PS5 VISUAL OUTPUT: WILL YOU NEED A 4K TV FOR PS5, OR WILL A HDMI 1080P CONNECTION BE ENOUGH FOR THE PLAYSTATION 5? WILL THE PS5 RUN IN 60 FPS OR 120 FPS?
If you’re wondering whether a 4K TV is essential to enjoying a PS5, here’s everything you need to know.
Will you need a 4K TV for PS5, or will HDMI connection into a 1080p HD TV be enough for the PlayStation 5?
This is exactly the kind of question that you might be asking yourself at the moment, especially now that the PlayStation 5 is finally here!
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Whichever version you received, the PS5 is a monstrously powerful console, with the kind of specs that used to be reserved for the highest-end PCs, not a home console.
As such, it comes equipped with a 4K UHD Blu-ray drive and will be able to do 4K with a vast array of other visual flourishes that help games look better than they ever have. Even the Share Factory video editing tool allows you to render 4K videos.
It’s the kind of thing that sounds like a dream come true. You can be whisked away on clouds of fluffy visuals, drenched in fantastic-looking rain, and cook in-game food that looks so good you can almost taste it. Then you realise you don’t own a 4K TV.
So, will you need a 4K TV for PS5, or will your old CRT be good enough?
WILL I NEED A 4K TV FOR PS5?
Obviously, the CRT won’t be able to handle the PS5, so, don’t use that. The good news is that you won’t need a 4K TV to use a PS5 – the chances are your current TV will do just fine.
In its Ultimate FAQ’s Sony confirmed that the “PS5 does not require a 4K TV. Supported resolutions are 720p, 1080i, 1080p, and 2160p.” Interestingly, 1440p is not supported on the console.
The main thing to look out for is the HDMI connection – the PS5 has an HDMI 2.1 cable in the box, so you’d get the best resolution if your set-up could match that quality.
Now, TVs that have HDMI 2.1 are still very high-end, so that would be a cause for concern were it not for the backwards compatibility of the technology. As long as your TV has an HDMI 2.0b connection, then it should be fine for PS5.
If you’ve got a Full HD TV with 1080p resolution, and somewhere to stick a HDMI cable, we imagine you’ll be just fine and don’t need to upgrade. But you won’t be seeing the graphics in their full glory!
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