Monitors on Alemasone

HDMI, DisplayPort, USB-C or VGA: Which Cable Should You Use?

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 11:58:14 +0000

If you are connecting a gaming monitor to a PC, use DisplayPort: it supports high refresh rates with more headroom and handles adaptive sync better. For TVs and consoles, HDMI is the only way to go. USB-C carries video, data, and power in a single cable, while DVI and VGA are now mostly used for legacy devices.

The biggest source of confusion isn’t the connector itself, but the version. Two HDMI cables might have the same plug but can have very different bandwidths; it is this bandwidth that determines which resolution and how many Hz reach your screen.

IPS, VA, TN vs OLED: Which Monitor Panel is Best?

Sat, 10 Jan 2026 20:22:02 +0000

Between IPS, VA, TN, and OLED, the type of panel determines three things: contrast (how deep the blacks are), color accuracy when viewing from the side, and response time. It does not determine resolution, refresh rate, peak brightness, or calibration quality, which depend on the specific model. This is why two monitors with the same type of panel can be very different.

These technologies fall into two families. In Liquid Crystal panels (LCD: TN, VA, and IPS), a backlight is always on behind the screen, and the crystals act like shutters to let more or less light through. In OLED, there is no backlight: every pixel on the screen produces its own light, and when it needs to be black, it simply turns off.

LCD vs OLED: Real Differences and Which One to Choose

Wed, 04 Jun 2025 10:18:27 +0000

In an OLED, every pixel is self-emissive and can turn off completely. In an LCD, there is a backlight that stays on behind the panel. Everything else comes from here: OLED offers perfect blacks, contrast that LCD cannot match, and incredibly fast response times, but it suffers from burn-in—meaning static images can become permanently imprinted.

In practice: for movies and gaming, OLED wins, and you can really see the difference. For a work monitor with the same interface on screen eight hours a day, the choice is less obvious, and that’s where a good LCD still makes a lot of sense.

Curved vs. Flat Monitor: Which One Should You Really Choose?

Sun, 25 Aug 2024 18:18:03 +0000

A curved monitor makes sense when the screen is large and you are sitting close to it: from 32 inches up, and especially on ultrawides, it brings the edges closer to your eyes and reduces side distortion. On a 24 or 27-inch screen, the advantage is almost zero, and if you work with straight lines (graphics, photo editing, technical drawing), flat remains the right choice.

The principle is geometric: on a very wide flat screen, the edges are further from your eyes than the center, so you see them at an angle. By curving the panel, every point returns to roughly the same distance.