Lag life 

 

I never played much PS3/Xbox 360 (ten years ago those came out?) maybe that's why I missed it. I certainly never researched lag issues. I played my ps2 on a crt. 

Yep. We are old.  

 

Lol. True. 
 

Hey now, my shit TV doesn't offer a "game mode" and provides not noticeable lag when being played.  No need to shit talk the shit TVs as not all shit TVs are actually shitty.   
 
Actually, it was earlier than that.  Guitar Hero (and perhaps some other, earlier games, I got rid of my of my PS2 titles so I can no longer check) had warnings about how HDTVs might lag and how to get around that.  I know that showed up on the PS2 versions and can only imagine that it would have also been included as warnings on the other systems of the era as well.  Hard to imagine folks not realizing/understanding that lag is/was a thing.  I can see not experiencing it for a long while (I only first experienced noticeable lag when I got my current HDTV), but not knowing it was a thing?  That's some head in the sand stuff right thre.

My TV is also a cheaper model, but it works very well. It's not necessarily the price of the TV, just different models will process the picture differently. It all depends on what you need it for.

And yeah, I remember guitar hero being an issue, that's the main reason I stuck it out with my CRT rather than upgrading.

I agree wholeheartedly, but I don't think there will be many outside of maybe me and some folks I know IRL that will step up to say that "RCA" isn't a shit TV brand, lol.  That's who made my current 40-whatever" HDTV and, beyond all expectations, it's performed fantastically.  They say you can't polish a turd, so I think mine just happened to come that way in this instance, lol.

when I worked at Walmart that was the most common TV to be returned  you must be lucky. Mine is Emerson, the second cheapest just above RCA. Works like a champ

Download one of the free pinball games on PS3; you'll notice lag if you don't have "game mode" turned on.

What's odd is I didn't have any lag issues on my RCA DLP, but I did on this Sanyo until I turned that mode on.

I realize I could have messed with settings to minimize lag on the AVS, and it only really affected me on MTPO, but I just ended up selling it around Christmastime last year.
 

Guitar Hero III on PS2, Wii, and Xbox 360 (all analog-only consoles at the time) had the calibration option specifically because display lag was a thing.

since it is the TV that is adding the lag, why didnt the tv seller inform you?  how is it the job of avs to tell you when it isnt their fault.  tv makers purposely HIDE their processing stats so people will keep buying the shitty ones

 

I don't need an avs to watch tv. 
 

This has been an interesting read so far.

I have found websites like displaylag.com to be helpful when looking into tvs that I game on. You can check the database to see the input lag of numerous brands and models. Thankfully not all cheap TV's are bad but it seems spending a bit more gets a better result.

I cannot wait for the day the can just make a computer monitor the size of a tv. I would drop some money on an 65" ips, gsync, panel with a high refresh rate.