120Hz 4K TVs offer the best experience for next-gen games consoles.
If you’re looking for the best 120Hz 4K TVs, you’re in luck. With a relatively small number of them on the market, it’s easy to pick out the best 120Hz 4K TVs of the bunch to find the right one for you. 120Hz refresh rates offer a smoother and sharper picture without the nauseating motion blur you might experience when you turn the camera quickly in-game. Some players might not notice a massive difference but refresh rates are particularly crucial for fast-paced shooters like Call of Duty where you need to turn fast and react quickly. 120Hz refresh rates aren’t uncommon. You’ll find them on many gaming monitor s for smooth-looking HD and QHD gaming – but you’ll need to make sure any 4K TV you’re buying has a 120Hz panel and HDMI 2.1 input support to get equivalent performance. Confused about 120Hz and 120fps? Don’t be. The former refers to the number of frames a game outputs while the latter refers to how many frames the associated screen can display. That’s why we’d strongly recommend buying a HDMI 2.1 television below if you have a next-generation console and can afford both. It makes everything far better. LG’s OLED TV range all support HDMI 2.1, as do new Samsung TVs with QLED, and premium screens from Sony, TCL, Philips and Panasonic. Bear in mind that the best TVs for PS5 and Xbox Series X are different but if you’ve bought a high-spec gaming TV, you shouldn’t worry too much. A TV with a good picture, low input lag and HDMI specifications provides what you need. We’ve chosen the best TVs that balance fantastic resolution and graphics with preserving as many frames as possible. Beyond 120Hz 4K performance, we’re only choosing gaming TVs that the TechRadar team gave glowing reviews. That way, you know other specs like color accuracy, upscaling tech, viewing angles and brightness are just as cutting-edge for regular TV watching as for gaming. We’ve also kept an eye on gamer-specific features like low input lag, Variable Refresh Rate, Auto Low Latency Mode, and video sync modes such as FreeSync and G-Sync. Our top pick of all the best TVs and OLED TVs available today, the LG C1 OLED is an all-around powerhouse that also offers virtually all the gaming features you’ll need for the best next-gen performance. For starters, all four of its HDMI ports are 2.1-compatible. Outside of LG TVs, most other manufacturers have only started adding HDMI 2.1 to one port via firmware updates. With the LG C1 OLED, you could actually plug in both the Series X and the PS5 to their own dedicated 2.1 port. It’s definitely worth talking about the new gaming features on this year’s C Series OLED as that’s where the majority of the innovation is this year. For starters, there’s a new Game Optimiser setting that allows you to quickly adjust the White Stabilizer, Black Stabilizer and VRR. You’ve also got support for ALLM when the OLED detects an incoming game signal through any one of the four HDMI 2.1 ports and a Prevent Input Delay feature that drops input lag to sub-10ms levels. When you aren’t gaming, you’ll appreciate the LG C1 OLED for its Dolby Vision and Atmos support while streaming premium content. Because of its OLED display, it handles deep blacks and contrast between light and dark content much better than LED TVs, and even has full 4:4:4 PC color. In fact, its only visual negative is the lack of HDR10+ support. Read the full review: LG C1 OLED The Sony X90J 4K TV sees the company behind the PS5 finally get its TVs in line. While last year’s Sony TV range was marred by inconsistent support for HDMI 2.1, this year’s range gets the input standard right, with two HDMI 2.1 ports for connecting next-gen games consoles. There are two other HDMI 2.0 ports too for lower-specified consoles like the Nintendo Switch – and while some gaming TVs below have four ports at a 2.1 specification, we reckon most will do just fine with what the X90J offers. The X90J has a 120Hz panel with 4K resolution and two full-spec HDMI 2.1 ports for your Xbox Series X and PS5, with VRR (variable refresh rate) and ALLM (auto low latency mode, for sub-10ms lag) to really up your gaming experience. Just be sure to head into the picture settings and switch on ‘Enhanced format’ for your selected HDMI port, otherwise you won’t get the benefit of its 2.1 specification. It has excellent image quality, thanks in part to a new Cognitive XR processor rolled out to Sony’s top 2021 sets, making for excellent upscaling and contrast control.
