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I was looking at the 50" TCL C635 and absolutely love it. Thinking of using it with a Series X.
Some questions:
* Is there any point or advantage to using Game Master? I don't care about low latency, VRR or any of that stuff, since I do mostly single player and mostly all the games are 60fps anyway.
* Should YCC 422 be on? Why would I want to keep it on anyway? To reduce colour banding? To have clearer whites? Not sure why it's there for someone using a 4K display capable of HDR10 and HDMI 2.1.
* I've kept ALLM on in the Xbox settings but not VRR as I want to use the TV's motion interpolation features to speed up fps in games like flight simulator (it runs at 30fps on the Series consoles). Any disadvantage to doing this? I don't care about lag. Sure, it's there but almost negligible.
* If games are already locked at 60 or 30fps and have no performance drops or tearing as they are all optimised for SX or run just fine, why would I even want to use VRR? It doesn't seem to get rid of the stutters in flight simulator for example, whether I run it in game mode or use frame acceleration/interpolation to boost it to 60fps.
* What is the best picture mode for gaming, in your opinion? I tend to use Game, which is what I used for tweaking my display via the xbox calibration app and then the HDR app. Great results but I do feel Vivid, Sports, and PC also offer their own unique advantages.
* Do I need to set the bit depth to 12-bit? I kind of obsess over colour banding/gradation as I got this TV especially to break free from color banding issues for good! I understand that even if you set the bit depth to 8bit, HDR games will automatically switch to 10 bit. So, any advantage to using 12-bit?
* I understand that DV uses 12-bit but no game natively supports that as yet. I don't use the TV for movies, just games - and I do not use DV as I didn't like it, Things looked blown out and oversaturated. I could see lots of gradation/colour banding. Just didn't like it. Maybe I need to revisit the HDR calibration app but that would throw off my settings for HDR10 which I've tweaked to perfection almost.
* Any advantage to using RGB Full color space? I noticed that it did not crush the blacks or overexpose the whites on this TV although in the xbox calib app where you see the white markers on both side of the spectrum, I could not see the blacks or white beyond that - perhaps, because I didn't bother re-calibrating my display after setting it to RGB full.
* This TV does only 1080p at 120hz.... well, I'm kinda disappointed but on the upside playing 30fps 4k games with 'frame acceleration' is great - it's all smooth and seamless as if they are running at 60fps... dream come true!
* Which one of the ports is 2.1 on this TV? It doesn't say on the back. I first tried port 3 (eARC), then tried port 1, and even tried port 2 I think. Didn't seem to make any difference at all. I'm assuming all three are?
* If I set the Xbox to anything other then uncompressed stereo, I get lag from the TV's speakers or the headset I connect using the headphone jack. So, I can't use Dolby Atmos for HT with the TV speakers, DTS or DD. Also, if I pair up BT earbuds with the TV, the lag is horrible. It's a second or longer I think.
* Any advantage to enabling CEC on both the console and TV? I read somewhere that it allows the TV and console to communicate properly and use features more effectively - but I don't need that auto power on/ shut off stuff... Ever.
* All in all, excellent TV for the money I think - if you fine people have some tips to help me get the most out of it for gaming, please feel free to share
Some questions:
* Is there any point or advantage to using Game Master? I don't care about low latency, VRR or any of that stuff, since I do mostly single player and mostly all the games are 60fps anyway.
* Should YCC 422 be on? Why would I want to keep it on anyway? To reduce colour banding? To have clearer whites? Not sure why it's there for someone using a 4K display capable of HDR10 and HDMI 2.1.
* I've kept ALLM on in the Xbox settings but not VRR as I want to use the TV's motion interpolation features to speed up fps in games like flight simulator (it runs at 30fps on the Series consoles). Any disadvantage to doing this? I don't care about lag. Sure, it's there but almost negligible.
* If games are already locked at 60 or 30fps and have no performance drops or tearing as they are all optimised for SX or run just fine, why would I even want to use VRR? It doesn't seem to get rid of the stutters in flight simulator for example, whether I run it in game mode or use frame acceleration/interpolation to boost it to 60fps.
* What is the best picture mode for gaming, in your opinion? I tend to use Game, which is what I used for tweaking my display via the xbox calibration app and then the HDR app. Great results but I do feel Vivid, Sports, and PC also offer their own unique advantages.
* Do I need to set the bit depth to 12-bit? I kind of obsess over colour banding/gradation as I got this TV especially to break free from color banding issues for good! I understand that even if you set the bit depth to 8bit, HDR games will automatically switch to 10 bit. So, any advantage to using 12-bit?
* I understand that DV uses 12-bit but no game natively supports that as yet. I don't use the TV for movies, just games - and I do not use DV as I didn't like it, Things looked blown out and oversaturated. I could see lots of gradation/colour banding. Just didn't like it. Maybe I need to revisit the HDR calibration app but that would throw off my settings for HDR10 which I've tweaked to perfection almost.
* Any advantage to using RGB Full color space? I noticed that it did not crush the blacks or overexpose the whites on this TV although in the xbox calib app where you see the white markers on both side of the spectrum, I could not see the blacks or white beyond that - perhaps, because I didn't bother re-calibrating my display after setting it to RGB full.
* This TV does only 1080p at 120hz.... well, I'm kinda disappointed but on the upside playing 30fps 4k games with 'frame acceleration' is great - it's all smooth and seamless as if they are running at 60fps... dream come true!
* Which one of the ports is 2.1 on this TV? It doesn't say on the back. I first tried port 3 (eARC), then tried port 1, and even tried port 2 I think. Didn't seem to make any difference at all. I'm assuming all three are?
* If I set the Xbox to anything other then uncompressed stereo, I get lag from the TV's speakers or the headset I connect using the headphone jack. So, I can't use Dolby Atmos for HT with the TV speakers, DTS or DD. Also, if I pair up BT earbuds with the TV, the lag is horrible. It's a second or longer I think.
* Any advantage to enabling CEC on both the console and TV? I read somewhere that it allows the TV and console to communicate properly and use features more effectively - but I don't need that auto power on/ shut off stuff... Ever.
* All in all, excellent TV for the money I think - if you fine people have some tips to help me get the most out of it for gaming, please feel free to share
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) getting out. Perhaps superglue could solve it but could also quite easily damage it more, so should be avoided.
