# Rtings

12 Hacker News commenters recommended Rtings and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Trusted for detailed, independent display and product tests and comparison tools, with no advertising. Critics say its scores and conclusions don't always match its own measurements.

## Why people recommend it

- Trusted independent reviews without advertising (2 comments): "I trust rtings to not change their position on the basis of what makes them money; that trust is their whole brand." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46711240)) "They don't have advertising and they buy the products that they review." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49716226))
- Detailed tests others skip (3 comments): "rtings has by far the best reviews and comparisons, and detailed tests nobody else seems to do" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46698086)) "it's basically the only place that reliably test PS5 VRR monitor capability" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49721051)) "they were one of the only sources that tested for PWM flicker in monitors" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46698307))
- Strong tools for comparing products (2 comments): "They do a good job of supporting whatever comparisons you want to make" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46702508)) "it's an absolute gold mine for picky comparison shoppers" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49071864))
- Go-to source for display reviews (2 comments): "Rtings is the authoritative source for reviewing anything with a screen" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49879063)) "when I want display reviews I go to rtings.com" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46698043))

## What people warn about

- Scores and conclusions don't match measurements (3 comments): "Rtings good at measures, but bad at conclusions." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46702044)) "Their ten-point scales have no obvious relationship to the underlying measurements, where measurements are even provided, and they rescale the points every so often." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46708661)) "Their, rtings.com "conclusions", "scores" and "recommendations" do not always correspond to their own numbers." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46703759))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Consumer Reports](https://hackerapproved.com/p/consumer-reports.md): 11 recommend
- [Yelp](https://hackerapproved.com/p/yelp.md): 7 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Rtings", https://hackerapproved.com/p/rtings-com/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).