We’ve been seeing monitors with higher refresh rates
Recently, TCL CSOT revealed a brand new 4K monitor at Display Week 2024 Asus ROG Swift PG248QP best 4K monitor
Sure, having a high refresh rate for gaming is incredibly important and more monitors have been rising to the challenge. Ultra-fast displays CES 2024 LG , Acer , Samsung , Razer , and MSI showcasing their new offerings with refresh rates as high as 360Hz and even 480Hz. AMD has even overhauled its FreeSync technology certification process
But, ultimately, what’s the point of all this?
Sure, you have the ultimate bragging rights if you can net a 1,000Hz monitor that still maintains 4K resolution (which would be the first of its kind to combine both specs), but what possible use could that have? Let’s say you’re a professional gamer and a high refresh rate is vital. However, official tournaments have a cap of 240Hz, so using a higher than 240Hz monitor for practice will not help you in a professional tournament. It could actively make your performance worse since you’re essentially downgrading to a much lower speed when it matters most.
Well, what if you’re a hardcore gamer who casually competes online with others? There are no restrictions in that space so have at it, right? Except that, other than the bragging rights that come from flexing your cash flow, it would mostly be pointless to invest in such a screen. Considering the advantage it would give you, compared to the price of the monitor itself, and the diminishing returns at 1,000Hz is hardly worth the much higher premium you’ll be paying for it. Especially since you can easily purchase a high-quality monitor with a 240Hz or even 144Hz refresh rate and still have a better monitor than most.
There’s also the fact that this TCL monitor would only be useful for gaming, as other markets like productivity, editing, and art don’t benefit as much from a high refresh rate.
Honestly, it feels like tech manufacturers are participating in this refresh rate arms race solely as a way to show off technological advancements. That’s all well and good except that expending valuable resources to produce these monitors contributes to the massive e-waste issue
Instead of focusing on creating products like these, TCL should invest its resources instead, on sustainability or efficiency. Not only would it address the e-waste crisis more productively but also improve its bottom line in the process.
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