AveryCloseCall
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Well, I've spent about six hours trying to choose a gaming TV that'll fit in my entertainment center here in the US. Only a 46" or smaller 47" will fill the space nicely, otherwise all I'm looking for is low input lag 1080P. Good luck figuring that out!
Input lag is really important, but hard to notice unless you're playing a rhythm game like Rock Band. You see, 110MS of input lag means you are a tenth of a second slower doing EVERYTHING. Boom, headshot.
You see, I bought a gaming projector (Panasonic PT-AX 200U) years ago and it's amazing. In game mode it only has 13MS of input lag and it was super-easy to find a projector custom made for gaming at a great price. You'd think you could do the same for a TV, right? Wrong.
Sadly, I can't really help out yet. There seems to be some consensus that lower-end Panasonic Plasma TVs in the GT series are pretty quick, and that the Sharp Aquos ones are pretty fast, but it's really hard to tell. All the info out there is old, or hearsay. This forum is about the best place to find lag info, but it's pretty hard to digest all the work individuals have done to test input lag.
Here's my advice to anyone who wants to test audio or video lag: simply use a Rock Band 3 guitar controller - it has a calibration device built right in. No need for high speed photography.
In the meantime, if there is a subject matter expert out there who can simply advise me, great! I'd love for someone to say "Avery, buy the _______ TV, it's got 19MS video input lag and is otherwise a great TV!"
Input lag is really important, but hard to notice unless you're playing a rhythm game like Rock Band. You see, 110MS of input lag means you are a tenth of a second slower doing EVERYTHING. Boom, headshot.
You see, I bought a gaming projector (Panasonic PT-AX 200U) years ago and it's amazing. In game mode it only has 13MS of input lag and it was super-easy to find a projector custom made for gaming at a great price. You'd think you could do the same for a TV, right? Wrong.
Sadly, I can't really help out yet. There seems to be some consensus that lower-end Panasonic Plasma TVs in the GT series are pretty quick, and that the Sharp Aquos ones are pretty fast, but it's really hard to tell. All the info out there is old, or hearsay. This forum is about the best place to find lag info, but it's pretty hard to digest all the work individuals have done to test input lag.
Here's my advice to anyone who wants to test audio or video lag: simply use a Rock Band 3 guitar controller - it has a calibration device built right in. No need for high speed photography.
In the meantime, if there is a subject matter expert out there who can simply advise me, great! I'd love for someone to say "Avery, buy the _______ TV, it's got 19MS video input lag and is otherwise a great TV!"