Are smart TVs just as good as monitors for gaming?

[ninja73583]

Im thinking about getting a smart tv for a monitor to run things like BF4 Skyrim etc. will Smart tvs work just as well as gaming monitors?

 

[_Vass]

smart tv usually have a greater input lag. i'm certainly able to notice it on my 32' lg led smart tv. the image quality is also a little different, so i'd go for a monitor.

 

[Eximo]

Well, they are usually bigger for the price, but you are intended to sit farther away, so the size becomes a wash. Larger the screen at the same resolution, the bigger or more widely spaced the pixels.

Refresh rate: (How many times per second the screen is redrawn) TV 60/120/240/600, Monitor: 60/120/144
Response time: (how quickly individual pixels can change, the faster it is the more 'ghosting' is prevented) average monitor 5ms (1-2ms for good ones), IPS panels 5-11ms, some TVs can go as high as 17ms
Input Lag (How much time the video signal take to get processed before being displayed) This varies greatly, but TVs are almost always worse. Only the most expensive have reasonable input lag. (google top 20 gaming TVs)
Brightness, TVs usually take the edge on this
Contrast, Monitors are usually better.
Color reproduction, TVs beat out the cheaper TN style monitors, IPS monitors are designed for Color reproduction.

 

[ram1009]

I use a TV for gaming and CAD work all the time. Just be sure it's a 1080p and no bigger than 32" unless you want to play from some distance as in a game console. Some people get excited that the written specs aren't as good but for the most part you can't tell the difference when viewing. My feeling is that if you need an oscilloscope to tell the difference then there is no difference. I suggest you try one. The worst that can happen is you don't like it and you got yourself a new TV.