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submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Screens keep getting faster. Can you even tell? | CES saw the launch of several 360Hz and even 480Hz OLED monitors. Are manufacturers stuck in a questionable spec war, or are we one day going to wo...::CES saw the launch of several 360Hz and even 480Hz OLED monitors. Are manufacturers stuck in a questionable spec war, or are we one day going to wonder how we ever put up with ‘only’ 240Hz displays?

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I don't need or want a phone over 90hz, and a pc screen over 180hz. A phone is a waste of battery and a pc screen over that is a waste of money.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Then don't buy them? With better screens coming out the ones you do want to buy get cheaper.

Back in the day 144hz screens cost a premium, now you can have them for cheap.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I stopped buying tvs from 2000 until like two years ago, when i saw them on sale for like $200. Been living off of projectors & a home server. I skipped so many "innovations" like curve, flat, HD, 4K, trueColor.

Weird that it has a OS and that was a shocker.

I look forward to what TVs bring in 2040.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I mean OLEDs are damn amazing image quality wise, but I'm also not a fan of "smart" TVs. The apps can be useful (like native Netflix, Amazon video and so on), but 90% of the time I use my PC over HDMI.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I use my chromecast dongle for my smart TV. My smart TV will never get to have an internet connection.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You know what's hot? 3D televisions!!

I'm so glad that hype died out with people understanding it was stupid. Just thinking about all the ones who bought one.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

They're easy to identify, they all have curved screens now.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I didn't say I wanted them disallowed from being made. Just that it's dumb to buy them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think there's an argument to make screens faster. Graphics have hit a point where resolution isn't going to give anything of substance... It's now more about making lighting work "right" with ray tracing... I think the next thing might be making things as fluid as possible.

So at least in the gaming space, these higher refresh rates make sense. There's still fluidity that we as humans can notice that we're not yet getting. e.g. if you shake your mouse like crazy, even on a 144hz the mouse will jump around to different spots it's not a fluid motion (I've never seen a 180hz but I bet the same applies).

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago

You can see it moving a mouse super quick on a static background, but I never notice it happening in games. There's probably something there a touch noticeable in some fps online games if you really paid attention and could lock your max fps at 120fps with a 240hz monitor, but that would be about it, and I don't competitively play fps games. I'm perfectly happy with running 60fps at 120hz for myself.