vv83
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Hi all, so I finally competed my home theater setup and really happy with the results. I ended up going with 3 Yamaha front speakers and a sub with 2 Boston acoustic surround speakers. Denon AVR S540BT. Xbox one and PS4 to the reciever, reciever to the Tv(LG B9). Having a few issues with the Xbox and was hoping I could get some assistance.
first problem is the LG tv has a mode called “instant gaming response” which goes to super low latency. This activated automatically when launchjng a game. Unfortunately, when the game response kicks in I completely lose picture. Screen goes black and I still have audio. Seems the denon I bought just doesn’t support this feature. I’ve disabled the feature and it works for now, but I want it back on for online gaming. So I’m thinking I’ll plug the Xbox direct into the TV via HDMI then run an optical cable from Xbox to the Denon. I know HDMI is best, but I don’t watch blu rays and steam all movies through the integrated LG Plex app so will I be missing anything using an optical cable?
Next question is, what mode is best for the Xbox audio settings? I’ve seen conflicting suggestions from searching around.
I'd like to just have it on one setting and have the receiver do all the work for picking the best sound mode. I've seen 2 suggestions when searching through prior posts.
HDMI audio Bitstream out and then select DTS digital surround as the Bitstream format. Or HDMI audio out 5.1 (7.1 is a setting as well) uncompressed. Any suggestions as to which setting makes more sense for a 5.1 setup? I’d like the use all 5 speakers obviously when playing games. I don’t even know if most games support 5.1 so maybe I’d have to use multi stereo? Any suggestions welcome and thank you!
first problem is the LG tv has a mode called “instant gaming response” which goes to super low latency. This activated automatically when launchjng a game. Unfortunately, when the game response kicks in I completely lose picture. Screen goes black and I still have audio. Seems the denon I bought just doesn’t support this feature. I’ve disabled the feature and it works for now, but I want it back on for online gaming. So I’m thinking I’ll plug the Xbox direct into the TV via HDMI then run an optical cable from Xbox to the Denon. I know HDMI is best, but I don’t watch blu rays and steam all movies through the integrated LG Plex app so will I be missing anything using an optical cable?
Next question is, what mode is best for the Xbox audio settings? I’ve seen conflicting suggestions from searching around.
I'd like to just have it on one setting and have the receiver do all the work for picking the best sound mode. I've seen 2 suggestions when searching through prior posts.
HDMI audio Bitstream out and then select DTS digital surround as the Bitstream format. Or HDMI audio out 5.1 (7.1 is a setting as well) uncompressed. Any suggestions as to which setting makes more sense for a 5.1 setup? I’d like the use all 5 speakers obviously when playing games. I don’t even know if most games support 5.1 so maybe I’d have to use multi stereo? Any suggestions welcome and thank you!