现代游戏机(gaming consoles)背面有标准的HDMI端口。(HDMI)现代(Modern)计算机显示器也有相同的端口。那么是什么阻止您将控制台连接到计算机显示器而不是电视？
答案是“没有”，但选择电脑显示器确实涉及一些您应该注意的牺牲。我们将查看每个选项的优缺点，以帮助您选择适合您的控制台游戏显示器。
显示器(Monitor)和电视有什么区别？(Difference Between)
从根本上讲，液晶(LCD)电脑显示器和电视之间没有区别。OLED电视是他们自己的东西，但OLED 电脑显示器(OLED computer monitors)确实存在，尽管它们很少见。如果你将控制台插入其中之一，你就会得到一张照片。工作(Job)完成了，对吧？不完全的。
电视的制造目的与显示器不同。它们不像计算机显示器那样关注相同的图像质量方面。最重要的区别是现代电视往往会进行大量的图像后期处理。
这意味着电视内部的硬件会查看传入的图像信号并尝试对其进行增强。通常是为了弥补较差的原生面板性能。然而，任何处理都需要时间。这会在信号到达电视输入端与其在屏幕上显示之间产生时间延迟（延迟）。
在观看Netflix(Netflix)或蓝光(BluRay)电影时，这根本不重要。因为你被动地消耗它。电子(Video)游戏不同，您通过控制器发送命令，游戏世界在屏幕上做出响应。这两件事发生之间的任何延迟都会严重影响游戏玩法。使游戏感觉迟缓和反应迟钝。
为了解决这个问题，大多数现代电视都有某种 PC 或游戏模式，它们会去掉后期处理以减少延迟。当然，如果没有这种处理，图像看起来就不那么好了！
最后，电视和显示器型号如此之多，它们的功能和技术有如此多的重叠，很难进行普遍比较。但是，您应该知道显示器不仅仅是小型电视。他们真的是不同的。
将电视与控制台一起使用的(Your Console)优势(Advantages)
将电视用作控制台游戏显示器具有许多优势。首先(First)，这是主机制造商希望你做的。最新的游戏机也确实考虑了显示器，但它们主要是为电视使用而设计的。那么为什么要在控制台上使用电视呢？这是我们的主要原因列表：
- 电视有更大的屏幕。
- 所有电视都有内置声音。
- 提供轻松的即插即用解决方案。
- 在客厅的沙发上玩游戏更舒服。
- OLED(OLEDs)等高端电视(TVs)在游戏体验方面是无与伦比的。
- 您可能已经拥有一台电视，因此无需支付额外费用。
大(Big)就是美！如果您有幸拥有一台最新的 OLED 或高端LCD 4K电视机，它可以让您的游戏体验与众不同。即使您是终生的 PC 游戏玩家，您也可以将您的 PC 连接到那台大型旧电视并从沉浸式体验中受益。有时，数量有它自己的质量。
将电视与控制台一起使用的(Your Console)缺点(Disadvantages)
走传统路线并将电视用作控制台游戏显示器确实有一些缺点。虽然大多数人可能会在他们的控制台旁边使用电视设置，但这里有一些你可能会考虑选择替代方案的原因：
- 电视占用大量空间。
- 大画幅电视很贵。
- 具有可变刷新率和高帧率(high frame rates)等高端功能的电视甚至更加昂贵。
- 在共享的家庭空间中进行游戏并不总是理想的。
- 通常电视(TVs)是与其他家庭成员共享的。
- 如果您购买了错误的型号或在游戏模式下运行时看起来很糟糕，电视可能会遭受严重的输入延迟。
- 如果您只想玩游戏，您需要为一堆不需要的硬件和输入付费。
电视(TVs)的最大弱点来自于它们是为通用显示器而设计的。万事通，但一无所获。除非你愿意花大量的钱来获得在所有方面都与众不同的东西。
将监视器(Monitor)与控制台(Your Console)一起使用的优势(Advantages)
如果您想知道将 PC 显示器用作控制台游戏显示器有什么好处，我们有一些关键事项供您考虑：
- 它为您的卧室、宿舍或书房提供私密而紧凑的游戏空间。
- 如果您的显示器有多个输入，您可以在控制台和 PC 之间共享屏幕。
- 如果您对分辨率低于 4K 的高刷新率游戏感兴趣，那么显示器是实现这一目标的最便宜方式。
- 与电视相比，坐在显示器附近可以减轻尺寸差异。
- 现代游戏机在某些游戏中支持鼠标和键盘，在这种情况下，桌面是更好的解决方案。
- 您可以使用连接到控制台的控制器。不再有电池焦虑！
- 提供响应时间较短的无延迟游戏。
PC 游戏玩家对坐在办公桌前的体验非常满意，如果您可以在这样的空间玩游戏机，那么显示器是一个不错的选择。
将监视器(Monitor)与控制台(Your Console)一起使用的缺点(Disadvantages)
显示器的缺点列表是游戏机显示器可能比专业显示器长一点，但并非所有这些都适用于每台游戏显示器，因此请确保您知道您的特定显示器是否会遇到这里提到的一些问题：
- 游戏机目前不兼容任何没有16:9纵横比的显示器。它可能会起作用，但您会在图像的顶部或侧面出现明显的黑条。
- 某些游戏机，例如PlayStation 5，目前不支持 1440p 分辨率，而 Xbox 支持。这可能会在未来的PlayStation固件更新中发生变化。
- 如果你想要 4K 和 120Hz 支持，你必须找到一台带有HDMI 2.1的电脑显示器。电视也面临同样的问题。
- 大多数显示器没有内置扬声器。因此，如果有扬声器，您必须将扬声器连接到他们的音频输出。当然，许多控制台支持蓝牙(Bluetooth)音频或让您将耳机插入控制器。
如果您遵守这些限制，那么您可能会很乐意在控制台上使用显示器。
哪个选择适合您？
电视或作为控制台游戏显示器的显示器在客观上都不比另一个更好。每个都适合另一个目的。根据您的预算和可用空间量工作。尝试平衡您对图像质量、屏幕尺寸和刷新率的需求。然后决定是显示器还是电视最能满足您的需求。
Using a PC Gaming Monitor on a Console: Pros and Cons
Modern gaming consoles have standard HDMI ports on the back. Modern computer monitors also have the same ports. So what’s stopping you from hooking up your console to a computer monitor instead of a TV?
The answer is “nothing”, but choosing a computer monitor does involve a few sacrifices you should be aware of. We’ll look at the pros and cons of each option to help you pick the console gaming monitor that’s right for you.
What’s the Difference Between a Monitor and a TV?
Fundamentally there’s no difference between an LCD computer monitor and TV. OLED TVs are their own thing, but OLED computer monitors do exist, although they are rare.If you plug your console into either, you’ll get a picture. Job done, right? Not quite.
TVs are built for a different purpose than monitors. They don’t focus on the same image quality aspects as a computer monitor does. The most important difference is that modern televisions tend to do quite a lot of image post-processing.
This means that the hardware inside the TV looks at the incoming image signal and tries to enhance it. Often to make up for poor native panel performance. However, any processing takes up time. This creates time lag (latency) between the point the signal arrives at the TV’s input and its display on screen.
This doesn’t matter at all when it comes to watching Netflix or a BluRay movie. Since you passively consume it. Video games are different, you send commands via a controller and the game world responds on-screen. Any delay between those two things happening can seriously affect gameplay. Making the game feel sluggish and unresponsive.
To combat this, most modern TVs have some sort of PC or game mode, which strips away post-processing in order to reduce lag. Of course, without that processing the image doesn’t look as nice!
In the end, there are so many TV and monitor models and so much overlap in their features and technology, that it’s hard to make a universal comparison. However, you should know that monitors are not just small TVs. They really are different.
The Advantages of Using a TV With Your Console
Using a TV as a console gaming monitor comes with a whole host of advantages. First of all, this is what the console manufacturer wants you to do. The latest consoles do take monitors into account as well, but they are mainly designed for TV use. So why would you use a TV with your console? Here’s our main list of reasons:
- TVs have larger screens.
- All TVs have built-in sound.
- Offer an effortless plug-and-play solution.
- Gaming from the couch in the living room is more comfortable.
- High-end TVs such as OLEDs are unmatched for gaming experience.
- You probably already have a TV, so it represents no additional cost.
Big is beautiful! If you’re lucky enough to have one of the latest OLED or high-end LCD 4K TV sets it can make your gaming experience something else. Even if you’re a lifelong PC gamer you can hook up your PC to that big old TV and benefit from the immersion. Sometimes, quantity has a quality all its own.
The Disadvantages of Using a TV With Your Console
Going the traditional route and using a TV as a console gaming monitor does have some drawbacks. Although most people will probably be just fine with a TV setup alongside their console, here are some reasons you might consider choosing the alternative:
- TVs take up a ton of space.
- Large format TVs are expensive.
- TVs with high-end features such as variable refresh rates and high frame rates are even more expensive.
- Gaming in a shared family space isn’t always ideal.
- Usually TVs are shared with other family members.
- TVs can suffer from severe input lag if you buy the wrong model or look bad when running in game mode.
- You’re paying for a bunch of hardware and inputs you don’t need if you only want to play games.
The biggest weakness of TVs comes from the fact that they are built to be general-purpose displays. A jack of all trades, but master of none. Unless you’re willing to pay a large amount of money to get something that is exceptional at everything.
The Advantages of Using a Monitor With Your Console
If you’re wondering what’s so great about using a PC monitor as your console gaming monitor, we’ve got a few key things for you to consider:
- It allows for a private and compact gaming space in your bedroom, dorm or study.
- If your monitor has multiple inputs, you can share the screen between a console and PC.
- If you’re interested in high refresh rate gaming at resolutions lower than 4K, a monitor is the cheapest way to achieve that.
- Sitting close to a monitor mitigates the size difference compared to a TV.
- Modern consoles support a mouse and keyboard on some games, a desk is a much better solution in that case.
- You can use your controller wired to the console. No more battery anxiety!
- Offers lagless gaming with lower response times.
PC gamers are perfectly happy with the experience sitting at a desk and if you’re OK with playing your console in such a space then a monitor is a good option.
The Disadvantages of Using a Monitor With Your Console
The list of cons for monitors are displays for gaming consoles is perhaps a little longer than the pros, but not all of these will apply to every gaming monitor, so make sure you know whether your specific monitor will run into some of the problems mentioned here:
- Gaming consoles aren’t currently compatible with any monitor which doesn’t have a 16:9 aspect ratio. It will probably work, but you’ll have significant black bars on the tops or sides of the image.
- Some consoles, such as the PlayStation 5, don’t currently support a 1440p resolution while the Xbox does. This might change in a future PlayStation firmware update.
- If you want 4K and 120Hz support, you’ll have to find a computer monitor with HDMI 2.1. TVs face the same problem.
- Most monitors do not have built-in speakers. So you’ll have to connect speakers to their audio-out if they have one. Of course, Many consoles support Bluetooth audio or let you plug headphones in the controllers.
If you go along with these limitations, then you’ll probably be happy using a monitor with your console.
Which Choice is Right For You?
Neither a TV or monitor as a console gaming monitor is objectively better than the other. Each is just fit for another purpose. Work according to your budget and the amount of space you have available. Try to balance your need for image quality, screen size and refresh rate. Then decide whether a monitor or television best serves your needs.
