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[pauljeremiah]

I might be in the minority with this opinion, but I prefer to play games on my gaming monitor instead of my 4K TV.

My home cinema setup is a Bravia 9 75" hooked up to a Sony STR-DN1080 A/V receiver, perfect for watching movies. I also have a region-free Sony UBP-X800M2 4K player. Anytime I hook up my PS5 Pro to the A/V receiver and play for an hour or two, it just feels off, and I can't really explain why. It just doesn't feel right to me.

My current gaming setup is a Dell 32'' 4K Gaming Monitor—G3223Q, a PS5 Pro, and the Sony Pulse Elite (Black). It's the perfect setup for me. I can sit close to the monitor, about 14" to 16" from the screen. I like playing games with surround headphones, and this just feels perfect to me, as if it lets me get more into a zone while gaming and I can put in way longer hours sitting at my desk than sitting on my sofa.

How do you like your setup?

 

[T-0800]

 

[Schmendrick]

Haven't gamed on my 77" OLED anymore since the day I got my current 57" DUHD ultrawide monitor and it will probably stay that way.

 

[QLQ]

First world problems...

 

[fran.fernandez]

Can’t play in monitor siting my desk at all.

65 oled plus complete Sonos system all the time

 

[Mattyp]

The only issue I’ve found is size gets to much, gaming on my 145” theatre screen not as fun as expected.

Prefer something around the 65-70” size and that’s what I’ve got in my games room. Have a few 85-90” and even that’s getting a bit to large, all depending on the game also.

 

[HRK69]

 

[Radical_3d]

We get it, OP:

 

[mathello]

Getting A 240hz Gaming QD Oled finally let me enjoy games again, because I used to always force myself to play on TV where It is more effort. And fantastic as its also an oled with great speakers, even a govee backlight projector. But just starting a game and no controller hustle on PC on Desktop just has me jumping in and staying in games more.

 

[Guilty_AI]

I do feel the same way, at least in the sense i feel more comfortable with a monitor than a TV. While TVs have prettier image, sitting close to the screen with a monitor fells better for something like gaming that requires more attention to details on the screen.

 

[Mr Reasonable]

I might be in the minority with this opinion, but I prefer to play games on my gaming monitor instead of my 4K TV.

 

[kevboard]

so a Sony TV, that's already a bad start when it comes to input lag. I hope you at least have it in Game Mode. even in Game Mode that TV has 18ms of input lag... which is on par with LG and Samsung TVs from 10 years ago

to get to the same level of input lag a modern LG or Samsung has at 60hz, you need to run that Bravia 9 at 120hz. basically you have twice the input lag on each refresh setting.

if you don't use game mode, then your lag will be so extreme that it should barely even be playable.

 

[SimTourist]

Could the receiver be adding input lag? Try hooking up the ps5 straight into the tv

 

[Putonahappyface]

The bigger my televisions get the more I enjoy being engulfed by movies and gaming. The next purchase will be a minimum of 83 inches.

 

[PicoLordens]

I'm the complete opposite. I have a 65 inch Bravia 7, a Teufel home cinema surround system but I also have PC with a 4090. But I absolute hate sitting on a desk looking at what to me is nothing more than a large tablet screen.

 

[rofif]

Lg c1 pled tv connected to my pc. It’s a monitor on my desk. Perfection

 

[PropellerEar]

77 LG oled, AVR, full surround, big comfy couch in my game room, can't relate at all.

 

[elbourreau]

 

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[SteadyEvo]

Prefer sitting close. 33 years and counting. 43 in is perfect for me. 32 for a desk setup.

 

[TheStam]

I hook up my PC to my TV and play with bluetooth headphones on the couch, it's just more comfortable like this and the TV is awesome. Then I play around 25% on Steam Deck, mostly indies. I sit at a desk all day, I just can't do that evenings anymore, might sell my monitor. Sometimes I miss games I need m+kb for, like FPS or strategy games. But RPGs are my main genre and nowadays even the tactical cRPGs like BG3 and Rogue Trader are very playable with a controller.

 

[Rentahamster]

You probably have lag on your TV setup.

 

[AJUMP23]

I play in my home theater. I like it.

 

[Lokaum D+]

since i bought my first PC 15 years ago i abandoned couch gaming, when i bought my PS5 i hooked him on my 65" TV for like 2 days and them just moved him to my desk too, playing on couch is really uncomfortable to me, now i have a 32" monitor but i want to upgrade to a 42" and thats it.

 

[Gaiff]

I don't understand people who say couches are more comfortable than a good office chair. They really aren't.

 

[Radical_3d]

so a Sony TV, that's already a bad start when it comes to input lag. I hope you at least have it in Game Mode. even in Game Mode that TV has 18ms of input lag... which is on par with LG and Samsung TVs from 10 years ago

to get to the same level of input lag a modern LG or Samsung has at 60hz, you need to run that Bravia 9 at 120hz. basically you have twice the input lag on each refresh setting.

if you don't use game mode, then your lag will be so extreme that it should barely even be playable.

Meh. I’d rather have that awesome Bravia 9 panel than have the input lag of my ancient S95C. Most of us don’t notice that level of ms.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

I prefer gaming on my monitor too but I think it's just because I have old man eyes and need to be closer to the screen

 

[jonnyp]

I might be in the minority with this opinion, but I prefer to play games on my gaming monitor instead of my 4K TV.

My home cinema setup is a Bravia 9 75" hooked up to a Sony STR-DN1080 A/V receiver, perfect for watching movies. I also have a region-free Sony UBP-X800M2 4K player. Anytime I hook up my PS5 Pro to the A/V receiver and play for an hour or two, it just feels off, and I can't really explain why. It just doesn't feel right to me.

My current gaming setup is a Dell 32'' 4K Gaming Monitor—G3223Q, a PS5 Pro, and the Sony Pulse Elite (Black). It's the perfect setup for me. I can sit close to the monitor, about 14" to 16" from the screen. I like playing games with surround headphones, and this just feels perfect to me, as if it lets me get more into a zone while gaming and I can put in way longer hours sitting at my desk than sitting on my sofa.

How do you like your setup?

Couldn't disagree more.

Love my setup. Nice couch, C4 77" from 8 feet away, with a Marantz surround receiver, 5.1 surround system with Sonus Faber fronts and Dali rears. Looks and sounds amazing.

 

[kevboard]

Meh. I’d rather have that awesome Bravia 9 panel than have the input lag of my ancient S95C. Most of us don’t notice that level of ms.

it's still bad for gaming, and probably 1 reason some might prefer a gaming monitor.

 

[phant0m]

I might be in the minority with this opinion, but I prefer to play games on my gaming monitor instead of my 4K TV.

My home cinema setup is a Bravia 9 75" hooked up to a Sony STR-DN1080 A/V receiver, perfect for watching movies. I also have a region-free Sony UBP-X800M2 4K player. Anytime I hook up my PS5 Pro to the A/V receiver and play for an hour or two, it just feels off, and I can't really explain why. It just doesn't feel right to me.

My current gaming setup is a Dell 32'' 4K Gaming Monitor—G3223Q, a PS5 Pro, and the Sony Pulse Elite (Black). It's the perfect setup for me. I can sit close to the monitor, about 14" to 16" from the screen. I like playing games with surround headphones, and this just feels perfect to me, as if it lets me get more into a zone while gaming and I can put in way longer hours sitting at my desk than sitting on my sofa.

How do you like your setup?

You crazy OP. I have a pretty similar setup and vastly prefer it to PC in most cases.

You may want to upgrade your receiver, I don’t the 1080 supports VRR passthrough? Unless you connect everything to the TV and just eARC all the audio

 

[Unknown Soldier]

I doubt OP really looked into it when he wrote his blog, but there's useful lessons would-be comfy couch PC gamers should take from his story

(1) The best TV's for gamers have input lag which is similar to the best gaming monitors. For OLED, LG's have the best input lag. For LCD, Samsungs have the best input lag. My Samsung TV has input lag of 11 ms at 60 hz and 4 ms at 120 hz (measured by RTings) which is comparable to top quality gaming monitors. Unfortunately Sony TV's have a lot more input lag, even in Game Mode, because while they have really good image processors that has a price and the price is time

(2) Most modern home theater receivers have a Direct or Bypass mode, this causes the incoming HDMI video signal to be passed on to the TV unaltered and with zero lag. The receiver still processes and send audio to the speakers, as it should. The audio processing is basically zero lag so that doesn't matter. The other receiver modes will impose input lag at the receiver, mainly because of things like UI overlays and extra processing. All Denon/Marantz/Onkyo receivers have a Direct/Bypass mode, if you are looking at a different brand, make sure it has one

(3) If you are using Bluetooth to connect your controller to your PC, that may also impose additional lag compared to when it's connected to its console. This is an especially notorious problem with Xbox controllers, if you want to use an Xbox controller wirelessly with PC you should invest in the wireless dongle that plugs into a USB port and uses the same proprietary wireless protocol as real Xbox consoles. Playstation Dualshock 4 and Dualsense controllers have better lag over Bluetooth but the best lag can be obtained by connecting them via USB cable to the PC. Nintendo Switch Pro controllers have incredibly bad input lag with both real Switches and PC's and should be avoided for PC gaming

My home theater PC gaming setup is as follows:
Samsung 65" QN85C Neo QLED TV
Denon AVR-X3800H receiver
PC has a 5800X3D and an RTX 3090

The PC is getting long in the tooth and is due for an overhaul, but this setup properly passes 4K/120 hz with G-sync and HDR and does so with no added input lag following the steps I outlined above

 

[dorkimoe]

I’ve always gone back and forth. Prefer laying on the couch with console and big tv more than sitting at my pc, back hurts sitting too long

 

[TGO]

You literally have my set-up, even got the Sony UBP-X800M2
What speakers you have is different matter, but having said that...

 

[Havoc2049]

Same. I would rather game at a desk than in the living room. Far easier to get into games and stay engaged at a desk, closer to the action.

 

[vaibhavpisal]

I use wired controller and hp.

So way prefer monitor gaming.

Cannot imagine using wireless hps.

 

[N0S]

Why did you link them products lol

 

[w00ze]

I prefer my home theater to my monitor setup don’t mind my monitor setup and have a decent one but I prefer couching it.

 

[Majima Everywhere System]

I know you think your monitor is the difference, but your sound needs a refresh to keep you in your home theater.

I find as graphics degrade over a generation, the best focus is to buy speakers and AV equipment. As my mind tries to make sense of these blurry, water color UE5 games, I am now sitting in a perfect sealed sound stage and can close my eyes and experience the game in a new way.

Buy an AVR with Dirac Live, I had an AVR the same generation as yours and this technology is a leap with even the same speakers (that I thought were trashy, but just needed science applied).

 

[pauljeremiah]

You crazy OP. I have a pretty similar setup and vastly prefer it to PC in most cases.

You may want to upgrade your receiver, I don’t the 1080 supports VRR passthrough? Unless you connect everything to the TV and just eARC all the audio

Everything goes through the AV Amp except the PS5 Pro, which is connected directly to the TV so that I can use VRR.

 

[Stafford]

Haven't gamed on my 77" OLED anymore since the day I got my current 57" DUHD ultrawide monitor and it will probably stay that way.

Which monitor do you got?

 

[CliffBronger]

I love playing games on my home cinema setup in fact i just upgraded to a 7.1 sound system.

Each to there own i guess.

 

[alabtrosMyster]

I love it, I even replayed games from.before I could afford one to experience surround sound (from before Atmos).

This is just an amazing thing.

One caveat, I'm close to the screen and I should probably have gotten a 55" instead of a 65" (as far as gaming goes, movies/tv shows are a.different thing).

 

[Fess]

Couldn't disagree more.

Love my setup. Nice couch, C4 77" from 8 feet away, with a Marantz surround receiver, 5.1 surround system with Sonus Faber fronts and Dali rears. Looks and sounds amazing.

Yup! Marantz user here as well, SR6012 so fairly beefy but a little old now with no vrr for video signal. Connects to 7 speakers and a sub, dolby atmos, sounds amazing.

Then an equally oldish Sony 65” XE9305 blindingly bright TV. Great picture imo but no vrr, bought both the TV and AVR in the same era before vrr was a norm.

And if I’m really in need of a cinematic experience I have an old projector for a roughly 90” image from an Epson TW9200. Only 1080p so needs an update but still looks great if cinema is what it’s about.

I throw everything through the Marantz which acts like a HDMI switch, it’s got a bunch of ins and outs, one out goes to the TV and one to the projector, works perfectly.

Home cinema gaming is awesome!

One of the main reasons why I built a living room PC booting into Steam big picture mode was because I felt like my consoles had the better setup.
Couch versus desk chair. Dolby atmos surround versus 2 channel audio or headphones. 65” TV or 90” projector versus 27” screen on a desk.
Can’t have it like that!

 

[lh032]

your home cinema running at quality mode or performance mode?

 

[Schmendrick]

Which monitor do you got?

Samsung Odyssey G9 57"

 

[Magic Carpet]

I used to have your Sony STR-DN1080.
That receiver is unable to pass VRR, does HDR with some issues at 4k. Forget about doing anything above 60FPS with it.
I sold that receiver and bought a Denon 1700X that can do so much more.

If you have not already done so, plug your PS5pro directly into the TV and pass the audio down to the receiver.

 

[MarV0]

Monitor always beats home cinema setup for gaming. From Projectors to the largest OLED TVs I've had them all and they are great for movies and TV shows but not for gaming.

You never see pros playing from a couch, you just can't get properly engaged like that.

For me couch is only good for some Sony or Ubisoft cinematic snoozefests "AAA" games when I'm occasionally in the mood for them.

 

[Three]

You never see pros playing from a couch, you just can't get properly engaged like that.

For me couch is only good for some Sony or Ubisoft cinematic snoozefests "AAA" games when I'm occasionally in the mood for them.

I play games to relax, not to compete in esports. I use a 150" projector for my games relaxing on a couch and an ultrawide G9 for work/PC games.

 

[MarV0]

I play games to relax, not to compete in esports. I use a 150" projector for my games relaxing on a couch and an ultrawide G9 for work/PC games.

And I play games to beat "I'm just relaxing" noobs like you.

 

[adamsapple]

The epitome of first world problems