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Screen flickering when playing games

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The Nvidia 30 series cards saw similar problems with black screens and blown-out pictures with the LG CX series that weren’t solved until LG released a firmware update.

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More than likely, it’s an issue with EDID or an issue with the TV’s use of VRR. The cause of the flickering, corrupted image and signal loss on Xbox Series X hasn’t been explained in depth. Until Microsoft and the various TV and monitor makers work out the kinks, players are bound to run into hardware incompatibilities. Unfortunately, if this issue occurs, Xbox Series X owners will likely have to do without with VRR. There are several steps a player can take that might fix the problems with flickering, corrupted image, and signal loss: Microsoft has confirmed that the Xbox Series X|S may face issues when connected to any HDMI 2.1 TV or monitor at 4K/120Hz with VRR active. All the cases we’ve seen so far were when the system was connected to a Samsung TV or monitor. The key similarity between players reporting flickering, tearing, and signal loss on the Xbox Series X dashboard is that they have VRR active.