

Hi guys, after a bit of advice
**CONSOLE GAMING**
I am looking at buying a new tv, but am indecisive as to whether to get a TV or gaming monitor.
I’m torn between the two and ideally do not want to pay more than £300.
If I got a TV, I’d want it to be around 43-50INCH and 4k.
If I got a gaming monitor, I’d want it to be smaller and still, good quality picture. But with gaming monitors, do they come with TV aerials to enable watching tv if wanted?
I’m not a huge dedicated gamer, but I do play quite a lot (COD/Fifa/GTA)
What would be best for me?
Tia
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I think you might be looking to get a Hisense kind of Chinese branded TV.
Or you go for Toshiba or Sharp which Tesco sell their 4k TV for 40inch.
The only way you can get a good quality 4k well known branded tv is to get it from gumtree or Facebook.
I managed to snag up a 4k Samsung tv 55inch for £200 used for 1 year by a Korean guy.
If you're sitting at the usual TV distance (+6ft or so), then there's little point in buying anything more than a 720p resolution TV at that size. You just won't be able to see the difference. The panels used by TV manufacturers are produced according to demand. For that reason, I'd be surprised if you could even find a 4k 32" TV.
If you're sat up close (ie at a desk), then you will be able to see the difference. For the reasons mentioned above, you'd be wanting to get a 4k resolution monitor.
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I am torn between a HD or 4K. I only play GTA, FIFA and COD Warzone.
Due to the fact I am wanting a monitor, I am probably looking at a size of 20-28 inch i presume.
Monitors won't come with a tv areal, and quote a lot of new gaming monitors don't even have speakers.
Monitors are good when you want high refresh rate, low input lag, and high resolution - which is wasted on a console (to have all 3 at once)
1) A TV has a television tuner in it, which takes a signal from the aerial and turns it into TV on your screen. Monitors don't have this so you would need something like a Freeview box to turn it into something you can watch from an aerial. Alternatively you may be able to use apps on your console, an Amazon Firestick or a Google Chromecast to stream a signal from various TV-like providers. Some TV channels (but not all, by any means) have an app that may work on some or all of these devices, then you wouldn't need an aerial or a freeview box to use a monitor. Also, monitors often do not have their own speakers, whereas TVs always do, so you do need to consider where your sound is coming from if you are watching TV.
2) The massive advantage of a monitor for gaming is the refresh speed. TVs typically refresh more slowly and, for similar money, you can get a monitor capable of refreshing much quicker, which helps in fast gaming a lot. However, for similar money you'll pay in screen size. A brand new 120 Hz refresh rate 32" monitor will be about as much as a 50" 4k TV.