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Question on TV's (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world
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I'm a little out of the loop on TV's. I mainly PC game, but have a few consoles as well. My question is, what is a TV made today that just has the lowest possible input lag? I don't give a crap about quality or any of this 1440p (i?) stuff (stopped caring many years ago. I still watch VHS tapes on my CRT's). All I care about is input lag because it ruins the gaming experience for me.

Currently have a shitpile Insignia that is so bad, you can't game on it (even racing games) and it's so slow that video and audio often get out of sync on it and it needs a factory reset. It was free so i've been using it but it's just upsetting me now. I'm wiling to drop $500-800 on an enjoyable gaming TV if something like that exists for that price. Something 40" or so is just fine with me. For reference the newest console on it would be a Xbox 360. I don't play anything older than PS2 on modern TV's as CRT's are better in every way for old consoles.

Otherwise, I'll just go back to all CRT and projector TV for consoles.

thanks yall!'

Edit: i also didn't clarify, but I'd really like to not use a smart TV. I really hate them. I just want a TV to be a TV if possible, or have the least possible amount of features.

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It varies model to model and year to year, but in general you want a television with either a "Game" mode or "ALLM" (Auto Low Latency Mode).

So on the LG C5 model that's popular right now:

https://www.lg.com/us/tvs/lg-oled65c5pua-oled-4k-tv

VRR (Variable Refresh Rate) - Yes (Up to 144Hz)
ALLM (Auto Low Latency Mode) - Yes
FreeSync™ - Yes
Game Optimizer - Yes
G-Sync Compatible (Nvidia) - Yes
HGIG Mode - Yes (disables the TV tone mapping and allows the game to control HDR - "HDR Gaming Interest Group")
Response Time - Less than 0.1ms

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Is there anything that's just a "TV" with none of this extra bullshit though? All I want is a quality TV I can turn on, and it's a TV with no lag.

I appreciate your suggestion!

[–] Zarxrax@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

What you are looking for is a monitor. A TV will be filled with features.

[–] fodderoh@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If you don't connect the LG to the network it can be just a dumb monitor. Set the tv to always use the last active input when you turn it on and you will never see a menu or any prompts.

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If it has that ability thata good ! But would that disable all post processing?

[–] darkevilmac@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago

Basically any TV out there you can get rid of the annoying post processing. But none of them are going to be that way out of the box.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

All that BS is more beneficial to gaming than a generic TV, especially if your focus is low lag.

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I suppose,id rather not have any of it though. Tvs never used to have any of these features and they worked just fine.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Game consoles never used to have those features either. 😉 That's the trick, you need a set that supports modern console features.

HDR management being a good one. The game developers encoded HDR to make a game look a specific way, you don't want a set that either over-rides it and does it's own, similarly you don't want a dumb set that doesn't support HDR.

[–] demonsword@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Is there anything that’s just a “TV” with none of this extra bullshit though?

Maybe what you really want is an industrial monitor, not a TV, something like this You can find lots of others if you want

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

I was just finding those, that may be!

I plan to use my atari vcs as a media playback eventually