Tech Guru wrote@H.S
OLED Technology on 4K is pretty expensive , yes it has deep saturation especially blacks but the price is not justifiable and it will not drop soon, and to me yes 4K worth it , gaming for 4Ks is very near 2016-2017 , and you can do it now using 908Ti in SLI or Fury X/Fury in Cross Fire , the trick is a local showroom here (they have wide varieties) , set a specific technical questions (or clarification you are skeptical about):
- Does it Include HDMI 2.0 ?
- What is the Real Panel Refresh Rate?
- What is the Input Lag?
- Up-scaling Method / Technology?
If you are a serious buyer the room manager will sure answer these specific technical question , and not marketing inflated illustration. Lock on a specific model according to your budget vs performance , technical knowledge , design. Go home re-cross-check (users review, you tube , product website , product manual, blogs, forums , & searches). Make your mind , and no regrets in my investment in the LG LED UHD 55" 55UB830T. A Positive ROI.
I am not a PC gamer, most of the exclusives that I want to play are on consoles. Most developers are focusing on consoles which are 1080P, a lot of the PC ports are badly done and you will have a better version running on the weaker/cheaper consoles. Surely some 4K games look impressive on the PC but they're scarce to begin with. Is there enough content to get a beefy rig and a decent 4K TV? probably if you're a hardcore PC gamer.
I usually do the research myself and ask about the availability of a specific model, salesmen in Lebanon don't know about the technical stuff, or maybe I haven't met someone who does. Also the majority of the consumers don't know about it, they just request to see a movie running on the TV and they'll buy it if they like the picture and colors. I used to ask about the input lag and the motion blur...etc, they had no idea what I was talking about, so I stopped asking.
A well done OLED can easily beat any 4K LED, even though there is still a lot of room for the technology to improve. Panasonic recently bought OLED panels from LG and made their own CZ950 which surpassed LG's.
vegetaleb wroteI tried to ask these questions many times but I never got a salesman knowing what it even input lag mean, so I ask sometimes ''a la Libanaise'' like ''is it fluid enough for games?'' Even so the typical answer is: ''all new LED +100hz are very good for games'' ;)
@ HS thanks! So no regrets about this Sony?
I will wait till next week for the Christmas offers catalog for both Sony and LG, last year they released the Sony catalog pretty late like 17th December! I think LG catalog was out by 5-8th December. I am not expecting a superb offer as samsung and sony are releasing their 4K and Android TVs much more expensive because of (stupidly) added gift like PS3 and tablets, they should give us the choice then the samsung UHD would cost 650$ instead of 800$, but nooo you have to pay an extra 150$ for a stupid tablet that you don't want.
Because of that I will take a FHD like the W600.
The LG FHD TVs are worse than Sony in terms of motion blur, rtings even consider the LF550 not playable for video games. Samsung TVs are better but I am still afraid panels will burn like toasts as they have zero protection and they use 80s slim power cable without Ground
If you want to play on 1080P then you'll definitely be satisfied, I couldn't find a better gaming TV recently due to high input lag. Main pros for this TV is the high picture quality, very decent blacks and low input lag. I am currently playing Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition running at 60fps and it looks impressive.