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Are you getting the most out of your home gaming experience?

If you’re like a lot of Americans, video games play an important role in your daily recreation time. According to statistics from Industry Facts, posted by Metra Home Theater, more than 150 million Americans play video games, with sixty per cent of Americans playing video games daily.

According to the Metra Home Theater post, the biggest challenge for gamers is quality –performance vs. bandwidth. Gamers want to fully experience the complexities of the game’s world, and invest in high quality game systems; unfortunately, they don’t always realize that their home technology system – including hardware – may not be up to par for their top shelf game systems.

Basically, if you don’t have the right hardware and home technology, the best gaming system in the world is not going to give you the all-encompassing experience you want.

More TVs and gaming consoles have made the leap to 4K and Ultra HD, which is good news for all viewers, especially gamers. By offering higher resolution images, gamers are able to immerse themselves in the world of the game. Developers are working to meet the expectations of 4K gamers, with computer graphics now rendered in high-dynamic-range rendering (HDRR or HDR rendering), according to Metra Home Theater. Also known as “high-dynamic-range lighting,” it allows details that could have been lost with limiting contrast ratios. By increasing the number of colors per pixel, they can improve the quality of the realistic picture for a superior playing experience.

But equipment connectivity levels can present problems for gamers using systems like Xbox One X and the Sony PlayStation 4Pro. Because of bandwidth limitations, gamers have to limit display options. Gamers with standard bandwidth basics have to choose between game performance quality and the ability to transmit and show the signal. Their overall experience will be limited in quality, definition, and speed.

But there is a solution. New high-end HDMI cables can support 4K video content. New connectivity options can support the expanded bandwidth gamers need for the ultimate game experience.

To learn more about how your home theater can improve to give you the ultimate gaming experience, call us at Jackson Hole AV. We’d love to discuss the possibilities.