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Authors: JordanBest TVs for Gaming Buying Guide: Welcome to TechRadar's round-up of the best 4K TVs for PS4 and Xbox you can buy for any
And while you could hook them up to any old 1080p TV, if you want the best picture quality, you're going to have to net yourself a nice 4K
support for the high dynamic range (HDR) technology that was just joining 4K on the TV scene.Skip forward three years and mid-generation
news for the quality of our gaming experiences, though, it puts ever more pressure on your TV
Well, not quite, but you get our point.Unlocking the good stuffSo what exactly does a TV need to be able to do these days to unlock your
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
to care about input lag: The time it takes for a particular TV to render image data received at its inputs
However, we generally measure input lag on the TVs we test
integral part in a great gaming experience
HDMI to its 2017 OLED TVs (some of which ship with integrated sound bars) any moment now
mind when you buy your gaming TV.Things to pay attention to are whether speakers are facing forwards (as this will almost always give you a
pick out our selection of the best gaming TVs you can currently buy, taking in a combination of price and sheer quality.1
Samsung Q9F QLED TV SeriesLow input lag, native UHD resolution, strong HDR support - Samsung's Q9F has it all.Excellent 4K HDR
picturesInsanely bright!Some backlight clouding issuesThis high-end 65-inch Samsung set has a number of 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)
brightness story, delivering gorgeously rich, deep black colours completely free of the sort of clouding issues that LCD TVs suffer with
last big attraction of the OLED55E7 is its built-in sound bar
This will soon be able to handle Dolby Atmos from the Xbox One S and Xbox One X consoles, and can produce a huge wall of bass-rich sound
(provided you run it LOUD) that works brilliantly for gaming without the need for an external audio system.Review link:LG OLED E73
Sony XBR-X930E/KD-XE93 SeriesIf you're already invested in today's 4K consoles, these are hands-down the best 4K TVs for gaming that you can
for using two light guide plates
This essentially gives it twice as much control over how much light reaches different parts of the screen as you get with other edge-lit LCD
Triluminos processing, and no brands handle motion as slickly as Sony
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
Panasonic TX-EX750 SeriesThe 50-inch 50EX750 is a startlingly affordable 4K TV with crisp, clean pictures and a fast response time Digitally
does have a rather cool trick up its sleeve: new digitally enhanced backlight technology that adjusts the angle of each pixel to reduce the
usual light clouding problems associated with LCD technology
This gives you dark gaming scenes more uniformity, making it easier to remain immersed in the action.The 50EX750 also stands out from the
crowd for gaming with its outstanding 10ms of input lag when using its gaming mode
Frustratingly you actually get comfortably the best picture quality from the 50EX750 if you use its Dynamic picture preset - but you could
LG OLED B7 SeriesBeat the rest with the affordable entry-level LG OLED B7Jaw-dropping HDR picturesUnexpectedly good soundSome backlight
this list, remarkably it delivers almost exactly the same high level of contrast-rich picture quality for a whole lot less.Input lag remains
Sony KD-XE85 SeriesStrong 4K pictures and smart features meet aggressive pricing in this pleasingly no-nonsense range of TV and gaming
all-rounders Strong picture qualityAttractive designStruggles for brightnessInput lag can slip to 50msOne of our final recommendations for a
gaming TV is another big one
large screen to get the most from 4K resolutions, but also because the main TV brands are increasingly only building truly HDR-friendly
colour, 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.8
Philips 65PUS7601The combination of Ambilight, good pricing for a 65-inch UHD/HDR screen and a dedicated HDR gaming mode get this TV on our
list 65-inch: Philips 65PUS7601Excellent backlight controlGreat price for the picture qualityComplicated picture set-upDoesn't deliver full
HDR experienceThe 65PUS7601 boasts arguably the single most aggressively game-friendly feature on this list, in the shape of its Ambilight
Ambilight uses LED lights ranged along the TV's rear left, right and top edges to throw out coloured lights that can be continually matched
in terms of shade, intensity and even location to the colours in the picture you're watching; the result is greatly enhanced connection with
what you're watching, something that's especially useful where gaming is concerned
The Ambilight system even features a dedicated gaming mode, designed to react faster than normal to changes in your game graphics
The 65PUS7601 also provides generally strong (for its reasonably low price) 4K and HDR picture quality, and you can get input lag down to
only around 30ms if you're careful how you set it up
The set even features a dedicated HDR game mode that adjusts the HDR processing to suit the relatively stark and precise look of game
graphics versus 'natural' video.A little more buying advice for the roadIf you want to learn more about shopping for gaming TVs, we've added
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 colour 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
