Remember the good old days when poofy hair, happy pants and synth music were all the rage?  Back then the Atari 2600, NES and Master System ruled our lives, all we needed was any old TV to draw us into the worlds they created. As parents everywhere lamented that their kids “don’t get enough fresh air”, our love affair with gaming grew and now the industry is bigger than Hollywood. Nowadays, simply hooking up an Xbox360 or PS3 to any old TV, especially a CRT, is almost criminal.

In the HD era, no self respecting gamer settles for anything but the best but with the wide variety of panels on the market, trying to find the best isn’t always easy. In an attempt to strip away the marketing, the buzz words and the hyperbole we’ve listed what we consider to be the top 10 gaming televisions on the market.
 
An exceptional gaming television doesn’t just offer excellent image quality. In addition, it needs to have smooth motion, high fidelity sound and enough connections to hook up as many gaming consoles as your heart desires. With the exception of a handful of models, we find LCD televisions outperform Plasma in this regard, although there are some amazing Plasma televisions available, if you can afford them.

10. Samsung LA40R81BDX (720p)
The image quality on the R8 series is quite impressive and the design is certainly eye-catching.  We also loved the range of connection options and the price tag of this unit but it did have a few minor motion issues and its “MoviePlus” mode created a few more problems than it is supposed to fix.

Check it out here

9. LG 720p Scarlet (720p)
Like the 1080p version, the 720p scarlet offers great image quality and design but it mostly let down by its poor speaker quality. If you are on a budget and have a home theatre set up, this won’t be a major concern.

Check out the Scarlet range here