Part of it is that modern screens have a much bigger latency than CRTs did. Largely I don't think it really matters. My desktop and phone feel very very responsive, Its only websites that are visibly slow to me. And most of that is waiting on the server. I click a link or submit a form and I have to wait seconds for the page to load where as with a local program its instant.
I keep hearing this come up. Do you have a modern citation for this with modern monitors, say made within the last 5 years?
It seems to be a constantly repeated myth or something of no consequence. (one article I read said LCDs have 2 ms higher latency than CRTs, which I would count as of no consequence)
The 3y old 4k Samsung TV in the living room can't be pushed below 50 to 60ms of latency, even with processing minimized, and compared to an audio signal NOT routed through it (the TV's line out obviously compensates for that, but is only stereo).
Back in 2011/2012, when I got Rock Smith, I used a dslr camera to determine the latency of my LCD compared to my old CRT. Just took a snap of a ms counter racing up on both screens (mirrored). Can't recall the exact difference, but definitely much more than 2ms. I measured because I noticed it during gameplay; I'm pretty sensitive to delayed video/audio, but not 2ms sensitive - that's one beat off at 30.000bpm. You can use that technique to check for yourself with a more modern display.
Yep, as a Dance Dance Revolution player, flat screens were pretty unusable from 2000 (at least for PS2 games) until recently because of lag even on settings that "minimize" it on upscale.
Similar issue for emulation: for the SNES games on the Wii emulator, the game was much harder because you have to adjust for noticeable lag between your presses and the response. I also saw that on the Virgin in-flight Pac-Man: with their emulator, you have lag that makes the game harder. I was able to get a lot farther on the first try by playing on a classic machine.
I specifically asked about monitors. TVs have a huge amount of latency and post processing that’s only recently gotten better. Computer monitors, on the other hand, have long since been very fast.
I ask for evidence because I’m not the one presenting the claim and suspect it’s no longer true.
