The Sherman8r
10-13-2009, 06:34 PM
So my girlfriend recently purchased a new 40" LCD Samsung TV (LN40B630). It was an upgrade from the CRT TV she was using before.
Even after calibrating the screen looked, well, choppy at best. The game seemed to be speeding up and slowing down. I knew there had to be a setting that the TV had that we could be changed. After about 5 seconds of google searching I found game mode. After turning it on and playing a song we found a desperate need to recalibrate. For those naysayers on that game mode does not do anything. I have some preliminary numbers to show how important the coveted game mode setting is on LCD TV's:
Game mode off:
Audio Lag: 7 times calibrating averaged 103.4 ms of lag
Video lag: 7 times calibrating averaged 154 ms of lag
After turning on the game mode it made the screen less choppy and smoother:
Game mode on:
Audio lag: 7 times calibrating averaged 63.4 ms of lag
Video lag: 7 times calibrating averaged 117.4 ms of lag
I would say the game mode has a profound impact on how the TV's processor handles the inputs from our game consoles. This is having the 360 connected straight from the console to the TV using the AV connections (Red, White, and Yellow cable tips) with no AV receiver or surround sound connected to the TV. I'm sure the lag settings would be much different with either a receiver or some sort of system to handle the audio.
I haven't tried viewing other sources with the game mode turned on (football or DVD's), I'm sure there would be no noticeable change as there is no user controlled input on these devices to notice the changes. If anyone could verify that for me. Does game mode on affect other aspects of using your TV besides Rock Band?
Sorry if I rambled but it would seem that this information is kind of important to our gaming experiences.
Even after calibrating the screen looked, well, choppy at best. The game seemed to be speeding up and slowing down. I knew there had to be a setting that the TV had that we could be changed. After about 5 seconds of google searching I found game mode. After turning it on and playing a song we found a desperate need to recalibrate. For those naysayers on that game mode does not do anything. I have some preliminary numbers to show how important the coveted game mode setting is on LCD TV's:
Game mode off:
Audio Lag: 7 times calibrating averaged 103.4 ms of lag
Video lag: 7 times calibrating averaged 154 ms of lag
After turning on the game mode it made the screen less choppy and smoother:
Game mode on:
Audio lag: 7 times calibrating averaged 63.4 ms of lag
Video lag: 7 times calibrating averaged 117.4 ms of lag
I would say the game mode has a profound impact on how the TV's processor handles the inputs from our game consoles. This is having the 360 connected straight from the console to the TV using the AV connections (Red, White, and Yellow cable tips) with no AV receiver or surround sound connected to the TV. I'm sure the lag settings would be much different with either a receiver or some sort of system to handle the audio.
I haven't tried viewing other sources with the game mode turned on (football or DVD's), I'm sure there would be no noticeable change as there is no user controlled input on these devices to notice the changes. If anyone could verify that for me. Does game mode on affect other aspects of using your TV besides Rock Band?
Sorry if I rambled but it would seem that this information is kind of important to our gaming experiences.
