'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

That's one powerful weapon

09 Apr 2026, 11:25 by https://www.techradar.com/uk/author/james-davidson · TechRadar

News By James Davidson published 9 April 2026

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Muzzle flash from Requiem gun seemingly causes LG OLED TV to turn off
Reddit user r/yorgo332 posted the video to the r/LGOLED Reddit forum
There's no obvious cause for the issue

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/yorgo332 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!

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