Watch out consoles – PCs could soon be the center of the living room

By Emma Boyle

For a long time now, consoles have claimed the center of the living room by virtue of the fact that you can connect them to “the big TV”, not worry too much about latency, and enjoy immersive visuals on a large scale (particularly now that 4K consoles have arrived).

PCs may have greater power behind them, and be more capable of handling the highest quality visual assets, but historically it’s been hard finding a TV that can showcase PC games (4K and HDR or not) without resulting in latency issues; high quality and detailed visuals may be nice to look at in gaming, but smooth frame rates and minimal lag are more key to the overall gameplay experience.

For that reason, fans of PC gaming have primarily had to rely on smaller monitors on desktops and laptops with the high refresh rates, low latency, PC-specific HDR, and G-SYNC variable refresh rate technology needed for the highest quality gaming experience.

Home comforts

Fantastic as these monitors often are for PC gaming, it’s not often they’re the first choice for a center-of-the-home screen. Even with convenient devices such as Nvidia Shield, Steam Link and the Steam Machine, PCs haven’t quite …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Gaming