6.Monitor

About the Monitor

The monitor has a great influence on the experience of using the computer. Improving the performance of the monitor can directly enhance your experience from the sensory level. Therefore, the choice of the monitor is also very important.

Parameter introduction

1.Resolution

The resolution is a fixed value in a liquid crystal display, which is determined by the number of cells in the liquid crystal layer of the LCD. It represents the number of horizontal and vertical pixels. For example, a monitor with a screen ratio of 16:9 and a resolution of 2K (2560×1440). In the horizontal direction, this monitor has 2560 pixels and the vertical direction has 1440 pixels. The total pixels are 2560×1440=3686400. The monitor’s effect of high-resolution monitors is not simply a linear improvement. With other prerequisites unchanged, it is correct to choose a monitor with a higher resolution.

1080P, 2K, 4K and other parameters represent the resolution.

• 1k refers to 1080P, length 1920, width 1080 (1920×1080), recommended for monitors below 25 inches
• 2k is talking about 1440P, length 2560, width 1440 (2560×1440), recommended for 27 inches
• 4k is talking about 2160P, length 3840, width 2160 (3840×2160), recommended for 32 inches

The higher the resolution, the clearer the picture, but this will bring another problem. The higher the resolution, the greater the burden on the graphics card, so choose a monitor according to your needs.

2.Refresh rate

Refresh rate refers to how many times the screen can be refreshed per second. A high refresh rate means that your screen will be fluencier. The general parameters are 60HZ, 75HZ, 120HZ, 144HZ, etc. The number indicates the number of screens refreshed per second. You can choose 60HZ or 75HZ for office, and 144HZ and above for playing games.

3.Response time

Due to the rotation of the liquid crystal molecules, each point on the LCD screen transitions from the previous color to the next color. This will have a time course, which is what we usually call response time. The shorter the response time, the faster the screen switching. The normal monitor is 6-8ms, and the professional e-sports monitor is 1ms.

4.Color gamut

The color gamut indicates the range of colors that can be displayed. There are two ways to represent the common color gamut: NTSC standard and sRGB standard (the green triangle and blue triangle in the figure)

The higher the color gamut value of the monitor, the richer the colors it can monitor, and the better the monitor’s effect. However, if the color gamut is too high, and there is no corresponding measure to adjust the color, then the color of your monitor is oversaturated, that is, the color of your monitor is too saturated，bright and not real. sRGB color gamut was jointly developed by Microsoft and HP.It is the most widely applicable. Most digital devices currently support sRGB monitor; NTSC has the most extensive color coverage, which is based on a standard established by the broadcast and television transmission protocol.The higher the color gamut value, the richer the color performance will be. Monitors with high color gamut generally have to achieve 100% sRGB or 72% NTSC color gamut coverage.

5.Color accuracy

The color standard refers to the accuracy of the color you cover. The unit for measuring the color standard is △E. The value of △E represents whether the color displayed on the screen is accurate. The larger the △E is, the more serious the color cast.

• If △E is below 1, it can be said that the colors are very accurate,
  reaching the level of drawing.
• If △E is about 1-3, it is almost impossible to see the color shift
  with the naked eye.
• If △E is around 3-5, it is almost no color shift. Most high-end monitors fall into this range.
• If △E is around 5-8，most monitors fall into this category. If you look closely, you will find that the color shifts a little bit, but normal people can’t see it.
• If △E is above 8, this screen can almost be said to have serious color deviation, and many entry monitors below 800 yuan are in this category.

6.Panel type

At present, the monitor panels on the market are basically liquid crystal panels (LCD). Since the liquid crystal material itself does not emit light, there is a backlight plate and reflective film on the back of the LCD to provide the background light source. Most LCD panels use TFT drive mode. According to the different arrangements of liquid crystal molecules, there are three types of panels: TN, VA, and IPS.

TN panel

The full name of this panel is TwistedNematic panel. It has the characteristics of fast response speed and high refresh rate, which is more suitable for gaming monitors. However, the viewing angle of this kind of panel is relatively small and the color monitor is weak, and people with higher color requirements are not suitable for this kind of panel.

VA panel

The biggest advantage of this panel is the high contrast ratio and the pure black background. But the shortcomings are also more obvious.

1. The gray scale response speed is still inferior to that of the TN panel;
2. The uniformity of the screen color is weak, and there may be color shifts in some scenes.

So this kind of panel is suitable for mid-range entertainment monitors, and it will be a bit difficult to use as a professionally designed monitor.

IPS panel

This panel is called In-PlaneSwitching in English. It has good color monitor and large viewing angle, but it is easy to leak light and the black is not pure enough. This is currently the most widely used monitor panel.