The Lounge: Official Spamzone Community Thread

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Mom got admitted to the hospital, so I've got the house to myself likely the rest of the week.

Also, math exam tomorrow. Yay!

 

everyone who has an opinion tell me what monitor/tv you recommend for a pc pls. nothing more than 25" and nothing over $200-300 pls. also if you have an argument for why monitor or tv is better pls make it im curious

leaning towards this
http://www.samsung.com/us/video/tvs/UN24H4500AFXZA

also anyone have any negatives about this desk
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/10244743/

 

Depends on what you want to do with it tbh. As far as TV's go Samsung isn't bad, but if you plan on gaming on your PC, then you might want to go with a monitor. I know that TV's have improved over time and some of them have "game modes", but when you go with a monitor, you are going to have a SIGNIFICANTLY smaller delay. Some people can't tell the difference, but I actually have a hard time playing games on regular TV's now because I am so accustomed to the 1-2 millisecond delay time that you'll find on most monitors.

tl;dr

monitors = less delay

 

Borb. Obviously.

 

wow you're in luck (or maybe in unluck sorry) bc bitching about display tech is my favorite thing

As @♥♦♣♠Luxord♥♦♣♠ said, HDTVs have terrible latency and I would not recommend one over a monitor, especially for PC gaming. This site documents input lag for different displays and classifies them for gaming: http://www.displaylag.com/display-database/

Monitors are still not perfect, but as you can see they tend to top the list. HDTVs have a ton of post-processing garbage they like to do in an attempt to improve the picture, and it causes a big delay between what you feed the television and what you see.

I feel like someone who has played on an HDTV for a long time could have adjusted to input lag unless it's really bad, but as someone who still regularly games on a latency-free display it's pretty jarring (idek if I'd notice it on a new model so much, but the one I have at home is a bit older :v ). It's a difficult sensation to describe, everything just feels... muddy.

I also have an active disdain for LCDs because of contrast ratio, response time, and color reproduction issues which have mostly improved to acceptable levels by now, but it grinds my gears that a technology that has had to spend years just working up to the standards of its competitors has won out like this in the end. They are very bright and sharp, and they have other advantages like relatively low power consumption, but I'm still just... I'm bitter. RIP plasma. The bottom line of this tangent though (sorry) is that there are a lot of other qualities that go into a good display that I feel are frequently overlooked by consumers, and you should ideally look into those specs as well.

 

okay but im not really using it fooor gaming. i just want a personal computer that runs as smoothe as possible and to house all of my legally downloaded, funimation approved anime and maaaybe games if thats ever a thing but p much never aaa games. and to have something more permanent and to keep wires out of my cats reach (THE REASON). plus im not really super picky about display quality. if it looks good for a good price thats good enough for me (like my ps4 is running on a ****** little insignia 19"). also i dont want to have to buy speakers for the pc monitor bc that = wires the cat could chew. really appreciate your post and ill come back to it before i buy, but this is my counter argument.

 

My schedule for fall 2016 is as follows:

• Business 101
• Accounting 201
• Math 107

I was going to do BT 260 instead of Business 101, but I needed some code--something about permission being required--and now that I know my BT 102 instructor can give me a code, I'm thinking about it. The description says something about needing to be available for contact outside class hours, and I'm not exactly sure what that means, so I'll talk to my instructor tomorrow. I also just found an IT 102 class that would work with my schedule if I removed Business 101.

For Business 101, what's it like? is it difficult?

 

Okie well i'm not sure it really matters a whole lot what kind of display you get then tbh. Just get something in your budget that scored well with consumers (you mostly need something reliable).

i will say i don't really think of TV setups as very 'permanent', just because they're intended for you to be plugging and unplugging stuff from. if you're just using it for your computer then all of the extra inputs, the tv tuner, etc. would be a bit of a waste, although you'd have to think about how much you value a remote (since a monitor is a lot less likely to come with one). there are plenty of monitors out there with built-in speakers but speakers on flatscreens can be really ******, so if that's a major feature you're concerned about i'd be on the lookout for ones that score well w/ sound in particular. or invest in some wireless speakers/a soundbar.

it's difficult for me to make straight-up recommendations, sorry. i've had a samsung and a sony (hdtv) and they both work fine, the sony does this obnoxious-ass on the fly backlight adjustment tho and i hate it. hella distracting. that can probably be turned off but it's a spare tv i got from family and i don't have the remote. the samsung has conspicuously awful black levels, but it's old and i'm sure a new one wouldn't be so bad. can't speak well abt sound quality since both sets are quite a bit larger than what you're looking for.

 

Is anyone changing their gamertag today?

 

whats a gamertag

does changing it require me to go to the dmv because if yes the answer is no

 

Is this sarcasm? I can't tell over the internet.

 

i dont think people believe me when i tell them i dont know anything about video games. im assuming thats what this is, yes? gamertag? i have no idea what a gamertag is. but i suspect it doesnt have much to do with the dmv actually

 

Oh, I actually thought you were making fun of me lol. It's an xbox thing.

 

Got my first Wonder Trade shiny last night. So excited for my purple Kingdra. //rolls//

 

op burning blood looks (and plays, demo's out) like a good game that just needs major refinement in presentation and adjustiments to the combat. im going to buy it in the hopes that if i give my money, at some point in the future we'll get that definitive op game that has yet to be made. for my tastes it would be an open-world hub, grid based rpg that focused on crew building/management etc. basically sd gundam g generation games with an ocean to sail around in. this is also how i would make a star trek game. but that's not gonna happen.

 

Today we're going on a field trip to the museum and it's also museum day. I don't feel like this was planned.

 

MAYBE IT WAS.