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    PLASMA LAG QUESTION

    So I am at a buddy's house and he has a new plasma TV that we're trying to get set up with his wii. We're trying to play the new Guitar Hero 6 and there is just absolutely insane lag.

    Currently both audio and video latency adjustments are set to 106ms and I still can't play drums because of how far behind it is. If I play by ear I hit no notes, and it's just not possible to play drums visually and separate it from what you're hearing.

    So my question is: is there some trick to getting it adjusted right? We've spent way too long futzing it and we kinda just want it to work at this point :\

    TIA, gents!
    Oct 15, 2010 4:08pm PDT
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    PLASMA LAG QUESTION So I am at a buddy's house and he has a new plasma TV that we're trying to get set... : c0braThis person is cool!

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      turn off frame interpolation I guess? does it have a 'game' mode? : jcupittThis person is cool!
      • Yea he says it's set on whatever "game mode" the TV has. : c0braThis person is cool!
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      Plasmas have very little lag (either display or processing), much less than LCDs. Describe the setup. ... : BoldThis person is cool!
      • Oh, I just saw that it's a Wii. What kind of connectors? Component, or composite? Also, where's the sound... : BoldThis person is cool!
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        Uh, it's just a Wii, which is hooked up via RCA out to a 50" LG plasma TV. He says the Wii is set at 480i... : c0braThis person is cool!
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          Could be the problem. Some of the composite scalers and deinterlaces on these TVs (LG would be suspect h... : cetra00
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            Yeah, the TV is probably scaling it up from 480i to its native rez (1080p, I suspect). This can cause a c... : BoldThis person is cool!
            • Has to deinterlace too which can had a huge amount of latency depending on the deinterlacing hardware. G... : cetra00
            • Thread at Ars Technica about scaler lag, and someone mentions an LG plasma has abysmal lag when compared ... : BoldThis person is cool!
        • RCA and 1080i are the culprit. Get that Wii onto component and 480p, that will help with the input lag. : sukabljat
        • christ get the component cables : opengl128This person is cool!
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      Turn off any image filtering on the TV and see if it helps. Stuff like MPEG smoothing adds latency. Pla... : cetra00
      • Man then wtf is going on? Weird. : c0braThis person is cool!
    • that's what he gets for not using Monster cables. : devpaul
    • Mine has a "GAME" mode that turns off all of the bullshit. : yakzThis person is cool!
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      how old is that plasma? : SlowtremeThis person is cool!
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        It's brand new. Just bought it a couple weeks ago. : c0braThis person is cool!
        • Bummer, my Samsung plasma is great, and I don't even have to use game mode : SlowtremeThis person is cool!
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          Tell him to return it and get a panasonic plasma. LG easily has the shittiest plasmas on the market. They... : ProziumThis person is cool!
          • This is true. Notoriously bad image retention, and generally lower image quality. : BoldThis person is cool!
    • Does Guitar Hero have the FUCKING AWESOME auto-calibrate feature that Rock Band 2 has? : OverloadUT