Best 4K TVs For PC Gamers

Breakdown of the most popular 4K monitors and TVs, and whether or not you should pick up an increasingly affordable 4K TV for PC gaming.

[ONESHOTV2]

4K TV for PC gaming? why would a PC gamer want to game on a TV 4k or not

[TheColbertinator]

Comfort perhaps. I prefer my couch in front of my TV over my chair in front of my desktop.

I rarely do that however unless its a fighting game.

[hiredhelp]

I DO, have done for years and yes ive had monitors so why would someone like me do this...
For one thing circum stances can change things up like I dont have room in bedroom no more or I cant play a monitor and pc downstairs.. Have you got a girlfreind or wife that lives with you trust me once they ware the trousers your stuffed.
kids also come along they take room and ultimatly its nice to have a desk near TV or plug in controller hook it up to pc with bigger screen and flick over to the TV.

[ocelot07]

I do and have done for a few years now. I barely use keyboard and mouse I simply use a PS4 or Xbox One controller to play my PC games. Or do I not count as a "real" PC gamer or something?

[JJShredder]

Same boat as yourself. I have a g-sync monitor that I love playing on but nothing is better than a comfy couch with a controller.

But yeah, I am sure you and I are not "real" master race gamers or whatever nonsense the zealots like to spew these days.

[Eyesoftheraven]

I just bought a 65" LG C7 OLED and it is connected to my PC and 5.1.2 Atmos surround sound. It's amazing.

I play in bed 7ft away with a wireless keyboard, wireless mouse, metal mouse pad, wireless Xbox One ELite controller 1080 Ti... perfection.

[QuePasa87]

Do you just rest the keyboard in your lap or do you use something to hold everything together? I want to do something like this too but my tv isn't OLED lul but I am happy with my 55" Vizio 4k/hdr low input lag set and 5.1 that I put together (no atmos), my I know my regular 1080 can't do much 4k but I'd like to try some.

[Eyesoftheraven]

@QuePasa87

Yes, I rest the keyboard on my lap. The bed is parallel with the TV horizontally. I have a metal Saitek "Cyborg" mouse pad which rests perfectly flat on my right. My wireless mouse is the SteelSeries Sensei. The keyboard is a Logitech K800.

[Razzer]

TVs can double as PC monitors. I need a large screen for work so I have a 43 inch Sony. A monitor that size would be very expensive. This works great.

[Princess_Pilfer]

Because my PC is also my living-room multimedia center (I don't have the money to buy a PC just for that, not to mention a moniter) and I'd rather play games from the couch

[Shadowlee]

1. Its extremely hard/unnoticeable to see 4k difference on a 32" screen (look it up)
2....shoot do you need another lol?

[Shadowlee]

Based off my vision its true. Its also true you cant see 60fps difference.....but you can feel it.

[Neoprime]

Because most PC monitors don't have HDR in them or there taking too long to come out with them(Asus and Acer were supposed to come out with 4K UHD HDR Gsync 144 hrts monitors 3rd qrt), but still haven't came out yet and they may want their Tv/Monitor now.)

[ONESHOTV2]

and that's why there are presets called reshade and sweetfx when gaming there isn't a need for HDR plus you are the only one seeing it while sweefx/reshade is shown to everyone. my 1440P 165hz monitor is doing just fine no need for any extra latency for a minor feature.

[Bolts]

This article is spot on. We are at the point in the industry where PC monitors are a complete ripoffs while certain TVs offer better price for performance. I use a KS8000 for both my PC and console gaming. Why buy a 4k 32" monitor with HDR for $1000 when I can buy a 65" 4K HDR TV for $1300? Another problem is that most of these so called gaming monitors have garbage HDR performance that is inferior to the comparatively similar TVs.

[Princess_Pilfer]

Input latency. Even the best TVs are in the 25 to 30 ms delay range. Moniters sit in the 9 to 15 range. This is also why you'd use a moniter if you were serious about competitve gaming, even on a console.

[jc12]

@Princess: wrong, new LG TV's and the TCL P series 4k TV's are in the 15ms range.

[Princess_Pilfer]

I did not know that. Even checking though, that's only true if you've got 1000 bucks lying around to spend on a TV.

[tee_bag242]

15 is still too much. PC gaming monitors do 1-4 ms.

[jc12]

@Tee_Bag: Wrong, you're confusing input lag with response time. Sure, the best monitors around will have a pixel response time of 1-4 ms, but monitors with the best input lag are generally around 10 ms.

Pixel response is the time it takes for a pixel to change color, whereas as input lag is the time it takes for your monitor or TV to display inputs you have made with your controller/keyboard. In fact, the LG UJ7700 has a pixel response time of 12 ms.

At this point, there's almost no difference between TV or monitors when it comes to input lag. There is still a difference between monitors and TV's in terms of pixel response - unless of course you're using OLED.

And Princess, not true, the P607 55" can be had for around $600.

[jc12]

Correction, I meant to say in my earlier post the LG UJ7700 has an input lag of 12 ms, not a pixel response of 12 ms.

See, its easy to confuse these things. :)

[NecoTehSergal]

Monitors will always be superior for PC Gaming.... TV's are for Movies and consoles (Even then, my roommate and brother in law watch me play my PS4 and PC on my monitor and they always tell me how my monitor makes the games look so much better than what they're used to with their 4K TV - and my monitor is an old Asus - VG248QE 24.0" 1920x1080 144Hz Monitor - but that one? Still one of the Best out there, is a fan-fucking-tastic monitor.

[Eyesoftheraven]

While a great gaming monitor for gaming responsiveness, that VG248QE TN monitor's image quality is washed out garbage. I own one. I also own a 65" C7 OLED, LG 34Um95 and a 27" ud68 4k monitor.

[NecoTehSergal]

I've not had such an issue of 'image quality washed out', I'd needa see some kinda comparison that exemplifies what you're referring to.

[Eyesoftheraven]

@NecoTehSergal its measured contrast ratio is just under 700:1 in its most accurate picture mode, which is standard calibrated to 120 nits which is brightness level at 17 or so and custom RGB white balance using an X-rite i1 Display Pro colorimeter. At 60Hz refresh mode everything looks fine, but in 144Hz the blacks lighten u significantly. They measure at around .12 (My best LCD is .09 ... OLED is .0005) The VG248QE is the worst looking overall image monitor I've ever owned. Responsiveness is unmatched, however.

[PearlJam1]

My screen flashes on my OLED65E6P while gaming on my computer with GTX 1080ti SLI. Can't figure out why it seems to be random. Only happens when using my pc on the tv.

[oIITSBIIo]

After using 21:9 monitor for over a year I can't stand 16:9 anymore I don't care if it's 4K or 8K.