connect PS3/PS4 to a monitor

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Hi I have a dell monitor U2311H, I wanted to know if it's possible to connect PS3/PS4 to it? Also I know it doesn't have an hdmi port, and I wanted to ask is there a noticeable difference between if I connect it to hdmi port / not ? (graphics & audio wise)
 
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Well, unless you have an IPS panel right now there's really no way to show better and worse colors. :s Otherwise the difference would either have to be fake/exaggerated on a TN, or would be invisible. Same for motion blur on an IPS.

I would personally choose an IPS panel with better colors. Something many people don't know is that most TVs aren't designed around quick input, so they tend to have response times of 20ms or higher (though poor brands sell it as far less by using different methods of testing). I have a cheap TV...
You can buy a female to female 3.5mm audio adapter (should be cheap, like $5 at most) and a 3.5mm audio splitter to get your audio to some speakers when you connect from a PS3/PS4 with DVI to your monitor, using an HDMI to DVI adapter.

So there are a lot of adapters involved. But it will work. And there's no visual difference from DVI to HDMI.
 

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ok and I wanted to ask another thing, it's soon my bday and I might get a new monitor because I really prefer the HDMI (because you only need hdmi to hdmi cable because it carries video + audio and makes it much nicer) any recommended monitor for hard core gaming, watching movies, and connecting the monitor to PS4 with hdmi ? my budget would probably be $200
 

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like most people I prefer sit on my chair and play and not lay on my bed and play, thats how i prefer it atleast, I have creative T6100 speakers that I can plugin my headphones to, are they good ?, and if I get a monitor with hdmi port and plugin ps4/ps3 to it where will the audio come from ? the speakers?
 

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can I make it so it'll come from my creative speakers somehow ? also what would be a recommended monitor with hdmi port, low latency and response time for competetive gaming while still has alot of colors and is somewhere between 23"~25" for a price of $200+- that could beat my dell u2311h
 


Generally you'll have to choose between response time and colors; that's pretty much how IPS vs TN works at the moment. No TN panel is going to be the same as an IPS, and other panels types are rare and also suffer from drawbacks. So I guess what it comes down to is, would you prefer 6ms@60hz with better colors, or 2ms@60-120hz with worse colors? Because no panel is going to match the others in their respective strengths.

I'll post an image of how I have my PS3 set to output HDMI video and analog audio throughmy Creative speakers (since my monitor doesn't have speakers.)
 

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could you provide me an example of comparison between the better colors and the less better colors ? an image that could show somehow this difference would be helpful, also what would you pick as a gamer ?
 


Well, unless you have an IPS panel right now there's really no way to show better and worse colors. :s Otherwise the difference would either have to be fake/exaggerated on a TN, or would be invisible. Same for motion blur on an IPS.

I would personally choose an IPS panel with better colors. Something many people don't know is that most TVs aren't designed around quick input, so they tend to have response times of 20ms or higher (though poor brands sell it as far less by using different methods of testing). I have a cheap TV right now with a 40ms response time, and although the blur is noticeable at that point, it's still not game breaking even compared to my 2ms monitor. So the 6ms or even 8ms of a typical IPS monitor would likely be at most, minimally noticeable.
Still, just because IPS are capable of better colors doesn't mean TN always has 'bad' colors, just not as good.
If it sounds like an annoying trade-off full with an alarming amount of guesswork, that's because it is, and why both TN and IPS monitors are popular.

I have a couple images, but now I will apparently need to stick them online somewhere and link them to this. >_> Does anyone know a way just to upload them in a response?
 
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got your pics, so if im understading correctly it's connecting the ps3 to the monitor with an hdmi cable and making the audio come out from your speakers right ? also what would you say is better, I want a monitor with hdmi connecting for the ps3 and a good monitor for gaming but with alot of colors, and you told me I need to choose between alot of colors (or better colors) to fast response time, what would you do ? there's no something in the middle ?
 


Yes.

There are other panel types (VA, PLS, AH-IPS), and some of those might be in the middle. Those panel types are relatively rare though, and I don't know enough about those to recommend a panel type.