When comparing LG UK6300 55" (55UK6300PUE) vs Sony X690E 50" (KD50X690E), the Slant community recommends LG UK6300 55" (55UK6300PUE) for most people. In the question“What are the best TVs?” LG UK6300 55" (55UK6300PUE) is ranked 68th while Sony X690E 50" (KD50X690E) is ranked 69th. The most important reason people chose LG UK6300 55" (55UK6300PUE) is:
The UK6300 offers a responsive and lag-free gaming experience. It has low input lag and a good refresh rate. The TV has one of the lowest input lags in the market – approximately 11.5 ms. The “Game” and “_PC_” picture modes help achieve this. Moreover, the latency increase while gaming in 4K or HDR is extremely tiny and doesn't go past 1 ms. The TV is great for high-end console gaming. It has a 60Hz native refresh rate and you can game in 4k60Hz if you enable the “HDMI Ultra HD Deep Color” setting.
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Pros
Pro Good for gaming
The UK6300 offers a responsive and lag-free gaming experience. It has low input lag and a good refresh rate.
The TV has one of the lowest input lags in the market – approximately 11.5 ms. The “Game” and “_PC_” picture modes help achieve this. Moreover, the latency increase while gaming in 4K or HDR is extremely tiny and doesn't go past 1 ms.
The TV is great for high-end console gaming. It has a 60Hz native refresh rate and you can game in 4k60Hz if you enable the “HDMI Ultra HD Deep Color” setting.
Pro Good for dynamic content
This TV is a great option for fast-paced content such as sports and video games due to the quick response time. This makes sure the content doesn't appear blurred out due to fast movement on-screen. A full pixel color transition on the TV's panel takes 15 milliseconds.
Pro Strong smart TV platform
The UK6300 runs on LG’s WebOS. The interface is functional and easy to navigate.
LG Content Store has a wide range of apps, including popular media streaming services such as YouTube, Amazon, Netflix, etc., and many other third-party apps, which are all kept up-to-date.
Pro Good viewing angle
The UK6300 is a good TV for rooms with wide seating because it offers a better viewing angle than other TVs at this price-point. The blacks are consistent at any viewpoint, and the color and brightness shifts aren’t too bad – they become noticeable at moderate angles. Colors shift at 22 degrees, whereas brightness shifts at 27 degrees.
Pro Deals with the low-resolution content very well
The Sony X690E can upscale the low-resolution 480p/720p/1080p content quite well, without introducing any artifacts which makes it an excellent option for those who want to watch over-the-air broadcasts, old DVDs or Blu-rays.
Pro Good for gaming
While hooked-up with a current-generation gaming console, the Sony X690E offers a smooth and fluid gaming experience thanks to its excellent motion handling capabilities and low input lag.
The motion looks smooth and isn't blurry because of the TV's fast response time. It takes roughly 14 milliseconds for the TV's pixels to change their color which eliminates a lot of the unwanted motion blur effect.
The X690E offers exceptional responsiveness thanks to its low input lag. While in the 'Gaming' mode the TV's input lag drops to roughly 20 milliseconds, which means that you will not feel the delay between pressing a controller's button and seeing the actual thing happening on the screen.
Cons
Con Lower color resolution
The picture is less detailed and lower in quality due to the RGBW pixel structure, which means that only 75% of the total panel's pixels can produce colors.
Con Struggles with darkness
The UK6300 can’t reproduce deep blacks and dark room viewing is not too great. This is due to the mediocre contrast ratio, no black uniformity and the lack of local dimming.
The blacks tend to look grey due to the brightness difference between white and black - the native contrast ratio is only 1096:1. Compared to other TVs this is a very low value.
Moreover, the TV has less than ideal black uniformity and no local dimming. The standard deviation for black uniformity is approximately 3%, which, when compared to the much lower percentages of competing TVs, is very disappointing.
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Con Can't fight glare
The Sony X690E is not the best TV to place in a bright room with lots of windows because it's not bright enough to fight glare. Its peak brightness is only 250 nits, which is noticeably less compared to what the other TVs in its price range offer.