In 2020, Vizio updated its low budget V-Series. So, how does the new television set fare at playing video games on the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X as well as other home consoles?
You can find out in this Seeking Tech guide.
Quick Summary
The Vizio V-Series 2020 is a poor gaming TV for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X due to the lack of HDMI 2.1 ports in addition to missing wide color gamut.
Not to mention that this television set has bad HDR brightness levels.
The TV does have very low input lag when game mode is enabled, however. So, it is a great budget friendly television set to play non-HDR games on older HDMI consoles like the PS4, Switch and Xbox One.
For even older systems, the TV does include antenna and composite inputs.
Screen Sizes
The Vizio V-Series 2020 TV is available in nine different screen sizes.
You can find the model numbers for each size below:
- 40-inch: V405-H19
- 43-inch: V435-H11
- 50-inch: V505-H19
- 55-inch: V555-H11
- 58-inch: V585-H11
- 60-inch: V605-H3
- 65-inch: V655-H9
- 70-inch: V705-H3
- 75-inch: V755-H4
Does the Vizio V-Series 2020 have any HDMI 2.1 ports?
The V-Series 2020 comes with 3 HDMI ports, all of which are 2.0.
The PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X support HDMI 2.0. However, these consoles also support HDMI 2.1 for advanced display features like 120 frames per second and variable refresh rate.
Composite Input
The new V-Series comes with composite input, which means you can directly connect older gaming systems like the original PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Nintendo 64, Nintendo Gamecube and original Xbox.
Antenna Input
The 2020 version of the V-Series also includes antenna input where you can directly connect retro consoles like the Sega Genesis, Nintendo Entertainment System and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
Vizio V-Series 2020’s Supported HDR Features
The Vizio V-Series supports HDR10, HDR10+ and Dolby Vision. However, the television set does not support a wide color gamut.
If you haven’t heard already, the Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X use Dolby Vision for games.
Vizio V-Series 2020’s HDR Capabilities
The Vizio V-Series 2020 is very dim for an HDR-capable television set.
We recommend screens with brightness levels of at least 500cd/m² to really showcase the advantages of HDR. Unfortunately, the new V-Series comes nowhere close to reaching that level.
According to tests done by RTINGS.com, the TV can only reach 199 cd/m² at HDR Real Scene Peak Brightness, 211 cd/m² at HDR Peak 100% Window and 210 cd/m² at HDR Sustained 100% Window.
You can find the full brightness test results for the new V-Series below (via RTINGS):
- HDR Real Scene Peak Brightness: 199 cd/m²
- HDR Peak 2% Window: 207 cd/m²
- HDR Peak 10% Window: 210 cd/m²
- HDR Peak 25% Window: 210 cd/m²
- HDR Peak 50% Window: 210 cd/m²
- HDR Peak 100% Window: 211 cd/m²
- HDR Sustained 2% Window: 206 cd/m²
- HDR Sustained 10% Window: 210 cd/m²
- HDR Sustained 25% Window: 210 cd/m²
- HDR Sustained 50% Window: 210 cd/m²
- HDR Sustained 100% Window: 210 cd/m²
- HDR ABL: 0.001
Native Refresh Rate
The 2020 model of the Vizio V-Series has a native refresh rate of 60 Hz, which means that it can play video games at up to 60 frames per second.
FreeSync, G-Sync and Variable Refresh Rate Support
This television set does not support FreeSync, G-Sync or Variable Refresh Rate. These features are designed to make games look smoother and get rid of screen tearing.
PCs with AMD graphics cards use FreeSync while PCs with NVIDIA graphics cards use G-SYNC.
The PS5, Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X use Variable Refresh Rate.
Vizio V-Series 2020’s Input Lag
The Vizio V-Series 2020 does have excellent input lag when game mode is activated.
According to RTINGS, the TV has latency of 10.6 ms at 1080p/60Hz and 4K/60Hz, 10.7ms at 1440p/60Hz, 11.3 ms at 4K/60Hz/HDR and 10.5 ms at 4K/60Hz/4:4:4.
All of these are way below our upper limit recommendation of 30 ms in order to get a good responsive gameplay experience.
You can find the full input lag test results for the V-Series 2020 below (via RTINGS):
- 1080p resolution and 60 Hz refresh rate (Game Mode Enabled): 10.6 ms
- 1440p resolution and 60 Hz refresh rate (Game Mode Enabled): 10.7 ms
- 4K resolution and 60 Hz refresh rate (Game Mode Enabled): 10.6 ms
- 4K resolution, 60 Hz refresh rate and 10 bit HDR (Game Mode Enabled): 11.3 ms
- 4K resolution and 60 Hz at 4:4:4: 10.5 ms
- 1080p resolution and 60 Hz refresh rate (Game Mode Disabled): 68.6 ms
- 4K resolution and 60 Hz refresh rate (Game Mode Disabled): 67.6 ms
Is the Vizio V-Series 2020 good for PS5, Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X?
The Vizio V-Series 2020 is not a good television set for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X due to the lack of HDMI 2.1 ports, missing wide color gamut support and dimmed HDR brightness levels.
Is the Vizio V-Series 2020 good for Switch, PS4, and Xbox One?
With that said, the television set is a great low budget television set for older HDMI consoles like the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Wii U, Nintendo Switch, Xbox 360 and Xbox One thanks to the aforementioned low input lag.
If you want to play HDR-enabled games on the PS4, PS4 Pro, Xbox One S and or Xbox One X, then you should look elsewhere.