I currently have a 60" SONY W850B from 2014 which has been a great TV but it is only 1080p. I am thinking of upgrading it as I am getting a PS5. I'm just worried that I might not notice a big difference in picture quality and feel like I have wasted my money.
I mainly game, watch 1080i sport and Netflix (4k subscription) .
I'm thinking of getting a 65" SONY X900H as it is in my price range. Any comments or thoughts would be much appreciated.
The increased resolution will make a difference if you sit close to the TV when gaming in 4K. I only have a 43" and don't sit close so there wasn't a major noticeable change from 1080p to 4K (but I don't have much 4K content anyway). I think HDR will be more of a noticeable improvement IF the TV does HDR well / properly.
Anything not 4K I didn't notice a difference (not surprised lol) but I somehow expected it to look amazing or something even normal content. But I bought a UHD 4k tv and have a PS4 pro, and played ghost of tsushima recently and I don't know if its because the game is artistically nice, but I was blown away. I thought it was gorgeous and many times I paused the game just to take a screenshot.
Will note games not really built around 4k (so some that just had some small update for it) I didn't see anything that was surprising.
Free to air will look ok, won't be an amazing upgrade due to the way FTA is broadcasted so sports may not be the massive upgrade you are after (e.g. if watching footy on 7). The biggest jump is when gaming and watching movies. I recently went from on old Panasonic plasma to an OLED and the colors and definition when watching tv shows on netflix at 4k and movies is astounding.
There will be a huge difference when viewing 4K content only. Otherwise, you will see virtually zero difference. Just make sure to get the new HDR 4K TV otherwise it will be out of date on old technology.
I went from a great Panasonic plasma to the Sony 8000G. 1080p content looked about the same, I did notice a slightly better picture with 4K HDR. But not a drastically major difference, especially when I'm not seated close to the TV.
Still rocking my Panasonic Full HD plasma - mainly watch FTA so don't see a need to get rid of it. Love the picture.
Non 4k programs i don't notice much driffence. But 4k sports via foxtel has been awesome. I didn't know picture could get better then 1080.
Hmm 4K! When available. Quality content .
Upscsling DVD is also inpressive
The display on my 8 year old LG FHD 60" appears to be as good as my 2 year old Hisense 4K HDR 65". I'm thinking about placing them side by side just to confirm.
That's probably because Hisence is an inferior brand.
Went from 2012 46" FHD Sony to 2020 65" 9000H 4K Sony and the difference in picture quality is very noticeable. Even if you take a percentage off for the size increase, which was not as jarring as my last jump, the latest processing software and LED dimming makes a noticeable difference in scene quality. Also the sound quality from my old soundbar seemed to increase as well but not sure why. Having all the apps on board and the really snappy SOC is also worth it.
Re: 4K, this is the only post you need to look at.
If you’re 3m away from a 40” screen, then 1080p is the same as 4K. You can imagine it looks better but your eyes can’t tell. The dots are too small.
If you have a 75”, those 4K dots are bigger. Now, you could tell. The links above do all the math for you and tel you at which TV size and distance will work for you.
Upscaling, local dimming, refresh, HDR etc. are all nice to have too depending on your use case.
Going to be honest, high end tv's from 2014 were pretty good, and definitely at 1080p resolution you won't notice much of a difference/upgrade. However at the size you're looking at i feel the jump to 4k would be pretty beneficial, especially if you can squeeze onto an OLED where you'll notice the biggest difference. Although this will only be noticed if you have netflix premium or watch a lot of youtube content at 4k
Thanks everyone for the advice especially from everyone's own personal experiences. Using some of the links looks like 65" is the ideal size for my viewing distance. I think I would see improvement from everyone's feedback. Now to think about whether or not to save that bit extra for OLED……
oled is great but for fast response gaming may not be the best experience…
You will definitely see the pixels on your 60" unless you have it placed on the other side of the city from your lounge.
The pixels on a 4k screen are 4 times smaller so not only will they be 4 times harder to notice, it'll also allow for up to 4 times as much detail so you'll find it significantly easier to see the tiny things on screen.
The same would apply to 8k in contrast with 4k but the difference is 8k content is virtually non existent. Upscaling effects are pretty amazing in this day and age.
if you have internet bandwidth to watch and stream 4k media then you will notice a difference. the reason being due to the compression technologies. for example watching 4k youtube video on a 1080p monitor will look better than watching a 1080p video on the same monitor. besides its 6 years difference in technologies…
you're looking at a tv 6 years newer
Yes, the resolution will help, but so will the additional tech improvements (upscaling, colour range/HDR etc)
Resolution improvement may also depend on viewing distance.
but in saying that, your PS5 will still work on the existing TV, but if you're looking for excuses/reasons, i guess thats a good one :)