The best TV for gaming is also generally the best TV for everything else. Nailing the basics of picture quality, such as color, contrast, resolution …
The best TV for gaming is also generally the best TV for everything else. Nailing the basics of picture quality, such as color, contrast, resolution and brightness, ensures games as well as movies, TV shows and other video look good. But gaming performance can also benefit from additional features, including low input lag and, in the case of next-generation consoles like the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5, advanced input capabilities. We cover the best TVs for PS5 and Xbox Series X, Series S with 4K,120fps input and VRR in another list, and many of them appear here too. The TVs below focus on low input lag. How fast you react while gaming depends on a feedback loop between your brain, your fingers, the game controller and the action you see on the TV screen. Delay at any point will diminish your performance and the thrilling immediacy of the playing experience. It takes mere milliseconds for a video signal to travel from your console through the HDMI input on your TV to display on the screen, but too many milliseconds can be noticeable to your brain, or downright deadly to your in-game character. Those milliseconds are known as input lag. The following six TVs, featured at the top of the page, deliver either the lowest lag I’ve measured among the TVs I’ve reviewed, the best picture quality or both.
