This Video Output Info can be particularly useful if you’re trying to feed your PS5 through an intermediary audio device, such as a soundbar or an AV receiver, and on from that to your TV. This screen is handy for checking that your console and TV are talking to each other as you’d expect. This brings up a screen telling you what graphics capabilities the console thinks your TV is capable of handling, based on its ‘handshake’ with your TV’s HDMI port. In the System Software section of the PS5’s System menu, there’s an option called Video Output Information. So if you’re playing a less reaction-based title, such as an RPG, you may prefer the overall picture quality with Game mode turned off. Note that Game mode settings can reduce some aspects of picture quality with some TVs. Your TV might automatically switch into Game mode when the PS5 is detected, but if response times matter with the game you’re playing, you should check that it has. This can make as much as 100ms of difference, which could be a lifetime, literally, in gaming terms. Set your TV to Game modeĪlmost all TVs have a special Game mode setting that reduces the time a TV takes to produce its images. It’s certainly worth checking the settings on your TV for the HDMI that your PS5 is connected to. There are still some budget brands, though (Hisense, for instance) where you need to manually switch HDMIs from Standard to Enhanced in the TV’s menus. Most TVs now automatically switch their HDMI ports to so-called ‘enhanced’ modes for high data rates when a 4K HDR source is detected. Make sure your TV HDMI port is set up for high data rates If you really must use a different cable – because the official cable isn't long enough, for example – look for one that carries the official Ultra High Speed HDMI Cable certification that you can see in the image above. So you should stick with the HDMI cable provided with the PS5 where possible, as this is designed to carry all the data the console needs for its maximum performance. HDMI cables also vary in how much data they can carry. It’s not just HDMI sockets that need to be able to handle enough data to unlock all of the PS5’s features. (Image credit: HDMI Licensing Administrator, Inc) Make sure you use the right input on your TV Philips's OLED807 and Panasonic's LZ980 are both excellent options.įor more guidance here, check out our rundown of the best gaming TVs you can currently buy. Philips and Panasonic have also been selling TVs featuring two PS5-friendly HDMI sockets since 2021. Having been disappointingly slow out of the blocks, a number of Sony's 20 TVs, most notably the A80K, A90K and A95K OLEDs, do now support all of the PS5's best features via two HDMI ports. Samsung’s QLED models from 2020 and QLED and Neo QLED TVs for 2021 all have at least one or two HDMI ports that support all the PS5 features, while 2021 models from the Q95A series upwards and many more 2022 models (including the Q90A) carrying four PS5-friendly HDMIs For starters, all of LG’s OLED B2, C2, G2 and Z2 (plus older C- and G-series models) feature HDMI sockets (two in the case of the B2, four for all of the others) with full PS5 compatibility. We can get the ball rolling, though, with some sets we already know support all the latest gaming features. All you can do is try and trawl through a TV’s small print or detailed specs to see if 4K/120 and VRR are included. Even if a TV claims to be compatible with the latest 2.1 version of the HDMI input, that doesn’t guarantee 4K/120Hz or VRR compatibility. What’s more, there’s currently no easy labelling system to help you spot TVs that might be compatible with all of the latest gaming features.
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