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'Now that is immersion': the muzzle flash of Resident Evil 9 Requiem's titular gun is so bright it's apparently causing one player's OLED TV to restart

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Muzzle flash from Requiem gun seemingly causes LG OLED TV to turn off

Reddit user r/yorgo 332 posted the video to the r/LGOLED Reddit forum

One Resident Evil 9: Requiem player is experiencing a bizarre issue when playing the game: every time they fire the Requiem gun, their LG C1 OLED TV restarts.

Reddit user u/yorgo 332 posted the curious occurrence to the r/LGOLED Reddit page, which you can check out below:

Here's one for you guys, my C1 restarts whenever i shoot the requiem, what the actual F from r/LGOLED

Now, that is what we call immersion.... but seriously, this shouldn't be happening. The LG C1 is the 2021 model in LG's long-running C-series OLED range, which have been some of the best TVs for years now. This is not an issue you'd expect to come across.

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The Requiem weapon in Resident Evil 9 is a big, powerful revolver, and when it's fired it emits a bright muzzle flash and a big punchy sound — but that shouldn't cause the TV to restart.

It's not entirely obvious what's causing this issue. Perhaps the set is unable to handle the power needed to handle the sudden bright flash, or maybe there’s some other bug in the processing that's triggered by the gun.

Other users in the thread speculate a power supply issue, while some even suspect an audio issue caused by the loud sound of the gun firing. Other users have suggested adjusting brightness as a way to try and resolve the issue. Either way, there's no clear sign of what's leading to this odd event.

There seems to be no resolution to the story yet, but we'll be keeping an eye on it to see what happens!

We rated Resident Evil Requiem, the ninth mainline entry in the long-running horror franchise, four stars out of five in our review calling it "a blast" (which now sounds like an unintended pun), praising its visuals and action-packed gameplay, but feeling a little disappointed by the latter half of the game's story after an excellent start.

As for LG's latest OLEDs, our LG G6 review will be live soon, and we're hoping to get the LG C6, the 2026 successor to the aforementioned LG C1, in for testing soon.

We've reached out to LG for comment on this and if we hear back, we'll be sure to update this article.

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James is the TV Hardware Staff Writer at Tech Radar. Before joining the team, he worked at a major UK based AV retailer selling TV and audio equipment, where he was either telling customers the difference between OLED and QLED or being wowed by watching a PS5 run on the LG 65G2. When not writing about the latest TV tech, James can be found gaming, reading, watching rugby or coming up with another idea for a novel.

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