Plasmas run the risk of burn-in though, eh? As much as I do love Assassin's Creed, for example, I'd hate to be looking at Altair's ghostly life bar any time I try and watch a movie. :P

I recently upgraded my primary TV and decided it was time to step into the HDTV era and away from my old dinosaur CRT. I decided to pick up the 40" Sony Bravia S5100 (1080p, 60hz) after getting a ridiculously good price match sale from Best Buy.

Upon bringing it home and setting it up, my first instinct was to play some Rock Band 2 in my new HD goodness, but something didn't feel quite right. After reading a few different methods online and taking about an hour and a half to try a few different things, I think I've got it calibrated pretty accurately to account for the video and audio lag that my new tv is suffering (on my old crt I just kept both settings to 0ms.)

After a bit of trial and error, I've got it set to the following:

audio offset: +90ms
video offset: +25ms.

Seems to do the trick for Rock Band, I'm able to play most everything I'd been able to play on my old set comfortably, without any incredibly distracting or obvious lag or error (though I could probably get even more OCD on it, fluctuate either offset by a few ms in either direction, til I have it absolutely, positively perfect. As it stands now though, it'd take being VERY discriminatory to scrutinize it any further.)

If you've read this far, I appreciate your diligence! It's about to pay off, as my main question is this:

Will the lag and offset that I'm experiencing through Rock Band translate to the rest of my XBox 360 games as well? Rock Band has the option to offset the lag (which is great), but for something like Gears of War 2 or Call of Duty 4, games that take very quick reflexes and reaction timing, is the lag between what I'm seeing on screen and what I'm doing on my controller going to put me at a disadvantage?

Even at most the video lag I've experienced in Rock Band is 25ms - 30ms, which is only a fraction of a second at best. Still, I can't help but wonder, in the world of 2-piecing and headshots, if that fraction of a second isn't going to be the difference between me dominating or getting dominated. :P

Any ideas, opinions, or credible information is GREATLY appreciated. :)

Bump... more opinions needed, hehe. :)

I found the drumming in GH:WT to be challenging. so GH:WT IMOorb_03_2006

Being a drummer for 33 yrs, I personally HATE playing the drum parts on both RB & GH. I'm so use to playing songs and adding my own thing here and there that to have to follow the game and hit it they way they want you too just drives me nuts. I'm not saying that I drown a song in fills constantly, but anyone who plays REAL instruments knows what i'm talking about. I mainly only play the guitar or bass when I play RB & GH. In fact, I'm not even sure where my drum controller is?

barilli71

As a drummer and musician in "real life" without an active band, not to mention I live in a quiet apartment complex, I'm looking for a way to sate my desire to rock out on a drum set. Enter the newest generation of rhythm games! The only problem I'm having is deciding which fake-band-plastic-instrument game to drop nearly $200 (!) on. I've read many arguments for both, but I'm looking for answers on the drum kit itself and which game is more 'realistic' and fun for drummers particularly (better kit, note charts, durability, drummer-geared songs, etc.) I'm also very interested in getting online and rocking out with other faux-rockstars. Bonus points to whichever game has better downloadable song content.

p.s. if you vote 'other', please indicate which 'other' game you're referring to! :)

Ah, well that's easy enough. Thanks for the heads up.

A second question: After this season is over, do the rosters continue to update going into next season, or will I inevitably have to upgrade to NBA 2K10? (I think the likely answer to this one is a little more obvious, lol) :P