LCD or CRT?

[Jaxel]

I use a 19" LCD TV for my tiny bedroom I play in. I don't really notice input lag when playing on 360. It has a 5ms response time which is supposed to be good. I remember hearing that anything at about 85 ms or so response time is good for fighters. I also use HDMI which helps it seems.

Also not to brag not SCIV looks great at 1080i :)

Response time is not the same thing as Input lag time... Response time is basically, how long it takes a lcd crystal to go from white, to black and back to white again. LCDs with bad response times end up having a weird effect called "ghosting"... where you see image trails because the LCD isnt refreshing fast enough to keep up.

Absolutely nothing to do with input lag.

 

[Ruko]

Or, for example, playing SC4 and having your life bars burnt in to your screen.

It wont happen, unless you sit there and play SC4 match 24/7. Well im wrong it could happen but its going to take a long time.

Response time is not the same thing as Input lag time... Response time is basically, how long it takes a lcd crystal to go from white, to black and back to white again. LCDs with bad response times end up having a weird effect called "ghosting"... where you see image trails because the LCD isnt refreshing fast enough to keep up.

Absolutely nothing to do with input lag.

Ive allways thought they were agaisnt LCD's because of the delay. Why do people allways complain about LCD's? I mean if you arent using any sort of hardware/software scaling there should be no lag at all. I dont understand why the gaming community is so anti HDTV's and LCD.

 

[harlekein]

Burn in on plasma is an old problem which has been solved in the current generations. I bought a Panasonic 42" plasma 2 years ago. If there would have been burn in issues I would have the hud of GTA IV burnt in. Or the network logo for all the Lost episodes I downloaded and watched on this TV.

Once I forgot to turn my TV off before I left the house. It was displaying the PS3 XMB for 14 hours or so. (PS3 dims after a while, but it's still visible.) When I turned off the TV I still saw the ghost image, but the next morning it was gone.

 

[jkoch]

Burn in on plasma is an old problem which has been solved in the current generations. I bought a Panasonic 42" plasma 2 years ago. If there would have been burn in issues I would have the hud of GTA IV burnt in. Or the network logo for all the Lost episodes I downloaded and watched on this TV.

Once I forgot to turn my TV off before I left the house. It was displaying the PS3 XMB for 14 hours or so. (PS3 dims after a while, but it's still visible.) When I turned off the TV I still saw the ghost image, but the next morning it was gone.

I also bought the 42" Panasonic plasma about two years ago, and I love it. I've never had a problem with image retention. Maybe things have changed since then, but when I bought it LCDs didn't even come close to plasmas in black levels. It also does SDTV really well, which was a bigger deal back then when there weren't as many HD stations. I think my next TV will be a plasma too.

 

[harlekein]

The model I got is a TH-42PV60. 8ms response time, I believe. I don't know if they make 'm any faster nowadays.