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    Default HDTV and Online Gaming Lag

    I just bought a brand new 32' LCD HDTV from Best Buy. The pictures great and it plays my games fine, but when I play online theres noticable lag. For instance, when shooting a gun in Halo 2 or even jumping, the shooting and jumping action are both delayed by atleast a half second. My tv set is in
    720p and Halo 2 plays in 480p, like most xbox and PS2 games. My question: is there anything I can do to play my xbox 1 games online without them lagging? I heard that the 360 upconverts xbox 1 games but I don't have a 360 yet so I need an xbox 1 solution.
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    If it only happens during online gameplay, perhaps you have a slow internet connection causing the problem? Comcast and Timewarner are doing some nasty "packet shaping", which is port capping in a nutshell.

    We're talking about 90Kbit like caps...

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    HDTV lag and internet lag are two separate things entirely. I thought you were describing HDTV lag at first, but if it only happens online, then perhaps your internet connection is the problem. Do the games play fine offline?
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    Quote Originally Posted by SkiDragon View Post
    HDTV lag and internet lag are two separate things entirely. I thought you were describing HDTV lag at first, but if it only happens online, then perhaps your internet connection is the problem. Do the games play fine offline?
    It's not internet lag. I never had lag with my other tv that I just replaced with this new one. My old tv wasn't an hdtv or lcd--it was a 27 flat screen sdtv. My internet connection works better than fine and I can connect to anyone at any fast speeds. But since I put my new hdtv up I just started experiencing lag, but only online. Theres got to be a solution to this.
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    Quote Originally Posted by evildragon View Post
    If it only happens during online gameplay, perhaps you have a slow internet connection causing the problem? Comcast and Timewarner are doing some nasty "packet shaping", which is port capping in a nutshell.

    We're talking about 90Kbit like caps...
    Nope, it's not my internet connection. I've been on xbox live since 2005 and my 27 inch tv never had this probelm. It just started with my new 32 inch lcd hdtv and only happens online, not offline. So it's an online-hdtv-gaming problem. Now that this has been made alittle clearer, dose anyone have some helpful advise I could use?
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    The only thing I can think is that the online mode of the game may switch the console to a different resolution, but I doubt it.
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    If it's HDTV related, why would you only experience it online? Maybe it's happening off-line too, but you just don't notice it? Maybe?

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    Quote Originally Posted by isufje View Post
    If it's HDTV related, why would you only experience it online? Maybe it's happening off-line too, but you just don't notice it? Maybe?
    I played both online and offline to see if the problem was with both. Offline the game functions normally but online there is a delay from the time I push the buttom until the time my gun shoots or my player jumps. And this never happened online before, it just started with my new hdtv.
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    If it happens online, it's obviously a console thing, not the TV.

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    Quote Originally Posted by evildragon View Post
    If it happens online, it's obviously a console thing, not the TV.
    I thought you guys could help but apparently I was wrong. Google has a bunch of related articles on this topic. However, they all mainly focus on hdtv lag period--meaning the lag is noticable online and offline due to playing games at 480p and lower resolutions on tvs at 720p and higher resolutions. The reason I came here seeking knowledge is because my lag probelm only happens online, just started happening with my new hdtv(not my other tv I've been using on xbox live for the past 2 years), and has nothing to do with my internet connection speed. Knowing all this(I've stated it about every other line in this thread) no one still seems to understand and you are all keep saying maybe it's the same thing over and over again. I'm not trying to sound mean, but it's not an internet connection problem, it's not a console problem, it's not a basic lag problem; it's a problem that is stated right there in the title: when I go online with my new hdtv I experience a timing delay lag. Is there a way to get around this? Perhaps a device to upconvert 480p games to 720p resolution to play porperly on an hdtv?
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    Then just set it to the old resolution that the old TV used.

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    Heres an article for you guys to read:http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=614017. It will help you better understand the problem. However, you'll notice they don't even mention online lag--just normal lag. And online lag is the problem I need to get resolved.
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    I know what your saying, I'm designing a game console myself.

    But, if the HDTV issue is about resolution, set the resolution never to go above 480 lines. Problem solved.

    The issue can't be the TV itself, it doesn't make sense.

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    Im sorry but this problem doesnt seem to make any sense to me. If you get no lag in offline mode but then you get lag in online mode then it is either your internet connection or a resolution change from single to multiplayer gaming. I highly doubt that the resolution changes from single to online multiplayer. Have your tried hoking your old tv back up just to try?

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    Quote Originally Posted by RyanMurf View Post
    Im sorry but this problem doesnt seem to make any sense to me. If you get no lag in offline mode but then you get lag in online mode then it is either your internet connection or a resolution change from single to multiplayer gaming. I highly doubt that the resolution changes from single to online multiplayer. Have your tried hoking your old tv back up just to try?
    Yup and my old tv still works find both on and offline. My hdtv still lags online.
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    Quote Originally Posted by evildragon View Post
    I know what your saying, I'm designing a game console myself.

    But, if the HDTV issue is about resolution, set the resolution never to go above 480 lines. Problem solved.

    The issue can't be the TV itself, it doesn't make sense.
    My tv doesn't have any option on it to switch resolutions on the fly. It's a 720p tv but it also supports 480p, 480i, 720p and 1080i resolutions.
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    Quote Originally Posted by The 1 2 P View Post
    My tv doesn't have any option on it to switch resolutions on the fly. It's a 720p tv but it also supports 480p, 480i, 720p and 1080i resolutions.
    I'm talking about ON THE XBOX. This is obviously an xbox problem.

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    Quote Originally Posted by evildragon View Post
    I'm talking about ON THE XBOX. This is obviously an xbox problem.
    I couldn't find any option to change resolutions in the xbox menus. It only lets you change tv formats: either standard, letterbox or wide screen. Unless I'm missing something.
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    Quote Originally Posted by The 1 2 P View Post
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    720p and Halo 2 plays in 480p
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    It's a 720p tv but it also supports 480p, 480i, 720p and 1080i resolutions.
    When you say supports 480p, do you mean it displays 480p natively or upscales 480p to 720p?

    Can you give me the make and model of you HDTV just incase your not sure? I'd like to help, but I gotta know what HDTV you have so I can check out the specs.

    I don't believe there should be any lag if your TV's resolution is set at 480p and Halo 2 outputs at 480p. Change your TV to 480p if you haven't already done so.

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    WAIT a minute, I thought this was a 360, hold on, I'll get a pic of the menu you need.
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