New TV Question

[Relentless81]

Hi,

I'm so confused Monitors are so much easier to understand than TVs!

I was about to buy a TV today as its been reduced, its the LG 49UK6400PLF and we need a new TV because ours keeps restarting and its really annoying

I was about to buy it when I noticed its only 50hz, then I noticed refresh rates are all over the place for TVs

What gives? I want to use the TV with a PS4 Pro and HTPC and will want 60FPS for gaming so how will the PS4 work and will I have to cap the HTPCs FPS to 50?

Or is better to spend more and get something that 60hz, or 100hz etc etc

Thanks

 

[Relentless81]

It will do 60Hz fine, 50/60 are interchangeable when listed.

As to that TV, I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole personally, it's an RGBW panel not an RGB, it's not a true 4K panel as a quarter of the sub pixels are white. it'll also play hell with the aliasing on PS4 because of the sub pixel arrangement.

Really? Thats not good I was really happy with the price as my job is at risk at the moment so cant spend too much, the TV going faulty has come at a bad time. Ss there anything better in the price range? I honestly have know idea what you have said I thought the resolution was the resolution

 

[Relentless81]

TVs usually have a frame rate increasing tech is input 50 or 60hz and increases to 72, 100, 200 etc.

Not sure that the natively support 60hz+ from hdmi unlike monitors ie 144hz don't think they do not support gsync or freesync.

I dont want the fake stuff that causes lag I beleive

Happy with native 60hz, 50hz not so much

 

[Relentless81]

Nope, not when every 4th pixel is an un-addressable white pixel that is there to simply bolster whites and screen brightness, on a real 4K TV the full row of 3840 pixels (hence 4k ) contribute to the picture, on an RGBW panel only 2880 pixels of the row contribute to the picture the other 960 only add to the relative brightness.

Ok thats interesting, what price do True 4K panels start at and is RGBW still better than a Full HD panel?

WHats the best way to identify if a panel is RGBW because any manufacturer could be telling you the panel is 4k when its not?

 

[Relentless81]

Any other recommendations within budget?

 

[Relentless81]

I keep seeing that Hisense model mentioned but cant find it, will have another look

Thanks for all the advice.

RE my job, its not too much of a concern I'm just being cautious if I wanted to go out and buy a top of the range OLED TV I could but that wouldn't be very sensible. I need a new TV because my current one is faulty so I've set a budget I am comfortable with, lets be honest no one is going to go without a TV especially with a child.