A few questions about "monitors vs tv" and headphone output

[amarante]

Hi,

I'm planning on buying a Playstation 4 and I only have an old HDTV that can only do 720p but I do have an 23' LG IPS234 monitor that has an IPS panel and 5 ms response time. I'm quite happy with the monitor but I am thinking if I should buy a new TV if I am going to play on a console.

The questions I have are next:

1) Do 1080p HDTV's deal better with lower resolutions? I have tried playing at 1600x900 resolution on my 1920x1080 monitor and the picture quality becomes blurry (which is normal I guess). I know that all games won't be at native 1080p resolution on Playstation 4 so I am bit worried that the lower resolution will start to annoy me.

2) Can HDTV's smooth out lower framerates, is it possible that a game looks smoother on a TV compared to a monitor if they are both running at 30 FPS? Is it possible to use TrueMotion feature in games?

3) My monitor has a headphone out. If I connect my console to my monitor through an HDMI cable then I should be able to hear the audio if I plug my headphones into the monitor? If that's correct then can anyone advise on how good will the sound quality be?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Jonathan Sifleet]

1) No, it will simply stretch the pixels.
2) Kind of, it all depends on the hz of a monitor, 120hz will look smoother than 60hz even if its a solid 30fps.
3) It works, the sound quality shouldn't sound any different.

 

[thently]

1 The Tv will show whatever the PS4 sends it and all res will be scaled by the PS4 so most likely will look good. Side note I bet every game is 1080p native for PS4 if not someone is behind the times.

2. I doubt the TV will help but I don't understand why you are worried as the PS4 will be sending smooth framerates to the TV there is no work for the TV to do but show it...

3 You would have to tell us what monitor you have what headphones you have ect. It would not be a digital signal so it would be good but not the best... It would be good enough assuming it works though.

Thent

 

[amarante]

1) No, it will simply stretch the pixels.
2) Kind of, it all depends on the hz of a monitor, 120hz will look smoother than 60hz even if its a solid 30fps.
3) It works, the sound quality shouldn't sound any different.

1) So you are saying that a 23 inch 1080p HDTV and a 23 inch 1080p monitor will show the same picture quality if the game runs at 1280x720?

2) Would the difference be very noticable if I played a game at 30 FPS on a monitor that can do 60Hz vs a TV that can do 200Hz?

 

[Jonathan Sifleet]

1) No, it will simply stretch the pixels.
2) Kind of, it all depends on the hz of a monitor, 120hz will look smoother than 60hz even if its a solid 30fps.
3) It works, the sound quality shouldn't sound any different.

1) So you are saying that a 23 inch 1080p HDTV and a 23 inch 1080p monitor will show the same picture quality if the game runs at 1280x720?

2) Would the difference be very noticable if I played a game at 30 FPS on a monitor that can do 60Hz vs a TV that can do 200Hz?

1) 1080p is HD, but if the image is 1280*720, it will stretch it to fit 1080p.

2) Not so much noticeable, just very, hmm, it's hard to explain without you being in front of me, it just feels different.