New Delhi, Jan. 7 -- If you spend enough time comparing TVs at home instead of in a showroom, you'll see the obvious signs - the TV you end up enjoying isn't necessarily the one with the highest resolution. It's the one that behaves consistently, doesn't choke on everyday content, and doesn't need constant setting tweaks just to look decent. That's where many buyers accidentally overshoot by assuming that 4K is automatically better, even when their viewing habits don't make full use of it.

A lot of the frustration people report with budget 4K TVs has nothing to do with the resolution itself, it's mostly the hardware underneath. For starters, entry-level 4K panels often pair high pixel counts with underpowered processors, limited brightne...