Don't really have anything useful to say other than I play on a monitor instead of a large tv. I actually have an HDMI 3-1 switcher so that with the push of a button my screen will show my Xbox or my computer. I've really enjoyed the setup and imagine anyone else would, too.

So for those of you who game on a monitor, what are some things I should either look out for or really consider when purchasing a monitor? Specs aside. I'm looking for the intangible things to consider.

I had an Asus before I got an HDTV. The biggest thing for gaming is the response time and latency. Asus is great in that area.

Consider quality of life points. Is the stand sturdy? Can you move it around easily? Change inputs? Asus monitors kind of suck with regards to controls because they lack physical buttons, and the touch ones don't work half the time.

He swears it gives him a competitive advantage in Destiny.

I know several people that do play on them and love it. However, they are playing on high end monitors.

For instance This one

Monitors are rather pricey, but you dont really need anything crazy like the one above, just something that has 60 mhz refresh rate. Also you want a really low response time, <= 5 MS should be good.

I don't use a gaming monitor per say, but I do have a little 19" 720p television that I use late at night or when my wife is using our main tv. I put it on a chair and sit on the floor a couple feet away from it. Funny thing is, my PvP game gets considerably better while playing on that tiny screen. I don't know if it's a case of having less latency than our 46", or if it's purely an issue of screen size and/or proximity, but I jump from averaging a k/d of roughly 1-1.5 all the way up to 2-3. Whatever the exact reason, I feel like I need to move my eyes around less while playing on the small screen. I don't get caught off guard by something on one edge of the screen while I'm focusing on another portion of the screen, which I've noticed happens to me fairly often on my big screen.

Pretty much everything said is good, response time and resolution are key. I used to travel a lot with a Samsung and had no issues with it on my 360 (it was also a fixed height). I currently use two ASUS for my computer and the one doubles as my xbox one screen. The below ASUS is usually around 110-115$ after rebate.

Gaming Monitor

I haven't had any issues with them. I use HDMI for the Xbox One and DVI for my computer. If you plan to travel with it, check the weight and if it looks flimsy or if it has a lot of plastic that could break off of it shifts during transit. I never owned an adjustable height one, just tilt, so I cant comment on that. I can see the value of it if you go different places or your seating arrangement warrants that feature. I use the stereo headset adapter for the controller, so I rarely use audio out of a monitor in case you were wondering about sound quality.

I ended up moving from my bigscreen to my 27" dell U2713HM monitor. It's not a gaming monitor, and according to AnandTech it has a display lag of 29.5ms (other sites say as low as 21ms). I do MUCH better on it than I do on my bigscreen tv. What the crap!? I must have pretty bad display lag on my big screen tv.

edit: got the right model & stuff.

I play on a 23" Samsung monitor that I've had for years and isn't anything fancy. The video quality is still better than my other big-screen TVs. I have the monitor sitting on the coffee table a few feet in front of the couch. The main benefit for me playing on the monitor is that I, or one of my kids, can be playing video games while wife and/or the other kids can be watching a movie/TV/or playing a different video game on the bigger TV that's on the wall. That's a pretty invaluable benefit in my house, such that even if I were to buy a brand new 70" 4K flat-screen, I would really have to think twice about switching the PS4 and Xbone to the bigger one.