Most high-quality TVs that aren't from LG or Samsung have a MediaTek chip inside them to power a lot of what they do, from elements of image handling to connectivity – and that's come with an annoying for serious gamers, because it's limited even flagship TVs from the likes of Sony, TCL, Hisense, Philips and Panasonic to only having two HDMI 2.1 ports. Not any more. The new Pentonic 800 system on a chip (SoC), which is destined for thousands of TVs in 2025 and beyond, is much more gamer friendly.
At the moment, MediaTek chipsets enable two HDMI 2.1 ports and two HDMI 2.0 ones. And that's a problem when we're ranking these TVs among the best gaming TVs, because if you have one of the best soundbars connected to an HDMI eARC port, then that usually takes up one of the two HDMI 2.1 ports. So if you have more than one next-gen console with 4K 120Hz support, there aren't enough HDMI 2.1 connections.
