• Home
    • Recent
    • Calendar
    • Register
    • Login
    Iron Heart Forum
    Iron Heart Forum

    Iron Heart Fall/Winter 2025 Collection Preview - Now Live

    Anyone here play video games?

    Hobbies and Pastimes
    187
    1.9k
    575.6k
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • GilesG
      Giles
      IHUK Crew
      Joined:

      Thank you…

      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

      last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • F
        Flannel
        Joined:

        @Filthy

        You know way more about this stuff than I do, but would this be of any use to you?

        https://www.hdfury.com/product/4k-arcana-18gbps/

        I’m getting one so that my Sonos system will play nice with my sources.

        last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • AdamJA
          AdamJ
          IHUK Crew
          Joined:

          @Filthy Will the new generation consoles not have something similar to FreeSync or G-Sync that you currently get with AMD or nVidia graphics cards? Which stops sreen tearing etc at high frame and/or refresh rates

          The devil is in the detail..

          last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • Filthy2123ozjunkieF
            Filthy2123ozjunkie
            見習いボスー
            Joined:

            @Flannel thanks but my TV is already eArc compliant. I think it will work great now actually.

            @AdamJ yes they use the VRR as I have mentioned. But your TV or monitor will have to have a display port or HDMI 2.1 to take full advantage of VRR. The LG CX OLED does Freesync, Gsync and VRR. It's just the speed is 10 instead of 12 gbps per lane for the above stated reason. Now that I see the xbox specs I am satisfied. It will be pretty unusual for anything to use a full 12 bit signal. Maybe Dolby Vison will with HDR on. But if you look closely the xbox has DSC so it is a moot point anyway. So you still will be able to get true 4:4:4 chroma with compression.

            last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • Filthy2123ozjunkieF
              Filthy2123ozjunkie
              見習いボスー
              Joined:

              I was discussing my TV with one of the guys from HDTV Test and he pointed out that most TVS especially OLED ones have 10 bit native display panels. So pretty much any TV you can buy now that's not $40k can only display 10 bits. So full HDMI 2.1 bandwidth really isn't necessary. So far Dobly Vision 12 is the only 12 bit HDMI source.

              last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • N
                neversummer
                Raw and Unwashed
                Joined:

                @Filthy not related, but glad to see you back.

                last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • Filthy2123ozjunkieF
                  Filthy2123ozjunkie
                  見習いボスー
                  Joined:

                  @neversummer thanks man. I lurk sometimes. But I don't always posts because I don't have anything to say or I feel like garbage.

                  last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • Filthy2123ozjunkieF
                    Filthy2123ozjunkie
                    見習いボスー
                    Joined:

                    If you want to see something genuinely disturbing… check this out:

                    Usually games like this aren't my cup of tea but the Dungeons and Dragons aspect of this is fascinating to me because I never had any friends to play it with. I had a few manuals and game books because I thought the art was cool in them. But I never had the rules to try and figure out how to play. This was in the early 80s before the internet...

                    last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • neph93N
                      neph93
                      見習いボス
                      Joined:

                      Icky @Filthy, very icky. But pretty cool… I like the way they integrate the rule set and dice rolling. Looks promising.

                      «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                      We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

                      • Dame Vera Lynn
                      last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • Filthy2123ozjunkieF
                        Filthy2123ozjunkie
                        見習いボスー
                        Joined:

                        Yeah I was expecting the brain to come alive and spout legs and tendrils. The narration is very unsettling too.

                        last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • neph93N
                          neph93
                          見習いボス
                          Joined:

                          Did you ever play Dragon Age? There was some pretty grim stuff in that too…

                          «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                          We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

                          • Dame Vera Lynn
                          last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                          • Filthy2123ozjunkieF
                            Filthy2123ozjunkie
                            見習いボスー
                            Joined:

                            @neph93:

                            Did you ever play Dragon Age? There was some pretty grim stuff in that too…

                            I played one of them. Wasn't my cup of tea. The Bethesda RPGs kind of ruined games like that for me. Oblivion was a high water mark for high fantasy RPGs in my humble opinion.

                            last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                            • neph93N
                              neph93
                              見習いボス
                              Joined:

                              Agreed on both counts @Filthy I played them before Skyrim and haven’t touched them since that came out. There is a story line in Dragon Age: Origins that has implied and actual screen gore/torture that really turned my stomach.

                              «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                              We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

                              • Dame Vera Lynn
                              last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                              • SeulS
                                Seul
                                Joined:

                                Just… watch it.

                                last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                • dinobarnesberlinD
                                  dinobarnesberlin
                                  啓蒙家
                                  Joined:

                                  This looks promising – weird thing is, during this whole VID duration ive been playing way less than I used to.
                                  If the end quality matches up with this I would give it a try.

                                  last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                  • Filthy2123ozjunkieF
                                    Filthy2123ozjunkie
                                    見習いボスー
                                    Joined:

                                    Black Myth looks so cool. But I just hope it isn't relegated to being one of those super difficult Demon Souls-like games.

                                    Here's Digital Trends' review of my TV I was talking about in case you are wondering. I think Caleb gets a few things wrong in the review, like the C9 does have Gsync but it doesn't have Freesync. And he mentions black crush, but I haven't noticed it because I use the TV exclusively in Instant Game Response mode with the OLED light to 100 and contrast to 100. So, the image is always bright and vibrant. I could go into a lot more things but it's probably not worth it.

                                    The only thing I don't like about the TV is it smells funny sometimes (like a hair perm maybe) and how shiny the screen is. It reflects almost any light source.

                                    last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                    • SeulS
                                      Seul
                                      Joined:

                                      TONY HAWK PRO SKATER 1 + 2 REMASTERED - glowing reviews on Kotaku and IGN so I ordered it. Delivered tomorrow at work, so I can't wait to start playing it on Sunday…

                                      https://kotaku.com/tony-hawks-pro-skater-1-2-the-kotaku-review-1844937925

                                      last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                      • Filthy2123ozjunkieF
                                        Filthy2123ozjunkie
                                        見習いボスー
                                        Joined:

                                        In case you were wondering, Star Wars Squadrons is really great. The graphics are amazing and the controls are fantastic. They did a great job with how the ships control in zero G and you get to play as the Empire or the Rebels and can (somewhat) customize your character and ship. Also there is VR on Playstation and PC.

                                        I haven't purchased a Star Wars game since KOTOR 2 so this is pretty monumental to have such a good single-player Star Wars game. It doesn't appear to be full of microtransactions and other garbage.i highly recommend it.

                                        last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                        • ColeC
                                          Cole
                                          啓蒙家
                                          Joined:

                                          Looks promising so far.

                                          Gesendet von meinem VOG-L29 mit Tapatalk

                                          WTB:
                                          IHJ-96-OLV Size L
                                          IHE-13

                                          last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                          • Filthy2123ozjunkieF
                                            Filthy2123ozjunkie
                                            見習いボスー
                                            Joined:

                                            Nice. Have fun! I am am playing on Xbox. I got this version so I can upgrade to Series  X when that comes out.

                                            last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                            • First post
                                              Last post
                                            Copyright Iron Heart 2025.