Question Do newer laptops somehow look better when playing games on older HDMI TVs?

[Titanion]

My son plays some games on our 55" 2K Visio and they look pretty good. I am about to pull an older Sayno 50" HDMI 1080p TV down from our attic, and are games just going to look very bad on it? Or does the newer software and the video card drivers help out a lot?

 

[ex_bubblehead]

There may be differences between the old and new displays due to aging of components in the heat of the attic, but software is software and there are no differences there.

 

[Titanion]

I was maybe thinking Super Visual Resolution or something like that comes into play, but I know the old school facts about using TVs as monitors ("they suck" must be the scientific explanation). I am trying to talk myself out of buying a new TV when we have an old 50" one in storage. So an XBox will still look OK on it, but not a laptop playing Elden Ring...