The differences betwen X1 and PS4 graphics are clear as day

[DARKSEID]

I keep hearing everywhere from Xbox fanboys that "oh there's no difference between the PS4 and Xbox" or " You can't even tell the difference"

I'm quite certain the people who say this have never owned a next gen console. I have both systems and the difference is clear as day on my 1080p 65 inch 120hz 500m:1 DCR TV. The PS4 graphics are just so much more vibrant and detailed.

I even borrowed some friends' Xbox copies just to do comparisons and the xbox versions look Washed out and Darkened compared to the PS4. The shadows, textures and tessellation are visibly superior on the PS4.

The difference is huge. It's not just a minor subtlety.

[-Kev-]

65 inch? Isn't that too big for gaming? How far away from your TV do you sit (in feet)? I always felt like 40 inch was perfect for gaming, maybe because I sit so close to my TV. 65 inch are great for movies and sports. Games could leave that burn image on your screen. I need to upgrade to a 120hz myself. I might as well get a 4K...why not. I'm gonna upgrade soon, i'm in college and gotta pay rent and other bills so I would prob go with the 40-49 inch LG UB8000-8200. It's 4K, 120hz, Smart LED, perfect for gaming/computing and definitely an upgrade from what I have now, but i'll keep window shopping until i'm ready to buy. I'ma go with the whole bluetooth sound bar, Audioquest HDMI cables, and full motion wall mount as well. Might as well upgrade all out, or at least attempt it. 40 inch isn't going all out but it's fine for me for gaming and watching Arrow, Gotham, The Originals, The Flash, etc., I have a 32 inch right now.

[DARKSEID]

65 inch? Isn't that too big for gaming? How far away from your TV do you sit (in feet)? I always felt like 40 inch was perfect for gaming, maybe because I sit so close to my TV. 65 inch are great for movies and sports. Games could leave that burn image on your screen. I need to upgrade to a 120hz myself. I might as well get a 4K...why not. I'm gonna upgrade soon, i'm in college and gotta pay rent and other bills so I would prob go with the 40-49 inch LG UB8000-8200. It's 4K, 120hz, Smart LED, perfect for gaming/computing and definitely an upgrade from what I have now, but i'll keep window shopping until i'm ready to buy. I'ma go with the whole bluetooth sound bar, Audioquest HDMI cables, and full motion wall mount as well. Might as well upgrade all out, or at least attempt it. 40 inch isn't going all out but it's fine for me for gaming and watching Arrow, Gotham, The Originals, The Flash, etc., I have a 32 inch right now.

It's absolutely not too big. The first time I fired up Killzone on the PS4, I almost literally creamed my pants. It was a complete visual overload. I sit about 10 feet away from my tv.

Nothing can match gaming on a big screen. I've never noticed any burn images on either console.

I don't think 4k really matters for gaming unless you're using it as a PC monitor since the Xbox and PS4 have a max resolution of 1080p.

Another spec to look for is the Dynamic contrast ratio. That's the range of colors from bright to dark that a tv can produce. My first upgrade from a 5000:1 Contrast Ratio to a 5million:1 Contrast Ratio TV made a humongous difference.

Also the display settings make a huge impact on graphics. The contrast settings, backlight, gamma, brightness, enhanced visuals, motionflow, RGB ratio, Color depth, and different TVs have different enhancements. The difference from an ideal setting to noob settings is the same picture difference as a 500 dollar tv, to a 5,000 dollar tv.

I have a Sony Bravia and there are literally 2-3 pages of settings to calibrate. I played around with them for hours and i went from on ok image to Visual porn.

[THE REED]

120hz? That's gata be rough

[-Kev-]

It's absolutely not too big. The first time I fired up Killzone on the PS4, I almost literally creamed my pants. It was a complete visual overload. I sit about 10 feet away from my tv.

Nothing can match gaming on a big screen. I've never noticed any burn images on either console.

I don't think 4k really matters for gaming unless you're using it as a PC monitor since the Xbox and PS4 have a max resolution of 1080p.

Another spec to look for is the Dynamic contrast ratio. That's the range of colors from bright to dark that a tv can produce. My first upgrade from a 5000:1 Contrast Ratio to a 5million:1 Contrast Ratio TV made a humongous difference.

Also the display settings make a huge impact on graphics. The contrast settings, backlight, gamma, brightness, enhanced visuals, motionflow, RGB ratio, Color depth, and different TVs have different enhancements. The difference from an ideal setting to noob settings is the same picture difference as a 500 dollar tv, to a 5,000 dollar tv.

I have a Sony Bravia and there are literally 2-3 pages of settings to calibrate. I played around with them for hours and i went from on ok image to Visual porn.

4K would also be to upscale 1080p content to near 4k. There's also some 4K content out, I want to watch that House of Cards show in 4K.

I'm not completely set on 40 inch, i'm also thinking of 50-55 inch. But because it will be for every day use as well, I don't want it too big, i'll also be right in front of it.

$5,000 dollar TV? I mean if you got it like that, good for you. But you can get what you are looking for in the $1500-3500 range. I can't afford that **** yet. Honestly, if I were to have $5k to only spend on a new home theater, i'd get a 55 inch 4k, some Audioquest Vodka's, a complete Bowers and Wilkins sound set up, and some track lights above my tv

@ Reed, i'm not sure what's it called, but there's these shadowy images on my LED screen.

[Ryn0]

I keep hearing everywhere from Xbox fanboys that "oh there's no difference between the PS4 and Xbox" or " You can't even tell the difference"

I'm quite certain the people who say this have never owned a next gen console. I have both systems and the difference is clear as day on my 1080p 65 inch 120hz 500m:1 DCR TV. The PS4 graphics are just so much more vibrant and detailed.

I even borrowed some friends' Xbox copies just to do comparisons and the xbox versions look Washed out and Darkened compared to the PS4. The shadows, textures and tessellation are visibly superior on the PS4.

The difference is huge. It's not just a minor subtlety.

Just to let you know a 120hz monitor looks worse than a 60hz monitor for Playstation/Xbox games because games are locked at either 30fps or 60fps. Happens because your monitor is ready to display twice as many frames but the GPU is still catching up causes stuttering and performance issues its a case where if the GPU could display 120 fps your TV would be fantastic but the technology isn't there unless the lower the resolution, this problem is greater on Xbox because to compensate for going 60 fps they lower the resolution slightly, makes even more of a difference on a huge TV.

I'm not saying your TV will look bad by any means but only that it could look better.

I have a PS4 so I can't speak for Xbox and there is definitely a difference but only on the games where the developer has sacrificed resolution for frame rate. Sony really dropped the ball with the exclusives this autumn though. Driveclub, LBP3.

Luckily Inquisition was so damn good. Just got Far Cry 4 as well and I'm slightly underwhelmed.

[-Kev-]

How old is your tv?

2 years old. 50,000,000:1 high contrast ratio, 1080p LED. I can only see the shadowy image on the Windows start screen though.

[Ryn0]

2 years old. 50,000,000:1 high contrast ratio, 1080p LED. I can only see the shadowy image on the Windows start screen though.

You can usually solve screen shadow by a power reset and restore to factory settings its a trait of LCD tvs (LED tvs are LCD tvs just a different type of LCD tv).

It could be the age of the TV but I doubt it. There is another way if its LCD bruising/clouding is the issue try reducing backlight as far as you can and see if it helps. If not its likely the screws connecting the monitor to its frame and too tightand it causes clouding untighten the screws from the frame and sort of rub the clouding area with one of those long clothes.

(Grew up in a house where my Father loved technology but didn't know a thing about it and asked me to fix it because I knew how to fix the dial up when I was way young which then translated to me having to figure out how to fix all problems with house machines)

[DARKSEID]

Just to let you know a 120hz monitor looks worse than a 60hz monitor for Playstation/Xbox games because games are locked at either 30fps or 60fps. Happens because your monitor is ready to display twice as many frames but the GPU is still catching up causes stuttering and performance issues its a case where if the GPU could display 120 fps your TV would be fantastic but the technology isn't there unless the lower the resolution, this problem is greater on Xbox because to compensate for going 60 fps they lower the resolution slightly, makes even more of a difference on a huge TV.

I'm not saying your TV will look bad by any means but only that it could look better.

I have a PS4 so I can't speak for Xbox and there is definitely a difference but only on the games where the developer has sacrificed resolution for frame rate. Sony really dropped the ball with the exclusives this autumn though. Driveclub, LBP3.

Luckily Inquisition was so damn good. Just got Far Cry 4 as well and I'm slightly underwhelmed.

Yeah bro, there's actually a 60 fps cap setting on my tv and a 50 fps cap on the xbox settings that I use for gaming.

I got a bunch of PS4 games for black friday but I've been using my xbox more than my PS4 because of the exclusives. The game i've been playing most is Forza Horizon 2. I can't get enough of it. It's the best game out there in my opinion.

I'm trying to clear my backlog first before I dive into inquisition lol

[DARKSEID]

4K would also be to upscale 1080p content to near 4k. There's also some 4K content out, I want to watch that House of Cards show in 4K.

I'm not completely set on 40 inch, i'm also thinking of 50-55 inch. But because it will be for every day use as well, I don't want it too big, i'll also be right in front of it.

$5,000 dollar TV? I mean if you got it like that, good for you. But you can get what you are looking for in the $1500-3500 range. I can't afford that **** yet. Honestly, if I were to have $5k to only spend on a new home theater, i'd get a 55 inch 4k, some Audioquest Vodka's, a complete Bowers and Wilkins sound set up, and some track lights above my tv

@ Reed, i'm not sure what's it called, but there's these shadowy images on my LED screen.

I use a 32 inch Vizio as a computer monitor and I actually think it's too big lol. If i'm sitting right in front of it, I prefer 24-27 inch screens.