Hitachi TV Severe Input Lag

[Crispy]

Recently I purchased a Hitachi LE40K507 40" TV. The picture quality is great, yet the input lag is really bad. (I would guess somewhere in the range of .2 seconds) Playing racing games it doesn't make much of a difference, but when I try and play FPS's with my friends, it really shows up. I'm mainly speaking about an Xbox 360 which has no HDMI output so I use Component cables. I've tried switching to 720p on the console. I've heard Game Mode helps, but this TV has no Game Mode. Searching Google just shows reviews I've read before, nothing on how to fix this lag. If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know.

 

[Tornado]

Setting a TV input as being for a PC is usually the same thing as putting it in Game Mode. Try to see if you can do that.

 

[TenEightyOne]

Recently I purchased a Hitachi LE40K507 40" TV. The picture quality is great, yet the input lag is really bad. (I would guess somewhere in the range of .2 seconds) Playing racing games it doesn't make much of a difference, but when I try and play FPS's with my friends, it really shows up. I'm mainly speaking about an Xbox 360 which has no HDMI output so I use Component cables. I've tried switching to 720p on the console. I've heard Game Mode helps, but this TV has no Game Mode. Searching Google just shows reviews I've read before, nothing on how to fix this lag. If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know.

I had a pre-HDMI XBox and bought a MadCatz adapter for about £40 which gave it an HDMI port. Worked okay and survived up until me wanting the Slim. Can't remember many of the details but might be worth looking into?

 

[Crispy]

Setting a TV input as being for a PC is usually the same thing as putting it in Game Mode. Try to see if you can do that.

It only works when using an HDMI cable sadly. I tried turning off all Post Processing and that still didn't work.

@TenEightyOne I might just go ahead and do that...

 

[Robin]

I think it might be because the TV is having to do some post processing (one that probably can't be turned off) because its coming from a component input. How TV's handle various legacy inputs and the resulting lag can vary.

It would be best if you could borrow some sort of console which is HDMI from a friend to test if its also happening just to rule out a fault with the TV.

 

[Crispy]

@Robin. My PC seems to do fine on HDMI.

Would more lag be created converting the signal from Component to HDMI using an adapter, or would I be better off buying the Xbox to VGA cable and using that?

 

[Robin]

@Robin. My PC seems to do fine on HDMI.

Would more lag be created converting the signal from Component to HDMI using an adapter, or would I be better off buying the Xbox to VGA cable and using that?

The problem is your really not going to know how much lag non HDMI stuff is having regardless of the connection you choose as all the inputs might be handled the same or totally differently. If your PC is doing OK through HDMI (I presume you also tried games on it rather than just desktop stuff) then it would be anyones guess as to how one legacy connection is going to perform over another with that particular TV. If possible you need to try some cable options out and keep what works best for you.

 

[Crispy]

@Robin. I tried out Crysis 2 and the lag was just too much. For racing games it isn't bad, but FPS's I just notice it too much. I ordered a VGA Xbox cable off of Amazon to use on my monitor, that should speed things up.

Thanks for the help everyone!

 

[nolegs95]

It only works when using an HDMI cable sadly. I tried turning off all Post Processing and that still didn't work.

@TenEightyOne I might just go ahead and do that...

My stepdads 65" Hitachi has the same problem, severe input lag and no game mode. Just to clarify, when you say it only works using an HDMI cable, you do mean that PC mode removes the lag if used for a HDMI inputted device? This would save me a lot of stress. Imagine playing black ops zombies with about a full seconds worth of lag. Impossible and infuriating.