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Two years ago John Carmack tweeted, "I can send an IP packet to Europe faster than I can send a pixel to the screen. How f'd up is that?" And if this weren't John Carmack, I'd file it under the interwebs being silly.
Not convinced? You aren't alone, but Carmack appeared when called out to defend this claim.
We looked further and found this informative article from AnandTech about input lag.
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(Score: 2) by nitehawk214 on Friday March 28 2014, @12:27PM
You seem to be making two separate arguments.
First, that direct controls are superior to the stupid OSD on screen controls. I fully agree with this. Even if the monitor makers could design a UI worth a damn, physcial controls are almost always superior. The only issue is that modern monitors have tons of settings that can be changed, so some sort of on-screen will almost always be necessary.
Secondly, and independently, you argue that analog displays are superior to digital. Do you even recall consumer-grade analog crt screens? Even brand new they were shit, and after a few years of heavy use they were ready for the scrapheap.
Arguing that your >$1000 professional super-display was superior is useless. Those high end analog displays are easily outmatched in size and quality by mid-range lcd displays of today. Spend >$1000 on a current screen and you get... well I don't know. I haven't had the need to spend more than 250 on a display in more than 10 years, and I haven't had to discard one in as long either.
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(Score: 2) by nitehawk214 on Friday March 28 2014, @12:29PM
Addendum: Actually I do know something you get on modern super expensive displays... lots of monitor controls! Just like in the old days you can have separate buttons for brightness, contrast, etc. Are physical buttons really that expensive?
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(Score: 1) by Boxzy on Friday March 28 2014, @04:08PM
The only place where I argue CRT was ever superior is input lag. In virtually every respect LCD's have exceeded a CRT. LCD's introduced a problem CRT's never suffered with except in a few minor edge cases. Personally I have never been too bothered by tiny amounts of lag until lip-sync becomes a problem.
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(Score: 1) by cybro on Sunday March 30 2014, @11:17PM
You forgot black levels.
(Score: 2) by Boxzy on Monday March 31 2014, @04:04AM
Sure, that would be one of those minor edge cases. Not everybody obsesses about how black is black. "I'll stop wearing black when they invent a darker colour!"
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