Good affordable monitors for gaming ?

[Ghost_1080p]

Hello PC experts im shopping for a monitor for gaming, I don't know a lot about monitors i just built my PC a month ago but its connected to my TV and sometimes a old 900p monitor with a HDMI cable and my friend told me to get a monitor to get the most picture quality because monitors are more advanced than HDTV ? But anyways Im in the $75-150 range for a nice 1080p monitor. Thank You.

 

[MystoPigz]

Go with the Asus VN248H-P 23.8" Monitor. It is the highest rated in your requirement range and is a great quality monitor.

 

[XMorsX]

Go with the Asus VN248H-P 23.8" Monitor. It is the highest rated in your requirement range and is a great quality monitor.

This Asus must use PWM dimming, so I suggest against it.

My suggestions, in order from more to least expensive (as well as from better to worse) (all flicker free).

Dell S2415H https://pcpartpicker.com/part/dell-monitor-s2415h (the best because it has glossy coating and as a result the clearest and more vibrant image)
Samsung S24D390HL https://pcpartpicker.com/part/samsung-monitor-s24d390hl
LG 23MP55HQ-P https://pcpartpicker.com/part/lg-monitor-23mp55hqp
Acer H226HQLbid https://pcpartpicker.com/part/acer-monitor-umwh6aa002

 

[Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163]

LCD's don't flicker. LED Edge lit LCD's are what you will find on the market today. These don't use back light to illuminate the screen. Monitors are not better than TV's in terms of anything. Could argue that input lag can be noticeable on some older sets, but for the most part, not at all. If you're in a very lit room or the sun is shining directly on to the screen, then don't get a glossy screen, you will barely be able to see anything. Glossy monitors are only useful in dimly lit or dark environments. Out of those 4 monitors listed by XMorsX, I would pick the LG 23MP55HQ.

 

[XMorsX]

Οf course and some flicker, here are the effects of low PWM dimming frequencies. If only all the recent monitors where flicker-free.
http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/articles/content/pulse_width_modulation.htm#side_effects

You confuse glossy coating with edge-to-edge glass coating (what is used in the Apple screens for example). The latter is extremely reflective and becomes mirror-like. The regular glossy panels are not very reflective, they can be used in normal light conditions and on shiny days without a hassle and they are always grain-less, so they give a clearer image. In direct sunlight they suffer more, but then again most monitors suffer and you should not allow sunlight to fall directly in your monitor anyway if you want it to last in good condition.

To continue about my suggestions, Samsung uses PLS panels that have a slightly lighter coating than the matte AH-IPS, so I rank them above the others, other than the glossy AH-IPS. The LG monitors with AH-IPS have generally good color presets and are flicker free, so they are an easy recommendation if you are on a tight budget. Finally, the Acer is the only cheap IPS monitor a have found a decent review for.

 

[Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163]

Modern monitors aren't back lit. LCD's don't flicker the way CRT's did. If you lower the frequency of an LCD it won't flicker like the CRT did, which is why they increased the frequency. Increased frequency in LCD's is to minimize ghosting, not flicker. If people get headaches staring at an LCD today, it's because of blue light. The sun also emits blue light, are you sure you're not confusing blue light for PWM? PWM was being used in TV's primarily, and in smaller monitors. The problem was that if a LED turned off to increase black level, something that should of remained bright might of turned darker as well. In edge lit displays which only have 1 strip of light on the edge, which don't shine directly at you either, this is not effective, and you won't find it in modern monitors. This is marketing at it's finest. Back in the day, this was a problem. Headache after headache every single day, sure as heck isn't today.