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these are the top five things you should know about 4k TVs have you been staring at your HDTV and realizing it's time for an upgrade like I have I talked to CNET's resident television expert David Katz Meyer to build this top 5 let's get to it and number 5 they're cheaper than ever these days it's harder to find an HDTV than it is to find a 4k TV the best televisions out there are 4k so if you're looking to find a TV that has a lot more pixels than your old TV you won't have to go broke at number 4 most content won't be in 4k great you've got a 4k TV but what are you going to watch you could invest in an Ultra HD blu-ray player and get some 4k blu-ray discs alternatively you can get the 4k version of Netflix but not everything will be in 4k but you can watch Breaking Bad and house of cards in high-res and number three 4k resolution does not improve image quality alone just because you've got a lot of pixels in the screen doesn't mean it's going to look great look for features like local dimming why image quality local dimming dims areas of the screen that need to be darker and leaves bright areas bright without a feature like this the image can appear washed out and number two look for HDR and wide color gamut these things might be more important than 4k resolution itself why high dynamic range or HDR along with wide color allow a television to show pictures that are more true to life look for these two features if you're getting a 4k TV and the number one don't pay extra for 4k if you're looking to buy a cheap television especially a smaller one 4k is no reason to pay extra unless you're sitting really really really close to the television you are not going to notice the difference between a small 4k or HD screen don't hate me for that one craving even more information on 4k TVs we've got you covered at cnet.com a big thanks to katz and we'll see you next time you