How is this TV for gaming? The input lag is my main concern. Is there a game mode? Can anyone whose gamed on it shed some light? Thanks!
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No lag on any of these games, played extensively: Xbox360 - Arkham City, Gears War 3, Call of Juarez
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I recently purchased this TV and am extremely pleased with the picture quality. My son does play Xbox games on it and loves it. I am not aware of a game mode, however, I have not noticed an issue with lag. Good luck with your research.
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To the best of my knowledge, there are no input lag concerns for plasma televisions. Burn in was a common concern in the past, but that no longer remains an issue. I game on a plasma and whenever I have any ghosting on my screen, all I have to do is change the channel (or input) and it immediately goes away.Hope this helps.S.L. Madden
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To the best of my knowledge, there are no input lag concerns for plasma televisions. Burn in was a common concern in the past, but that no longer remains an issue. I game on a plasma and whenever I have any ghosting on my screen, all I have to do is change the channel (or input) and it immediately goes away. Hope this helps. S.L. Madden
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Jonathan,Which model did you end up going with? I was super interested in this TV, but it apparently doesn't support 1080i, which is no good for my Xbox 360. Also, does anyone know what the difference is between the older model (32HL67) and this one (32HL67U, "U" indicating a newer iteration)?
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We do use it for COD on the PS3 and it's ok as a secondary TV. For about the 1st 20 to 30 min after we turn it on, it does have a dark line directly down the middle of the screen and the volume has to be turned almost to the max. If this is going to be your primary TV, I would keep shopping around!!
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I must say, if you are a hardcore gamer, this TV is not for you. I am a gamer and games have a lot of static images and they will get burn into the screen, trust me I learnt it the hard way.
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I'm pretty sure that game mode is still 120hz. However there is a review that states the lag on the TV is less than 10ms.
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I've been playing the PS4 version Dragon Age: Inquisition on it and am very impressed with the graphics. However, if you're asking about FPS lag time, I can't help you. I haven't tried hooking speakers up to it. I have to say, the sound is much better than my other flat screen; it doesn't have the "muffled" quality I'm used to with most flat screens.
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That's good to know Bridger. I have this one (Samsung plasma PN50B450) as well and the manual states that brightness and contrast should be reduced to prevent burn in while play video games. Also appreciate the first hundred hour rule-mixing tv with games.Thanks. The only thing I'm worried about is my kids walking away from a video game and a screen just sitting there. But hey, for the price you could buy another one and not spend what you can for a 1080p lcd 52 inch. I know that defeats the purpose but isn't that why you would be interesed in this tv anyways? for the price?
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Just wanted to ease some concern regarding the monitor itself. (I bought this monitor so amazon showed me your question) It's input lag is rated at 09ms on Displaylag.com which is an excellent rating. The main reason why i bought this monitor. From my understanding the use of DVI or HDMI should have no real bearing on lag input. I would possibly look into the graphics settings of the game itself or make sure the drivers were installed ok.
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I use one of these TVs for my PC gaming, and another of the same model for Xbox 360 gaming. I haven't noticed any issues once properly configured (See Game Mode answer from Samsung rep on this page).
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So its not really 120hz or... what? I just bought the LN40C630, and I notice a lot of juddering still, like its not really working. In the store compared to the other tvs this one looked great during action scenes, but now that i have it in the house, i swear this thing is just as juddery. I messed with the settings for auto-motion and it seems like it may have even gotten worse *confused*....
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I'm not a big gamer but play Forza now and then, it works fine for me. Search for displaylag, it's a list of the best tv's and monitors for gaming, the rating on the this tv is "okay" @ 56ms.
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Yes, there is a noticable lag if you play FPS games. I got mine last Christmas and was disappointed with the lags. I had to turned on the game mode to play borderlands and Dark Souls but it lost the picture quality by doing so.
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What about the picture quality? My TV is coming in a few days and the HDMI ports and all the other stuff is not a problem for me. Im just concerned about the picture because the store didnt have a floor model to look at.
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I use the tv only for gaming, and the performance it's awesome. Never experience lag. Fully recommended
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Cecilia,There is a game mode that can be selected for any of the HDMI inputs by "editing the input", and changing the option to "Game" that will greatly reduce lag usually associated with picture processing.Thanks for your interest in Samsung products.--Mr. S
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Great no complaints from my perspective, the tv is fabulous but again that's only my opinion. Hope it helps! Ps I would buy it again
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Look into Sony's Motionflow technology. I only use my HDTV for gaming and computer. But the refresh rate is not an issue for gaming at all, no motion blur what-so-ever. I have a 120Hz 55" HDTV, if you ask me this 60Hz HDTV seems better on the motion blur then my 120Hz. But I can only speak from a gaming perspective, seeing that I only use this particular HDTV for gaming.