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Playing Guitar Hero - does adding a receiver add lag?

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6/1/09 at 7:46am
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Hi everyone! Playing Guitar Hero (ps3) via HDMI connected directly to the TV. I'm thinking of upgrading to a receiver to improve the sound ( =) Jaming to real speakers instead of the TV's!)

I'm worried about input lag (the delay due to video processing after the TV signal leaves the console)

Has any one experienced lag when they play their console via a receiver? My set up would be:

PS3 --HDMI--> Receiver --HDMI--> TV

Thanks for your comments
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6/1/09 at 8:03am
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Re: Playing Guitar Hero - does adding a receiver add lag?

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Originally Posted by Ray Ruggaurs
Hi everyone! Playing Guitar Hero (ps3) via HDMI connected directly to the TV. I'm thinking of upgrading to a receiver to improve the sound ( =) Jaming to real speakers instead of the TV's!)

I'm worried about input lag (the delay due to video processing after the TV signal leaves the console)

Has any one experienced lag when they play their console via a receiver? My set up would be:

PS3 --HDMI--> Receiver --HDMI--> TV

Thanks for your comments
I don't have GH for PS3 but IIRC I'm pretty sure the game has a setting which allows you to calibrate for audio lag.
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6/1/09 at 12:18pm
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Re: Playing Guitar Hero - does adding a receiver add lag?

Yep. All the musical instrument games let you calibrate for lag. The lag appears to be somewhat dependent on one's specific equipment.

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6/1/09 at 4:59pm
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Re: Playing Guitar Hero - does adding a receiver add lag?

... and yes, it does add noticeable lag. You will need to recalibrate the game.

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6/2/09 at 5:27am
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Re: Playing Guitar Hero - does adding a receiver add lag?

Thanks for the replies everyone!

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Originally Posted by Greg_R
... and yes, it does add noticeable lag. You will need to recalibrate the game.

Oh - that's not good. At least for GH3 there's compensation.

Anyway to reduce the lag? What about if the receiver has a pass-through option?
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6/2/09 at 7:55pm
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Re: Playing Guitar Hero - does adding a receiver add lag?

Does your receiver have an optical input? If so, you can use the HDMI->TV for video and Optical->Receiver for audio since the PS3 has both ports and these settings can be changed on the XMB. This is what I do so that I don't have lag in any games. You can recalibrate Guitar Hero and Rock Band, but you can't recalibrate any other PS3 games (ok, maybe you can do Rock Revolution, but you get my point).
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6/3/09 at 6:05am
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Re: Playing Guitar Hero - does adding a receiver add lag?

Thanks!
I may have to do that.
I was hoping to be able to use the PS3 to play some blu-rays on a high-def sound since i cant do that with optical
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6/6/09 at 6:56am
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Re: Playing Guitar Hero - does adding a receiver add lag?

Why can't you play blu-rays with 5.1 sound with optical?
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6/6/09 at 1:20pm
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Re: Playing Guitar Hero - does adding a receiver add lag?

I wouldn't think automatically that you're going to have lag just because someone on here posted that they do.

It really depends on what receiver and tv you are using.

I have a PS3 -> HDMI -> Denon AVR-2807 -> HDMI -> Optoma 70 Front projector, and have zero lag. I have never needed to do any in game lag calibration and it works perfectly.

-Jeff Cooper

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6/7/09 at 8:47pm
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Re: Playing Guitar Hero - does adding a receiver add lag?

I have lag as well; FWIW I have a Marantz SR8002, and a Pioneer KRP500A (not sure what the equivalent US model is, one of the 9th gen Elites obviously).

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Originally Posted by Morgan Jolley
Why can't you play blu-rays with 5.1 sound with optical?

You can play 5.1, but not 5.1 hi-def, which is what Ray was referring to. Hi def audio can only be transmitted via HDMI (or as six discrete analog signals), not via optical. If optical is the connector, you'd only get 'dumbed down' regular Dolby or DTS, not Dolby True HD nor DTS-MA.
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