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Do you set your TV on "GAME"?

Yes. 58 40.56%
 
No. 79 55.24%
 
Dunno. 6 4.20%
 
Total:143
EricHiggin on 31 March 2017

My 2013, 51" Samsung Plasma has horrible lag on normal mode. On game mode its negligible. I can set the console hdmi input port to game mode and it automatically switches along with any other screen settings I have changed. The difference in picture quality is non existent. Looks great, plays smooth.



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Cobretti2 on 31 March 2017

Game mode has been around for years, well with Samsung anyway. my old 26inch chunky fat lcd had it probably 10 years ago now.

Its a good feature, on older models and I suspect cheaper brands the image does get worst. however on newer quality TVs there shouldn't be much difference.



 

 

Ultrashroomz on 31 March 2017

My monitor has a game option, which I do indeed use.



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KBG29 on 31 March 2017

Always

I would love to know how many people are die hard 60fps fanatics, yet don't set their TV to game mode?

Display lag is one of the reasons I hate LCD/LED/OLED. Back in the day of SXRD we had 4ms response times compaired to the best LCDs being around 18ms. It gets even worse if you want a big display, with times going all the way up into the 40+ms. This is the one thing I hate about my Z9D. For games that need precise timing I use the X800 in my room thanks to the lag being less than half. Still wish I had not gave away my SXRD, because it would be great for the Game/Arcade room.



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bonzobanana on 01 April 2017
d21lewis said:
On the plus side, my TV has 4 HDMI ports (and two of them are 4k HDR capable).

Port one: WiiU, Xbox 360, PS3, and Dish Network
Port two: Xbox One S
Port 3: PlayStation 4 Pro
Port 4: Nintendo Switch

I think most newer TVs do this but each port has its own setting preference and they are independent of each other. Even the volume settings stay the same. I think I have each console pretty much set to my ideal likings. Only downside is that the consoles in Port one have to share the same setting.

How do you get around the limited colour range on wii u? Do you have a auto setting with the 'full' and 'limited' colour range options. I have to give the wii u a dedicated hdmi socket because my tv will remember the setting per port but won't auto-adjust. A bit annoying.



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-Newcloud- on 01 April 2017

Yes, I first noticed when I got my tv the the aiming cursor in FPS's would flicker and their would be a horrible little delay, I was about to return the tv until my friend said "just put it to game mode" and it fixed everything. Didnt know such a thing existed.



Burning Typhoon on 01 April 2017

Yes, I do. But, because I have a 3 monitor set-up. A 50 inch, 4kTV, with 33ms lag from my 1MS g2g, 144hz gaming monitor (which has 9ms display lag, the 1ms g2g is not the same thing) and a 1400 x 900 monitor I bought years ago still works fine, is also connected, but is not used at all for gaming purposes.

If I want a large 4K image, in 50 inches, i use the TV. If I need to push performance, and speed, I use my MG248Q. Also, I should add that the TV is only connected to my PC, whereas my main gaming monitor is connected to both the PC and consoles.



d21lewis on 01 April 2017
bonzobanana said:
d21lewis said:
On the plus side, my TV has 4 HDMI ports (and two of them are 4k HDR capable).

Port one: WiiU, Xbox 360, PS3, and Dish Network
Port two: Xbox One S
Port 3: PlayStation 4 Pro
Port 4: Nintendo Switch

I think most newer TVs do this but each port has its own setting preference and they are independent of each other. Even the volume settings stay the same. I think I have each console pretty much set to my ideal likings. Only downside is that the consoles in Port one have to share the same setting.

How do you get around the limited colour range on wii u? Do you have a auto setting with the 'full' and 'limited' colour range options. I have to give the wii u a dedicated hdmi socket because my tv will remember the setting per port but won't auto-adjust. A bit annoying.

I guess I don't play PS3/360/WiiU enough to notice. I just have the HDMI set for television and everything else just has to use that setting.



Darc Requiem on 02 April 2017
superchunk said:
Nope. When I get a new TV I spend time doing different things like watching TV, Sports, Movies, etc and tweak the settings to get to one I feel is best. I then never touch again.

Newer sets allow you to have different setting for each input. My 4K Samsung does this. Even if it didn't. It takes two seconds to turn off game mode if that.



Conina on 02 April 2017
LivingMetal said:

Most newer (I suspect all) TVs have a "GAME" option (or equivalent) to help reduce controller input lag. 

Well, most TVs don't reduce input lag when activating "game mode", they only oversaturate the picture.

But it would be nice if modern TVs and consoles both would support FreeSync. Especially for the "boost mode" of the PS4 Pro, adaptive sync technology would be a great addition.