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[entremet]

I'm looking to finally upgrade my 1080p plasma this year, but my TV is practically single use--gaming.

I watch most movies in the theaters and TV shows on my computer or iPad. And maybe an occasional Bluray. The mostly TV is only for gaming, which is why I went with plasma originally. But plasma seem rarer these days.

Going online, I'm seeing Samsung TVs doing well in the response area. This is surprising to me since I had bad experience with Samsung TVs in the area.

Any recommendations?

 

[Terbinator]

Sony W7/ most recent equivalent.

 

[Gren]

The backlight in my Samsung seems to have shit the bed after just four months, so I wouldn't personally recommend them as far as reliability goes.

 

[Fat4all]

Alternate between GAME and your VHS copy of The Phantom Menace.

 

[webkatt]

Another thing to look for is motion blur. I have a Vizio and while its response time is good it's motion blur leaves a lot to be desired

 

[Peltz]

Check out the input lag database and choose something with low input lag in game mode.

 

[nillah]

 

[entremet]

Alternate between GAME and your VHS copy of The Phantom Menace.

LOL.

I actually own a small Sony CRT for retro stuff. But this would be HD era and up consoles.

 

[PtM]

Plasma, LCD, OLED, LED, best tv for next gen
Upscalers, CRTs, PVMs & RGB: Retro gaming done right!

 

[inner-G]

HD CRT

 

[MrTexor]

Somewhat similar. Does anyone have a good 5.1 receiver that won't add much lag when you play video games? I got both a ps4 and Xbox one

 

[Fat4all]

What the fucking fuck.

That's baller.

 

[QualityPixel]

Response time is not the same thing as input lag time.

Input lag: how long it takes the tv to process the signal from device to display it on the tv. A great input lag time is about 25ms or less.

Response time is how long the pixels actually take to shift color (most tvs these days really shouldn't have a problem with this).

These 2 websites are a great place to start to looking.
http://www.displaylag.com/
http://www.rtings.com/

 

[MrTexor]

By the way. Last 2 tvs I bought. I first checked this website http://www.rtings.com

Pretty sure there are others

 

[JumpCancel]

I bought a Sony KDL42W705B 42-inch as it was a 1080p screen with 13.5ms input lag, which as far as I was aware is the lowest response time of any TV.

Had it 2 years and its got major banding, along with flickering.

Tough one honestly. Samsung TV's picture quality has gotten better in recent years so you wouldn't be amiss getting something like Samsung UE40J5100. Around 21-28ms if that matters, but picture quality is fantastic.