INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
PC gamers have it easy - all they need to do is find a monitor with a 4K resolution and wickedly fast refresh rate and hit the buy button
Us console gamers have it tougher.That said, nothing is impossible
No high score is too high and no achievement is locked forever
Just like every other challenge, you can conquer this, too.The good news is that you have an ally on the field of battle - us! We're here to
help you pick out the best 4K HDR TV that plays nicely with all your consoles, whether you're a member of PlayStation Nation with a PS4 and
PS4 Pro, or an Xbox Elite and boast the Xbox One X or Xbox One S
The Xbox One X, meanwhile, has been designed with enough power to drive more games than ever before with native, game engine-integrated 4K
However, upscaling is remarkably good on the best 4K TVs now, and can be done without adding significant delay to the time it takes a TV to
render pictures.4K resolution can be transformative, especially on big screens
And basically 4K is just the way everything is going now (both in the gaming and video worlds), so not being set up for it with your new TV
its games, and via some of its streaming apps
The same situation applies for both the PS4 and PS4 Pro, and naturally the Xbox One X will deliver HDR too
of pressure on a TV, since it demands both much more brightness than SDR, and better contrast so that the extra brightness and deeper blacks
can potentially share the screen simultaneously
TV.Let there be light! One of the most important elements of a good HDR performance is brightness
possible for TVs to deliver great HDR pictures without reaching 1000 nits and more of brightness
This is particularly true with OLED screens, for instance
But the darker a screen, the harder its processing is going to have to work to try and figure out how to resolve picture information in HDR
its games, and via some of its streaming apps
The same situation applies for both the PS4 and PS4 Pro, and naturally the Xbox One X will deliver HDR too
of pressure on a TV, since it demands both much more brightness than SDR, and better contrast so that the extra brightness and deeper blacks
can potentially share the screen simultaneously
TV.Let there be light! One of the most important elements of a good HDR performance is brightness
possible for TVs to deliver great HDR pictures without reaching 1000 nits and more of brightness
This is particularly true with OLED screens, for instance
But the darker a screen, the harder its processing is going to have to work to try and figure out how to resolve picture information in HDR
Samsung Q9FN QLED TV SeriesThe best gaming TV ever Could be!65-inch: Samsung QN65Q9FN | 55-inch: Samsung QN55Q9FNSpectacular HDR picture
unique gaming-friendly advantages
For starters, unique screen filters mean that pictures are almost completely unaffected by ambient light
And trust us: being able to game in daylight and enjoy pictures that look as intense, bright and contrast rich as they do in a dark room is
nothing short of a revelation
The set resolves 4K resolutions majestically too, while its heavy duty build quality enables it to produce a fairly potent and
distortion-free audio performance (despite its having seemingly no visible speakers)
sort of clouding issues that LCD TVs suffer with
settings.Gamers, meanwhile, will be delighted to hear that unlike its previous two predecessors, the OLED E8 no longer dims the picture down
heavily when running in its low-latency HDR Game mode
review:LG E8 OLEDLG OLED65E83
Samsung Q7FN QLED TV SeriesA slightly more affordable QLED for gamers65-inch: Samsung QN65Q7FN | 55-inch: Samsung QN55Q7FNBright, beautiful
AU$3,699).Ambient Mode adds a design aesthetic sure to please even the keenest of eyes (i.e
mom and dad) and its low-latency game mode makes it a competent companion for the Xbox One X and PS4 Pro
HDR+ mode helps liven up HD/SDR content and of course 4K/HDR content has an eye-watering sheen when viewed on this set so it's still a great
Samsung NU8000 SeriesWith beautiful colors and lightning fast response times, the NU8000 is a kingly gaming TV65-inch: Samsung UN65NU8000 |
the chops to play games in 4K HDR without skimping on the visuals, check out the Samsung NU8000 Series
It may not be as bright as some of the competition on this page, but give its HDR+ mode a chance, and you'd be surprised at what this
underdog can do.Read the full review:Samsung NU80005
Sony XBR-X850E SeriesStrong 4K pictures and smart features meet aggressive pricing in this pleasingly no-nonsense range of TV and gaming
large screen to get the most from 4K resolutions, but also because the main TV brands are increasingly only building truly HDR-friendly
color, contrast and brightness performances into their relatively large - and, alas, expensive - TVs.Even a 55-inch Sony model struggles for
brightness a little in its bid to make 4K HDR pictures relatively affordable
level performance is outstanding for such an affordable and edge-lit LCD model
It also only suffers with 21ms of input lag on average - though oddly, lag occasionally slips to around 50ms for a frame or two.Read the
The best HDR experience requires a 10-bit screen able to support 1024 values of each RGB colour - otherwise you will get an inferior colour
performance, including, possibly, colour striping where you should see subtle blends
PS4 consoles automatically assess the bit-depth of your TV and select the optimum HDR video output accordingly
they have a strong video processing engine
But 10-bit panels certainly have an immediate advantage.One other point to add here is that some TVs - including high-end Samsung models -
actually support 12-bit colour management/processing, even though their panels are only natively 10-bit
The Xbox One S and presumably Xbox One X both provide Colour Depth boxes in their Video Fidelity settings that let you select the maximum
bit performance for your particular TV.Colour purity: Another advanced setting but important thing to consider for the ultimate gaming
These numbers reveal how many pixels colour is sampled from in the top and bottom rows for every two rows of four pixels
So with 4:2:0, for instance, colour is being sampled from two pixels in the top row and no pixels in the bottom row.From this it follows
The problem is, full 4:4:4 color support requires a lot of extra image data, and so cannot be handled by the HDMI connections or processing
The latest consoles are pretty good at detecting the optimum chroma subsampling a TV can support, automatically adjusting their outputs
handling: Now that the Xbox One X is almost here and promising native 4K resolution games running at 60 frames a second, make sure that
whatever TV you buy has the latest specification HDMI sockets
