Input Lag/Delay in HDTV's - Something to worry about?

icemansin · 7 Jan 2008 at 22:37

Hi

I am looking at purchasing a HDTV, to take full advantage of my Xbox 360. However after doing extensive research (and still ongoing), I've heard that HDTV's in the past have suffered from input lag (along with a myriad of other issues). Now since the sole reason I'm looking at getting a HDTV is for gaming, the input lag/delay issue is a worry for me. What i would like to know is whether this problem has been greatly reduced/eliminated in modern HDTV's?

I'm currently looking at getting the Philips 32PFL9632 for my bedroom, I'm wondering whether anyone has this TV and whether they can provide any feedback.

Thanks

scratch · 7 Jan 2008 at 22:46

There's a lot off stuff over on AVForums about input lag, and if I remember correctly the Philips sets are some of the worst culprits.

I have a 37" LG and don't notice any problems. In fact when I calibrated Guitar Hero 3 after reading about lag problems it registered 0ms video lag.

nshire · 7 Jan 2008 at 22:52

LCD's are generally worse as they have more enhancement technologies. Plasma not as bad. But there is normally a "Game mode" to turn off enhancements. eg DNIE on samsung.

NightSt@lk3r · 8 Jan 2008 at 11:46

scratch said:
There's a lot off stuff over on AVForums about input lag, and if I remember correctly the Philips sets are some of the worst culprits.

i have a philips 32PFL5522D and have not noticed any input lag when gaming or anything else.

Fr0dders · 8 Jan 2008 at 12:05

nshire said:
LCD's are generally worse as they have more enhancement technologies. Plasma not as bad. But there is normally a "Game mode" to turn off enhancements. eg DNIE on samsung.

scratch said:
There's a lot off stuff over on AVForums about input lag, and if I remember correctly the Philips sets are some of the worst culprits.

dont post this sort of stuff unless you can provide sources

The OP has been listenning to pub talk / fanboy ranting.

"Dave from the pub says he has a mate who has a mate who spent a grand on an LCD and it was crap with his 360, dont buy them" etc..

Granted, a couple of years ago this was probably the case. But you'll struggle to buy a big screen LCD thats a current model now that suffers from this

of course you'll find some models that do, but a quick reasearch of your purchase by reading some reviews will reveal which sets have specific problems.

There is no longer a general trend of LCDs being slow / laggy. In short, if your looking to buy, specify your size and budget and we can recommend some excellent sets

scratch · 8 Jan 2008 at 16:13

MrLOL said:
dont post this sort of stuff unless you can provide sources

I'm simply relaying something I remember reading. I don't have the time to sit down and trawl through the thousands of threads on AVF so thought I'd direct the OP to where I remember seeing something about it so he could do his own research. What's the problem with that?!!

icemansin · 8 Jan 2008 at 20:10

scratch said:
There's a lot off stuff over on AVForums about input lag, and if I remember correctly the Philips sets are some of the worst culprits.

I have a 37" LG and don't notice any problems. In fact when I calibrated Guitar Hero 3 after reading about lag problems it registered 0ms video lag.

I've also heard that too, people have complained about input lag on the 37+ PFL9632 Philips range, but nothing on the 32inch versions.

icemansin · 8 Jan 2008 at 20:14

MrLOL said:
"Dave from the pub says he has a mate who has a mate who spent a grand on an LCD and it was crap with his 360, dont buy them" etc..

Granted, a couple of years ago this was probably the case. But you'll struggle to buy a big screen LCD thats a current model now that suffers from this

You say this, but there still are cases where people are complaining about input lag on certain new(ish) HDTV's.

MrLOL said:
There is no longer a general trend of LCDs being slow / laggy. In short, if your looking to buy, specify your size and budget and we can recommend some excellent sets

I am looking at buying a 32inch HDTV for my bedroom primarily for gaming. My budget is roughly between £600-700 max. Recommendations are welcome.

icemansin · 9 Jan 2008 at 18:40

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Fr0dders · 9 Jan 2008 at 20:29

icemansin said:
You say this, but there still are cases where people are complaining about input lag on certain new(ish) HDTV's.

I am looking at buying a 32inch HDTV for my bedroom primarily for gaming. My budget is roughly between £600-700 max. Recommendations are welcome.

indeed, i acknowledged that there most flatscreen TVs have flaws. And they're mostly different

to tar all with the same brush and make a sweeping statement of "LCDs are laggy and suffer with motion" isnt fair

The sony D3000 is a very good set and can be had for < £700 (tsk, tsk, tsk have it for £660 online) Its in the process of being replaced by the D3500 that isnt out yet, but that doesnt stop it being a cracking telly.

Review Here

dont think theres much out there in 32" that can touch it tbh