^^The fact that the OP talked about v-sync leads me to think that he knows what screen tearing is. Display latency and framerate hiccups are very different from tearing to any naked eye.
And to the OP: yes, HD consoles seem to suffer from a lot of tearing, especially noticeable if you are a former PC gamer. So much common that Digital Foundry always runs an analysis on the percentage of torn frames alongside the FPS statistics.







