor for 4 years, from maybe 2 feet away! Not being able to see everything at once is great for immersive games. However, if I need to see the whole screen (e.g. a 3 hour progressive raiding session), then I simply choose to play in a smaller window! I open up an full screen application that gives a nice blank background, then put the game and discord on top.
I am used to 27" 1080p displays, so it is equivalent to 4 of those; I've never had the 27" 1440p experience, so don't feel like I missed out, though that sounds like a great experience
I love watching ur videos high bro ur funny af 😂 I’m sticking with my 27” monitor for now lol
From 2015 to 2019 I was using mostly two 40 inch screens as computer monitors. One was a proper 4K monitor, the other was a 1080p TV used as a monitor. They were awesome in everything other than I couldn't really run the 4K monitor for games with the GPU I had and the 1080p was at times too low for 40 inches.
The other negative thing was the size of them, they would "block the sun" and that believe it or not, depressed me a bit more than usual.
Which is why a couple of years ago I switched to 27 inch 1440p monitor.
Having said that I am from time to time considering unboxing again the 4K 40inch monitor even though I still have the same system as 2015, other than the GPU where now I have a 1660Super.
Main reason I am thinking of doing that is I will be able to play/stream in a window and still have it large enough to not feel like a smaller window. If that makes any sense.
Plus, playing cockpit view racing or flying games in 40 inches is something just awesome.
Having said that, I don't know if I could tolerate a 48 inch monitor. Perhaps that is too big even for me.
Though to clarify something, I did get used to the 40 inch screens in a couple of months and size (for comfort levels) stopped being a major issue after a while.
Funny thing was when I actually started using the 27 inch it felt like a toy compared to the two 40 inch ones.
Been waiting for this one
I use a 48 inches LG OLED C1 as a monitor. Wall mounting it made a big difference in comfort, specially with the amount of stuff that's is on the bottom of screen (game dialogue, for example).
Your observations about games like Forza/etc really highlights one of the things that has been good about console gaming for years and years, being able to sit back comfortably with a big tv and nice sound system. And while you are able to do that with a PC, its always been a much more expensive way to play, especially if you want to use Keyboard+Mouse instead of a controller.
And your comment about needing to sit 9 feet back really does draw that comparison to consoles, as the UI for consoles/set top boxes/tvs/etc are known as 10 foot(or 3 meter) UIs, essentially since they need to be usable from long distance and with a more limited or specific control set (arrow keys and non-generic controls usually).
The analogy with the Pagani Zonda was very ilustrative.
Well done for resisting the 'that's what she said' moment after declaring it the 'longest screw ever'. True professional.
Great Video As Usual!
Sick Strat, Dawid! 🎸
When I first got my Samsung 49" super ultrawide curved monitor I thought the same thing. But within a few days I stopped getting a stiff neck or headaches from never moving my head. Been 2 years now and I can't imagine not having it. But I wish it was bigger.
Anytime you change your physical movement and start using muscles you normally wouldn't use of course that will hurt but once you build up those muscles you be golden and never want to switch back. I've since added 2 additional 28" 16:9s on each side for 11' of monitors. And if they come out with an affordable 75-130" 32:9 I'll buy that!! You really need to use it for a minimum of 3 weeks then give your opinion. A day or two and your neck will be sore
We’ll have fun with neck problems in the next 30 ish years.
Great video!
For me, at first it felt really wrong but then I got used to it, after a few hours I noticed that I hit my targets much more often since they were all well "Bigger" now I can't go back to a small monitor.
Preferably a 21/9 40" inch wide screen sounds about perfect.
One thing though and this a bigg biggy!
Dot pitch is pretty horrendous 🤢
Would be lovely if a mid range card could handle something like 6880 X 2880.
Great video, keep it up 👍🏻
Using a Philips Momentum 55" for 2 years, before that I was using a Sony TV 49" ... depending on your desk size the sweet spot is between 43 and 55". For 55" I have a 90cm width desk and that's perfect. I use it mainly for productivity (Visual Studio), but also for games and movies.
I have two 50" "monitors" on my desktop. I don't game on them often, but I don't really have any issues with neck pain or anything and I spend hours every day on them. I think you get used to it and the extra screen real estate comes in handy.
On sale for $699 right now. Got a deal on one of the 240Hz LG OLED ultrawides but returned it because it was used and the power on hours made me question the value, even at 40% off MSRP. Got this direct from LG and its been great. Coming from a 180Hz IPS for years now I can say confidently that the 138Hz is not noticeably different to me at all. It could be the significantly lower latency on the OLEDs that makes up the difference for lost refresh rate. Either way its been going great with about 36" between me and the screen. 42" would have been my preference, but 42">48">32" is my opinion on the 4K OLED panels.
Perfect size, been using tv as pc monitor since 2001, but I do not sit that close to the screen, more like tv distance. Will get one like this one when it gets cheap enough.
What a coincidence, I just installed not 1 but 3 large 4k tvs for my rig; 50+55+50. For my driving simulators. I also got a neck injury, but that was because of a fall on the ice yesterday; not related to the displays 😀 It's like I'm running 8 24" and 4 27" 1080p monitors and I love it
Dude, the neck howling from dota had me rofl. 😂
I used to play on my 50in 4k Samsung TV when I first got my PC, and it is great if you get the right distance from the display. I got small portable desk for the setup.
I have a 42" LG C2 as my primary monitor.. Does the job,, that's for sure. 120hz (well 119hz to be accurate) with G-Sync capability.. And holy Hemostat does it ever feel amazing. Though my eyes strain a bit because of it. So i am going to have to get some gaming glasses i think. :)
Wonderfully said.
I just got this exact monitor a few days ago and have been playing a lot of Warzone on it. And I absolutely love it. I don’t have the neck issues people talk about (and I play PC). Am curious tho what settings did you change on the monitor?
His complaints are severely over exaggerated. I personally don't get how people play on a 27" monitor. I'd have to be inches away to use one. I too have this monitor and previously was using a 42" LG monitor. It's great if you play games and watch movies/TH-cam. But I'm going to return this due to it not being enough of a upgrade from my 42" to justify the $1000 price I paid for it. Hopefully the 2023 models will be better.
I wish I had "company sending their product to Dawid for review" level of confidence.
I actually use a 48" Aorus OLED I got on sale with a 36" deep display. I am used to using a 43" TV for work and that's super comfortable of a size to me, I find 48" just a bit too big. That being said, I don't regret my monitor. The FoV needs set to about 90 for me in games to be comforable, and the screen has trouble keeping brightness if it's all or mostly white (like when in several instances of Word), but I definitely got used to it. Also, playing SWTOR on a 48" 4K screen is surprsingly awesome. It's not for everyone for sure, and I wish my display was 43" instead of 48", but it's such a unique experience that the few downsides there are are heavily outweighed by just how fun it is to use. That being said, I got it for 50% off its normal price, it was worth it at that but not over $1k in my opinion (maybe if it was 43" and didn't have the weird brightness issue when mostly white).
I’ve always loved your Chuck Norris level OC vids, can you do one on the Amd apus like 5600g/5700g with absolutely ridiculous cooling sub zero?
Hello from Australia and Lucky you! I'm still stuck with a 720p monitor 😭 my gigabyte Rx 6700xt oc must hate me 🤣 also keep up the good work I absolutely love the videos!
1600x900 gamer here. My monitor sucks ass ngl
I don't know your situation, but I would think it would have been better to get at cheaper GPU and upgrade your display to at least 1080p.
I have an Aorus FO48U, which is just Gigabyte's equivalent to this; it uses the same panel as the 48 inch C1. I bought it around February. I do use it for a pc, an HTPC build with a 12100f and a 3070, but it sits at a distance on a dresser, and it mainly gets used as a TV with an xbox more than for the pc. It's great as a gaming display, but I'd never replace the monitors on my main system (i have three 1440p monitors there, all 32") with something like that. It's perfect for the use case I have for it: a solid display for a console and a home pc in an entertainment center. Way too big for practical monitor use on your only/main pc.
God damn Dawid ive been stalking your page for 4 days now, took u long enough to upload
Your vids are always so funny cuz of your comments LOL - very good !!!
I tried a 48" and even with a very big and deep desk that over 2 1/2 foot deep (about 32" deep or 80cm +) it was still too much for me personally. I still use the TV just as a more chill on the side of the desk. Plus, while I like using a TV as a monitor there are some serious downsides like the subpixel layouts that just aren't well supported on desktops.
I definitely like a bigger monitor. I won't go any lower than a 32 or 34" but 42" or 49" for ultrawide is max size for me. Maybe the new 45" Oled ultrawide works well, idk, but the resoultion just seem to too low on that.
I tried my 48 inch T.V as a monitor like two weeks ago with HDR on. Man that thing made my eyes feel like they were two rotating stars ready to collapse in on them selves at any given moment
I think my primary gaming monitor is a 35" curved display? I should probably know for sure but I think that is the size and it felt perfect for FPS titles. A 48" flat screen is crazy although I used to play Elite Dangerous and Rocksmith on a 65" 4K TV. That was sweet.
Having used a 42inch OLED since April, it's fantastic, never going back.
I'm in the market for a neck injury, beets the 19" monitor I got now. If being to close is an issue mount it on the wall in front of your desk, typically wall mounts will give you enough room for plug ins. I have seen Red Dead Redemption 2 on a Samsung 50" OLED TV and it looked amazing.
I use a 65" LG Nanocell (4K120 Gsync capable version) as a PC monitor with my eyes 1m from the screen for desktop use. It's crazy but I love it.
Those ports facing rearward were a major oversight.
I literally JUST got this monitor and I do a lot of PC gaming, (except rn because Ragnarok is out), and I love it with everything in me. I will say however that I don't have it as close to me as Dawid does.
Can definitely be too big in some circumstances.
Im using a 70 inch 4k display as my main display (and a 55 inch for secondary display) and its too big for gaming up close. I ended up creating a custom screenmode of 3456x1944 with integer "scaling" (ie. it doesn't scale, it just crops part of the screen) so it has black borders removing the top %5, bottom %5, left %5 and right %5. It's muuuuch more comfortable to use with only %81 of the 70 inches.
For productivity (and ide, video editing, 3d rendering, etc.) I like having a lot of screen real estate (why I went for the 70 inch + 55 inch displays).
My setup is for very specific for atypical usage and I definitely wouldn't recommend it for %99 of people, but it works well for me.
I have been on a 54" for the past 4 years and before that was on a 46" for 5 years, its just something to get used to tbh. Been wanting to move over to oled 4k for my new pc build and i thing it will be this LG screen that ill go for.
I own a 42 inch LG C2 and for me its the sweet spot. Only thing is i lose my Display port but i use HMDI 2.1 for my Ps5 and 6900XT still support G sync and Free sync.
I like out the back ports, trying to feel out hidden ports always a pain.
Three factors..
Pixels per radian/degree (retina)
Filling the right amount of your field of view.
And an appropriate focal distance..
I wonder what the optimum focal distance is for the eye..
One way to use a huge display is sit close and set FOV to approximately 90 degrees, but only focus on the middle 50% of the screen area.
It gives a degree of peripheral vision which you typically 'see' but dont focus on.
This may increase your immersion.
Sooo waiting on the 42 version!!! The 48 is only 899 right now on Amazon
I picked up a Arous FO48U (uses the same OLED panel as that LG) a month ago on sale ($799 plus a $200 mail in rebate) and its just amazin, there are some caveats when using a OLED though, biggest one being burn in. Get rid of your desktop icons, autohide the taskbar and use a nice OLED friendly wallpaper (Im using scrolling Matrix code courtesy of Wallpaper Engine) though I REALLY dig that LG remote.
Had this monitor for about four months now, and this thing is sweet, perfect size for me, because I am not sitting up under the monitor .
I use a 48" LG C1 as a monitor for work and gaming. For gaming, if a game supports it, I play at 3840x1620 in borderless windowed or windowed mode. This presents an extremely gorgeous widescreen experience. As an OLED, with black desktop background on the top and bottom sections of display, you only see pure black and unilluminated space where the game isn't. There is really no distraction at all. I really prefer it to the 32" 165Hz 1440p 21:9 display that that C1 replaced for gaming.
For my work use-case, it displays multiple RDP/VDI/Eclipse/web sessions better than any separated, multi-monitor monitor setup I've used to date; effectively providing a high density array of four 22" 1080p monitors, a normal monitor, or anything in between. You can certainly notice the DPI difference compared to a smaller 16:9 or 21:9 1440p or higher resolution display, but it is really quite negligible for my use cases. I still have another two external monitors on either side of the 4k display - there really is never enough desktop space...
I built/installed a custom keyboard tray on industrial drawer slides that provide up to a 36" extension from the edge of the 40" deep desktop to which they are mounted. With the C1 on an arm attached to the sit-stand desk, the adjustable viewing distance is therefore between ~42 and ~74 inches from the display. I typically sit/stand between 42 and 50 inches away from the display with no complaints at all
I've got the Aorus FV43U and it's honestly pretty fantastic.
Same here! I thought about going with the 48" OLED, but I'm too worried about burn in. But for a VA panel, the FV43U is beautiful. I also love having a remote for my monitor.
Right now I'm using a dual monitor setup consisting of 32"(1440p) and a 24"(1080p), both of which are 92ppi and so in the same way and at the right distance anyone can use a 48"(2160p).
Given that you can use other 1:1 resolutions, the difference is that compared to any other monitor here you can choose what format to play with, you will have a frame but it will be almost perfect black.
If you have to watch a movie you can do it to the best of the available technology on a decent quantity inch, if you have to work you can do it on a huge work area and if you need a good gamut you have it.
The only real limitation is having to keep to a brightness of 100-150 cd/m2 for safety, which is enough for working in a normal office and especially for gaming in a "cave."
EIZO says: in an office with normal brightness of 300-500 lux, the display brightness should be adjusted to around 100-150 cd / m2.
There is no such thing as a monitor that is too large, but there are noobs who play or work at the wrong distance...
I have a 27inch Gigabyte Monitor and that's plenty big enough for me! I may even wall mount it. I used to game on a 25inch Ultra Wide and I don't know how I did it 🙈 I couldn't imagine gaming on 48inch monitor, as my office is so small. For watching TV/ or playing on console in the living room. Yes! But in smaller rooms & at close range! No, it's a little extreme and I would have such a bad neck, aswell. Haha. Looks like an amazing monitor though. OLED looks banging.
First before I watch reaction - go for the LG C2 42" I just got it and awesome. I use the 3840x1600 ultrawide mode a lot. I also have it on a monitor arm :)
Now back to watching
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