Are 4k TVs good for gaming yet(input lag)?

[cmdrdredd]

Have 4k sets gotten good enough for serious gaming yet? My main concert is input lag and motion blur. Been eyeing a 4k set for the house, but I want it to be viable for gaming and I am sensitive to input lag for fighting games and shooters.

Should I wait or are there any models that I should consider that are available now? Looking for something in the 55-65" range, preferably not curved.

 

[purbeast0]

Have 4k sets gotten good enough for serious gaming yet? My main concert is input lag and motion blur. Been eyeing a 4k set for the house, but I want it to be viable for gaming and I am sensitive to input lag for fighting games and shooters.

Should I wait or are there any models that I should consider that are available now? Looking for something in the 55-65" range, preferably not curved.

this website is actually a pretty solid resource for researching lag.

http://www.displaylag.com

if you check out here:

http://www.displaylag.com/display-database/

you can filter by resolution, and it appears that the 4k displays they have on there are actually pretty good, especially the samsung ones.

for comparison, the "evo monitor" that is the fighting game standard monitor, has 10ms of lag. some of those samsung ones have 20ms or less.

it also says my plasma (panny st50) has 40ms of input lag, and i'm not sure if that is game mode or not, but i've played in game mode on my tv and i personally couldn't notice it, and you know how picky i am about fighting games and that stuff. not to say you may not notice it, but i personally wasn't noticing it.

my projector has 37ms input lag and i play fighting games on that as well and have never had an issue.

 

[cmdrdredd]

I completely forgot about that site. Thanks for the reminder. I need to replace an old set in the living room and there is already a wall mount there and I can't do a projector so I only have so much to work with.

Looking at those Samsung models I notice that they are all the curved screens. I can't seem to find any benefit to a curved screen. If I did go that route would I need a special mount for the wall? I have the wires running through the wall and no place to stand the tv where I plan to put it. I have been meaning to do this for a while. I have a kind of game room set up in the other room and will keep that tv where it is(Sony kdl55w900a rated at 19ms). I just wanted to replace the broken plasma in the living room finally this year and did want to be able to do some gaming on it without being overly laggy. I figured I should go 4K because why not? They aren't that expensive any longer and I was pretty impressed with a friend's 4K set.

 

[purbeast0]

i personally would steer clear of curved screens as they are 100% pointless at the tiny size they make them in.

 

[cmdrdredd]

That's what I thought as well. I've seen them in the store, but aside from the picture being nice they didn't seem like they were doing anything useful.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Ended up getting the Samsung js9000 series. Best picture quality of the ones I looked at and has pretty low rates input lag among 4K sets. It is a curved screen but looking at it in the store up close didn't reveal anything negative about the curve.