Journey is on sale on PSN for the first time since I acquired a PS4 a month or two back, primarily for the purpose of playing The Last Guardian (I'm part way through and appreciating it, but I've become a bit stuck). However, should I go for the Collector's Edition which also includes Flow and Flower? (And why was Journey not called Flowerer or similar?!)
Cool, I will make a decision when back from hols but will certainly grab Journey and probably Flower as well separately if not the full Collector's Edition.
Flow is pretty dull. Flower is prettier and less dull and I kinda liked it for what it was. Journey will always prove devisive - I'm not a huge fan, found it puffed up meh.
It's actually a slightly different model number, only real difference is that the above one is the "Razer Edition" which has some extra lighting on the back and some branding probably. Really liking the monitor so far, if you have an Nvidia GPU then the G-Sync functionality is really great for your fast paced FPSs and racing games. Only slight wrinkle has been that it can flicker when FPS drops below 60 in a game when G-Sync is enabled (apparently a problem with the G-Sync technology itself). Slightly annoying but all you have to do is disable G-Sync for those scenarios, and maybe stick with traditional vsync so I'm totally fine with it.
Playing Dirt rally at 144FPS has been a revelation, as has Doom at that speed and with the curved screen. Really changes the experience. I've no idea how long this price will last as I assume it's another pricing error as it's usually at least 100 quid more, and you really can't get a G-Sync monitor for that little usually, let alone one with a VA panel (which is comparable to an IPS but with better contrast, I'm liking how mine is looking compared to my other IPS anyway). There's a possible 24 month 0% paypal credit option too which might help some.
You can't really make out much from that video which I assume is displayed 60FPS. I don't see any judder when I do the test myself. There is definitely some blurring, but I reckon it's not more than 10% worse/slower than an IPS, there is an overdrive mode set to "Normal" that is enabled out of the box that works really well IMO. The Extreme mode is incredibly bad, a lot of ghosting and weird stuff. And set to off things do get a little smeary, but I don't see any issues with the normal setting, watching Dirt Rally at speed all the details look pretty clean and clear. The blur is definitely there, but to me it's like a kind of built in subtle motion blur which I really don't mind at all. Depends of preference obvs. Input lag seems the same as with my LG IPS, perfectly fine, I could maybe the slow motion high speed mode on my phone camera to compare the two..
Adaptive refresh doesn't just fix tearing, it keeps judder and stutter associated to variable frame rates to a minumum. Just makes the experience feel smoother. But yeah we're still waiting for a commonly available display tech without major compromises.
This is a picture I got with the brightness maxed out, ISO 50, 1/350 shutter speed.
There's definitely a little bit of blurring, but it's really not too bad. The overdrive is mainly helping to keep the brightness of the small details as it moves, with it off the background stars get quite dim. If you want absolute image stability and clarity then TN is probably better, but I'm pretty chuffed with this. Looking forward to playing some Dark Souls with it, tried a little last night and the gamma and darkness are much better.
My TN still has blurriness, even with strobing. The problem with a photo is that it eliminates the sample-and-hold that are eyes fall victim to. They're getting much better at it, but they're papering over the cracks of the tech.
Extreme's called Premium on mine, and it's the same deal. High (i.e. the middle of three) works best.