Gadgetory

when you're serious about gaming every second counts your hand-eye coordination is so finely tuned at this point that you start to notice the lag between your game controller in your console and even between your console and your TV I'm Donald Bell and in this episode of top 5 I'm counting down seeing that senior editor David Katz Myers list of the 5 best HD TVs with the least amount of input lag so rating only gamers will appreciate 50 to 60 milliseconds is about average of the TVs on this list all measured under 40 starting off at number 5 the Panasonic TCP 50s 60s to be the highest rated TV on this list and clocks in at just thirty four point one milliseconds of input lag it's a plasma TV which means great deep blacks but a slightly thicker design than you'd find on an LCD now the 50-inch model comes in and around $700 which is a great value the only bad news is that they cut some corners with the inputs only two HDMI connections on the back so if you're a multiple console type with the ps4 and the Xbox one you'll have to invest in the switcher box or just pick a side already number four goes off the beaten path a bit the been qw 1070 a projector the BenQ top seen its list of the best budget home theater projectors for $1000 you could be playing call of duty on a screen the size of your wall lag time comes in at just thirty three point seven milliseconds which is twice as fast as some of the TVs we've tested of course having a life-size Lara Croft in your living room might not be the best thing for your social life but what you do in the dark and the privacy of your own home is entirely your business just stay away from the kinectimals for something a little more inconspicuous how about number three the Vizio e500 I a one now this is the least expensive TV on this list with a 50 inch model priced at around $650 LED LCD so there's less power consumption than the plasma or the projector but since this direct lit instead of edgelet it's still pretty thick compared to those razor thin TVs we see these days still a great value and it comes with videos full suite of Smart TV apps and content input lag is a swift 32 point two milliseconds which is fantastic for the price but that still obscenely slow compared to number two the sony KD l 55 w 900 a here's a TV from a company who knows a thing or two about high performance gaming 19.7 milliseconds of lag time along with a stunning insanely thin design and arguably the best picture quality on this whole list the bad news is this one's going to set you back around $2,300 for a 55 inch TV it's about a thousand dollars more than our editors choice TV the Panasonic TCPS T 60 so you're kind of a sucker for buying this thing especially when you figure out what our final pick is so here we go the number one TV for gamers looking for the least amount of input latency the sony KD l 55 w 802 a look familiar it's practically the same design as the last sony only this one comes in at 1600 dollars and comes with a more aggressive gaming mode that ratchets that lag time down to sixteen point nine milliseconds that said if you're gaming obsession has brought you to the point where sixteen point nine milliseconds makes an impact you seriously need to go for a walk maybe even change into some clean clothes or brush your teeth there could be some real people out there so there you go four TVs and one projector that may or may not make you a better gamer you can see David Katz Meyers detailed list over at cnet.com more top fives like this top five dot cnet.com i'm donald bel thanks for watching you