DCS Monitor

[Elby]

I hate to stomp on this thread but we’re in the year 2020 now! There are no more heavy bulky little CRT monitors! I’ve been looking at a 60” 4K 16:9 TV from about 33 inches away for some years now. I kinda equate it to VR goodness without using VR because it gives you a true to life FOV of about 75-78 degrees! More detail in my replies here …

X-Plane 11 - Monitor width and FOV settings

Since I have a new install of X-Plane I’m realizing I have a lot of settings that I’ve just lived with for years or not messed with much. I’m curious what you use for FOV in relation to your monitor width? Much of the time I’m in VR, so it doesn’t much matter, but I have a 34" ultra-wide monitor and I’m thinking 75° seems to fit the right amount of cockpit. I know this varies according to cockpit geometry - but just curious what you guys are using? I found an interesting answer by one of the mo…

I’d never go back to a teeny-tiny 34" monitor. You just have to make sure the TV you buy can do at least 60hz and has a game mode that’s capable of chroma subsampling of 4:4:4.

I think a 60hz TV is perfect these days because you always want to have Vsync on at 60 fps so your video card doesn’t overheat doing like 200 fps. Granted, you won’t get 200 fps in sims like DCS but still … 60 fps is a good number to shoot for.