Game Test FFXIV: New 77" OLED TV

I am not an influencer, I am not sponsored by anyone and didn't receive any discount or compensation. This is solely my opinion from a gamer's perspective.

I got an LG - 77" Class C3 Series OLED evo 4K UHD Smart webOS TV delivered yesterday, and have been screwing around trying to get the best performance out of it from various input sources.

From Rtings:

Its very low input lag makes it a gamer's dream, as your inputs are translated almost instantaneously to the screen, and its superb response time makes it a great choice for any fans of fast-moving content, be it sports or games, as action stays clear and crisp throughout.

They rate it a 9.4/10 for gaming, very promising.

I mainly play MMOs, so that was naturally the first thing I tried. PS5 plays very nicely with this TV and supports native 4k. That allowed me to change my in-game settings from scaled-up 4k to real 4k.

The TV has a specific menu just for gaming

That you can bring up.

Using the RPG preset deepened the shadows and low-mid tones in a way I liked right out of the box.

The character models look fantastic. The graphics upgrades introduced in Dawntrail really shine. The skill buttons however, not so much so. The older art looked blurry compared to the high quality of the newer assets.

FFXIV is also a decade old, so this isn't any kind of a surprise or a criticism really, just an observation.

The servers were extremely laggy today, even rubberbanding during Alliance Raid roulette. I'll need to revisit to make a final judgement on performance, but so far, so good.