After the maelstrom of 4K, 120 fps and all the speed that the new SSDs will offer, many users consider a more modest scenario far from very high resolutions, and one of them could be to use a monitor with PlayStation 5. Is that your case? Well, be careful because you could find surprises.
Using a monitor with PS5
As you may have known IGN Italy In direct talks with Sony, PlayStation 5 will not offer intermediate resolutions between 1080p and 4K. What does this mean? Well, if you have a monitor with native resolution of 1.440 horizontal lines, when connecting your new PS5 you will not be able to take advantage of the maximum resolution of the monitor, and you will be forced to play in 1080p.
The console would work in 1080 and the monitor would scale to show the image on the full screen, something that would not be entirely dramatic, but would lose definition compared to what the screen would be capable of displaying.
PC gamer vs console gamer
La resolution at 1.440 pixels It's not a particularly popular resolution with console gamers, but it is with PC gamers. The reason is basically the type of screen on which the game is played, since, if televisions jump from 1080p to 4K, in the case of monitors we can find models with 1.440 pixels, a resolution that allows you to enjoy a little more definition. without putting too much strain on the GPU by avoiding 4K.
If we add to this that many players combine the PC with the console, and use the same monitor for both platforms, the result is a small community that supports the 1.440-pixel format, so they appreciate being able to play at that resolution for get the most out of your monitor. But no, PS5 will not allow you to use this option, and unlike Xbox Series X, the available options will only be 1080p and 4K.
This is a problem?
Taking into account the market share of 1.440p monitors, we could say that those affected will be very few. You just have to take a look at the best-selling monitor models on Amazon to see that the first model with 1.440p resolution does not appear until 28th place, so Sony may have taken this type of demand into account and preferred not to. complicate things on your console.
On the other hand, contrast the option of Microsoft, which with Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S have wanted to continue offering the option that was already available from Xbox One X. If you are one of those users who has a 1440p monitorYou shouldn't worry at all. It is a loss that Sony can possibly be blamed taking into account the potential and features of its console, but looking in the long term, it is most likely that you will end up buying a monitor with HDMI 2.1 that allows you to enjoy signals at 120 images per second, and thus, get the most out of your console.