Which settings affect input lag?

[Risc0n]

Is it just motionflow and film mode?

Sony 55X850C

[Anonymous]

Hi there

In order to answer this question, one must first explain what input lag is in.  In relation to video games, input lag is either the delay between the television or monitor receiving a signal and it being displayed on the screen or the delay between pressing a button and seeing the game react.

All TVs produce some type of lag, but any additonal image processing the TV must do to produce an image increases the amount of lag.  Motionflow as you mentioned being a big one.  But if you look at the advanced picture settings, you also have things like black adjust, adv contrast enhancer, live colour, reality creation etc.  And then you have other things like HDR.  All this inceases the lag.

So when playing video games (especially fast paced ones) it is best to activate 'Game Mode' - This basically de-activates certain image processing features in order to decrease the input lag.

Cheers

[Risc0n]

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@Quinnicus wrote:

Hi there

In order to answer this question, one must first explain what input lag is in.  In relation to video games, input lag is either the delay between the television or monitor receiving a signal and it being displayed on the screen or the delay between pressing a button and seeing the game react.

All TVs produce some type of lag, but any additonal image processing the TV must do to produce an image increases the amount of lag.  Motionflow as you mentioned being a big one.  But if you look at the advanced picture settings, you also have things like black adjust, adv contrast enhancer, live colour, reality creation etc.  And then you have other things like HDR.  All this inceases the lag.

So when playing video games (especially fast paced ones) it is best to activate 'Game Mode' - This basically de-activates certain image processing features in order to decrease the input lag.

Cheers

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Interesting so even live colour and adv contrast can affect lag?

[Anonymous]

Obviously I have no factual data to back this up, but logically - any additional image processing will increase the lag.  And both of those settings are auto image adjustment settings (i.e. extra processing).