I wanted to get a new monitor but when I went to best buy website there are so many different types:

LCD Monitors

LED Monitors

IPS Monitors

Gaming Monitors

4K Ultra HD Monitors

Curved Monitors

I'm not sure what I should get. I want an HD monitor so if I watch DVD movies/stream netflix it's in good quality. Also, I mainly play BW and OSU sometimes SC2 or CSGO. I do a lot of reading/typing on the computer. I would also maybe like to connect an Xbox One to it and use it as a TV?

Thanks for the help

Edit: Price range: < $200. Size: ~24"

Myrmidon

United States9452 Posts

August 08 2015 22:03 GMT

#11062

All of the above use liquid-crystal displays (LCDs). Basically there are lights inside the monitor, and the screen just blocks a certain amount of the light in a certain pattern to show some colors as opposed to others. White is when it lets the light through; black is when it's trying to block it all. Virtually everything made in the last few years uses LEDs for the lights, so all the other categories actually are LED monitors (not to be confused with displays where each individual pixel includes different LEDs to generate the light).

IPS is a type of LCD tech, these days used by LG for some panels, though AOU's AHVA and Samsung's PLS tech are virtually the same thing and may be colloquially or even by monitor manufacturers referred to as "IPS" because that has higher name recognition. This is as opposed to TN and VA types of LCDs.

Gaming monitors are like anything else labeled as gaming—possibly with some features targeted at gamers but generally with no technological differentiation, just marketing.

4K ultra HD monitors are out of your price range, sporting 3840x2160 resolutions. Otherwise the same thing. Besides, if you're using it as a TV and using with an Xbox One, you're probably looking for a 1920x1080 display anyway.

Curved monitors are curved, obviously. As of now these are out of your price range.

If it doesn't have to be from Best Buy, I'd get a Dell P2314H (23", right now significantly cheaper than the 23.8" version, IPS, 1920x1080, LED backlit) for $160 from newegg after promo code EMCAWAR45 ending in a couple days:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824260148

A VA monitor would probably look better for movies and Netflix (higher contrast, a little worse color shifting) but would have slow enough pixel response to be more an issue for OSU and CS:GO.

olabaz

United States298 Posts

August 08 2015 22:35 GMT

#11063

Thank you for the reply. I will prefer it from Best Buy so I can just buy it in store. I moved into a new apartment so I'm not sure how shipping here works. I may just go to the actual store and take notes of the few models I'm interested that they have available and write back. If I'm switching to a 1920x1080 will my graphics card (Nvidia GeForce GT 240) be sufficient.

BrutalMenace

United States1237 Posts

August 09 2015 09:18 GMT

#11064

On August 08 2015 12:17 BrutalMenace wrote:
[H] Low fps dota 2 on new comp

I have i7 4790, and MSI R9 390 gpu, 750 watts, 16gb ram etc..

I get 60+ fps without ambient occlusion, then it drops to 20-30 when i turn it on. Running it at 1920x1080 not that it matters this card is built to handle witcher 3 and other games at ultra + 4k res.

Hey, if you're using latest AMD drivers, try this perhaps.

Go to AMD control panel and select or unselect VSR.

Just toggle it. At the moment with latest AMD drivers I am forced to touch these options (doesn't matter on / off, just need to toggle) just to get acceptable fps in odl games:

http://i.imgur.com/cKUIFq9.png[/QUOTE]

Ok my friend fixed it... reverted back to windows 8 and now im getting 120 fps on dota and everything is working fine again. I guess r9 390 not compatible yet for win 10

HelpMeGetBetter

United States764 Posts

August 11 2015 00:25 GMT

#11065

How is streaming SC on twitch from a Mac possible? All I see is windows support. Is there a simple tutorial somewhere?
Thanks in advance.

Cyro

United Kingdom20326 Posts

August 11 2015 13:49 GMT

#11066

edit: Oops, multiplatform OBS

ExChill

Germany179 Posts

August 11 2015 15:03 GMT

#11067

There is a multiplatform version of OBS.

JumboJohnson

537 Posts

August 12 2015 00:11 GMT

#11068

Pandora wont work on my home network on my phone. I've reinstalled, turned off the firewall. Pandora will load all the pictures and even kind of act like it's going through songs but it doesn't load them. It works fine on 4G and even on other networks.

My router is a belkin ac750. Phone is a Note 4. Please help google has gotten me no where. Thanks

Edit: Turned on airplane mode now it works fine. Turn off airplane mode and it goes back to not working.

XenOmega

Canada2822 Posts

August 13 2015 02:45 GMT

#11069

How much Bandwith would I need to have 2-3 streams active in my house?

I have a 30mbps (advertised) speed and I feel like there are some issues from times to times.

felisconcolori

United States6168 Posts

August 13 2015 05:00 GMT

#11070

4TB Western Digital Red NAS drive with 64mb of cache for $144. Is this a good idea?

Craton

United States17281 Posts

August 14 2015 14:11 GMT

#11071

I'm looking into getting a KVM switch for work. I have a development laptop and then a work desktop, the latter of which is on an internal network and very locked down. For reasons, I want to set up a KVM so I can toggle over to the desktop intermittently to access internal resources.

From what I've been seeing, most of the KVM switches have 2 USB ports, one for KB and mouse. I have a Corsair K60, which uses two USB ports (using one as a pass-through). In theory, I could connect both keyboard USB connections and then connect the mouse to the keyboard. Additionally, the mouse is wireless (uses Logitech unifying USB dongle).

My concern is that many of the switches label the port for mouse and keyboard with a graphic (as if the usb port would only work for the device pictured), making me think that there would be an issue trying to do this.

Can anyone shed some light on this or point me to one that would work?

Garnet

Vietnam9036 Posts

August 14 2015 16:58 GMT

#11072

How is SC2 on Windows 10? did you guys have any FPS increase/drop?

Thryd

86 Posts

August 15 2015 05:04 GMT

#11073

Does lowering the resolution from 1920*1080 to something 1600*900 improve fps in sc2?

Would it lower my field of view as well?

waffelz

Germany711 Posts

August 15 2015 10:15 GMT

#11074

As long as it is the same aspect ratio(which would be the case in your example), it should be fine. It goes lighter on the RAM of your GPU aswell as the performance in general if you use AA.

Thryd

86 Posts

August 15 2015 11:52 GMT

#11075

So you're saying that it's a positive for fps? I'm playing on a laptop so I need every frame I can get haha

Cyro

United Kingdom20326 Posts

August 15 2015 15:35 GMT

#11076

On August 13 2015 11:45 XenOmega wrote:
How much Bandwith would I need to have 2-3 streams active in my house?

I have a 30mbps (advertised) speed and I feel like there are some issues from times to times.

However much bandwidth the streamers set to use. On twitch there's a limit of ~3.5mbit/s per stream but there are sometimes issues from twitch and your isp actually delivering it

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On August 15 2015 14:04 Thryd wrote:
Does lowering the resolution from 1920*1080 to something 1600*900 improve fps in sc2?

Would it lower my field of view as well?

900p is ~1.44x lower resolution so if you're GPU limited, you could find FPS increases of that much. Unless your GPU is really bad though (which is possible on a laptop), CPU is probably the cause of low FPS especiallly with many units around.

The sc2 field of view should be the same between 16x9 resolutions, so no change AFAIK

Doodsmack

United States7224 Posts

August 15 2015 15:41 GMT

#11077

Looking to get an ultrawide monitor as an alternative to dual monitor and I'm looking at www.newegg.com. Are there any better alternatives? Doesn't seem like there are a ton of options.

Cyro

United Kingdom20326 Posts

August 15 2015 16:07 GMT

#11078

There's not that many of them out, multiple monitors and ultrawide serve different purposes IMO. Even with an ultrawide i would use a secondary monitor

Doodsmack

United States7224 Posts

August 16 2015 19:06 GMT

#11079

I have local Craigslist deals for these speakers:

www.audioreview.com (B&W CDM 1SE $600)
washingtondc.craigslist.org (Epos Epic 2 $400)

Going to be using this for a PC speaker setup in a decent sized room.

Which would you recommend?

Dingodile

4139 Posts

August 16 2015 19:58 GMT

#11080

I have zero experience with 2nd monitor and none of my friends use a 2nd.

Additional demand of CPU & GPU if I use a 2nd monitor? I need a imagination why to have a 2nd monitor is useful (no job related things). I can imagine that 2nd is disturb me if I play a game on 1st (lightening from 2nd to my face directly).

edit: bit odd to think that two 24" are equally wide as my 50" TV.