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Perfect 4K TV for Your PS5 and Xbox? A Closer Look at the LG OLED G6

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Perfect 4K TV for Your PS5 and Xbox? A Closer Look at the LG OLED G6

By Sponsored Content | Updated: 30 June 2026 18:22 IST

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Buying a 4K TV for Netflix is one thing. Buying one to plug your PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X into is a completely different problem. Most 4K TVs look great inside a showroom. Far fewer can actually keep up with what modern consoles have thrown at them.

If you spend long hours inside Call of Duty, Forza Horizon 6, or Spider-Man 2, the TV you pick changes how those games feel. Here's a closer look at the specs that matter most for console gaming and how the LG OLED G6 handles each one.

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Refresh Rate: 165Hz Against the Usual 120Hz

Your PS5 and Xbox Series X both push 4K at 120Hz in supported titles. Most 4K TVs cap right there. The G6 goes further with a native 120Hz panel that supports VRR up to 165Hz. That extra room helps if you also hook up a gaming PC for fast shooters or sims. For console play, you get full 4K 120Hz with zero compromise.

Response Time: 0.1ms Is What Changes the FeelOLED panels have always been faster than LCDs. The G6 pushes the number to 0.1ms grey-to-grey. No smearing during fast camera pans. No ghost trails behind a moving character. A sharper picture when you flick the analogue stick to track an enemy. The G6 also carries a ClearMR 10000 certification, which is the top motion clarity grade you can buy right now.

Input Lag: Where Ranked Matches Are Won

Input lag is the gap between pressing a button and the action showing on screen. In Apex Legends, EA FC 26, or Tekken 8, every millisecond counts. The G6 keeps input lag low enough that you stop blaming the TV and start blaming your own aim. ALLM, or Auto Low Latency Mode, also kicks in the moment your console sends a signal. The TV jumps straight to Game Mode. You don't have to dig through settings every time.

HDMI 2.1 on All Four Ports, Not Just One

A lot of 4K TVs cut corners here. They give you one HDMI 2.1 port and three older HDMI 2.0 ones. The G6 hands you four full HDMI 2.1 ports with 48Gbps bandwidth on each. Plug in your PS5, Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch 2, and a soundbar all at once. Every port can still pull 4K 120Hz. No more swapping cables every weekend.

VRR support: G-Sync, FreeSync, and HDMI Forum VRR

Variable Refresh Rate stops the screen from tearing when frame rates dip. The G6 is NVIDIA G-Sync Certified and AMD FreeSync Premium ready. Xbox Series X uses FreeSync. PS5 uses HDMI Forum VRR. PC gamers get G-Sync. The G6 supports all three. So Starfield on Xbox, Demon's Souls on PS5, or Cyberpunk on PC all stay smooth even when the frame rate isn't perfectly locked.

Dolby Vision Gaming at 4K 120Hz

Xbox Series X supports Dolby Vision for games, and a lot of TVs still don't pass it through cleanly at 4K 120Hz. The G6 does. Titles like Halo Infinite and Forza Horizon 6 look noticeably better. Deeper blacks. Brighter highlights. Proper HDR mapping. With OLED self-lit pixels, the contrast already pulls way ahead of any LCD at this price.

Game Optimiser and Game Dashboard

LG's Game Optimiser is one of those features you don't notice until you actually use it. Hit the menu mid-game and a quick overlay shows your current refresh rate, VRR status, black stabiliser, white stabiliser, and genre presets for FPS, RPG, and racing. You can tweak settings without quitting the game. That sounds like a small thing, but it matters when you're mid-match and don't want to leave your squad hanging.

Xbox Cloud Gaming at 4K 120Hz

Here is where the G6 does something no other TV does today. It is the first TV in the world to support 4K 120Hz HDR cloud gaming. If you stream through Xbox Cloud Gaming on Game Pass, you don't need a console box at all. The G6 runs it natively. Pair that with LG's Bluetooth Ultra Low Latency controller support, another world first, and you have a setup where the TV itself is the console. Starfield, Forza Horizon 6, and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 stream straight from the cloud in 4K with motion that genuinely feels responsive.

Picture quality that backs it up

All of this sits on top of LG's Hyper Radiant RGB display, which runs up to 3.9 times brighter than the older B6 OLED. The α11 AI Processor 4K Gen 3 also handles upscaling and HDR mapping for older PS4 and Xbox One games you still come back to. Perfect Black and Reflection Free Premium let you game during the day without window glare washing out a dark dungeon scene.

The Verdict

Event though plenty of 4K TVs today can play games, the LG OLED G6 is ideally built for them. Between 165Hz VRR, a 0.1ms response time, four full HDMI 2.1 ports, Dolby Vision Gaming, and that world-first 4K 120Hz cloud gaming support, it is hard to find a 4K TV that gives console gamers more right now. If your PS5 and Xbox deserve a proper screen, this is the one to put them on.

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