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big screens high-resolution color so real you'll never want to leave your room there are plenty of ways that stores will try to sell you a monitor but there's one key spec that you might not hear much about which is response time which can make a difference when there's some kind of fast action happening on the screen oh so you're talking about that thing where there's a delay between pressing a key and clicking a mouse or whatever and then having it display on the screen right actually no that's called input lag which is also important since too much input lag can leave you frustrated at best or lying in a pool of virtual blood at worst because you couldn't react quickly enough to an opponent response time however is less about how your monitor will eventually display inputs from your peripherals after a delay and more about the individual pixels themselves it's a measure of how quickly a pixel can display a change from black to white or from one shade of gray to another different shades of gray represent how intense any given color will appear on your monitor through a filter the darker the gray the less light will pass through said color filter and hit your eyes which is why you don't hear people talking about red to blue response times or anything like that response times are usually given in milliseconds since one frame on a standard 60 Hertz monitor stays on your screen for just under 17 milliseconds the pixels themselves need to transition more quickly than that so they can display the next frame on time but just because a monitor has a response time under 17 milliseconds doesn't mean that it's just as good as anything else the longer response times often result in ghosting which means you can see the remains of trails from a moving object on the screen because pixels took too long to switch between shades of grey this might not be a huge deal if you just use your computer as a Facebook machine but if you're a gamer or like to watch movies with fast action poor response times can cause really distracting visual artifacts so how do you know what's actually good when looking to buy monitor checking out their specs and what not people have different opinions on what the maximum response time should be if you're gaming while some people claim that they can't notice any ghosting on anything below 8 milliseconds there's other people like competitive gamers who swear by super quick screens with response times of only 1 or 2 milliseconds typically TN panels can be engineered to be quick when their ips counterparts so you'll often see higher-end TN displays marketed as being for gamers but remember that you'll also lose color accuracy and viewing angles but hold on take whatever the manufacturer puts on the spec scene with a huge grain of salt there isn't a standardized way for these companies to measure response times so you might be seeing a cherry-picked measurement for how long it takes for a pixel to switch between two similar shades of gray and end up disappointed with the actual performance once you hook it up fortunately this is a situation where a little research can go a long way there are websites that have independently conducted measurements of response times as well as input lag times so you can have more apples to apples comparison when you're shopping and remember to check reviews from a trusted source as well even if the monitor says that it has lightning quick response time of 1 to 2 milliseconds many people complaining about ghosting could be a clue that what's on the spec sheet isn't all that accurate so pay attention the next time you've been marketed for a new display even the biggest highest resolution screen you can get your paws on will be very disappointing if it makes everything look like a giant ice cream smear no it isn't disappointing Linda comm with Linda comm membership you can watch and learn from top experts who are passionate about teaching and they stream thousands of video courses on demand 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