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Playing UHD DVD on PS5 but VRR locks TV in Game Mode

carlito000 — Sun, 18 Dec 2022 12:39:35 GMT

Have a XR77A80J and use a PS5 to watch UHD Blu Rays. When VRR is enabled it locks the HDMI input to game mode. It’s quite inconvenient to have to disable VRR before watching any film

Surely the TV/PS5 could detect that a DVD is playing and reenable all picture modes? Or even a quick VRR toggle one button press shortcut would do as a workaround.

Re: Playing UHD DVD on PS5 but VRR locks TV in Game Mode

Piscie — Wed, 21 Dec 2022 15:06:53 GMT

@carlito000, this is because of the ALLM feature, the TV automatically switches to game mode until the ALLM is disabled. So you need to disable ALLM from the PS settings to sort this out (settings - screen & video - video output - ALLM ). Also I came across this article: https://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/support/televisions-projectors/articles/00277404

Re: Playing UHD DVD on PS5 but VRR locks TV in Game Mode

carlito000 — Wed, 21 Dec 2022 18:45:46 GMT

Thanks for the reply. Sadly ALLM is already “off” in PS5 settings and the issue persists. It’s almost as if the TV is hardcoded to be locked to game mode on HDMI4 when VRR is enabled on that input.

Re: Playing UHD DVD on PS5 but VRR locks TV in Game Mode

Piscie — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 16:43:17 GMT

@carlito000, even with ALLM set to off, you need to change the Picture Mode on the TV to something other than the game mode. Also make sure to enhance the HDMI formats ( settings - channels & inputs - external inputs - HDMI signal format)