Test Bench 2.0.1
Changelog

Updated

Goal

TV 2.0.1 was designed to fix an issue with scoring in the Supported Resolutions section of our reviews, since our tests didn't account for TVs with a refresh rate higher than 144Hz. For example, TVs that support 165Hz but not 144Hz were scoring lower than TVs with a maximum refresh rate of 144Hz.

Summary Of Changes

We replaced the 1080p @ 144Hz and the 4k @ 144Hz tests with new 1080p Maximum Refresh Rate and 4k Maximum Refresh Rate tests. For TVs with a 120Hz refresh rate, this doesn't affect their scoring. However, for TVs that support 4k @ 144Hz as their max refresh rates, the scoring has gone down slightly. A TV would need to support 8k @ 1000Hz to get a perfect 10/10. This gives us room in scoring as refresh rates become higher on TVs each year.

39 TVs Updated So Far

We are retesting popular models first. So far, the test results for the following models have been converted to the new testing methodology. However, the text might be inconsistent with the new results.

10 TVs Planned To Be Updated

We are also planning to retest the following products over the course of the next few weeks: