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Originally Posted by kimcicle  Lag isn't induced due to the type of display, but by the fact that almost all televisions lack internal scalars that are processing the input and outputting it another way.
HDTVs have what's called a "native resolution" and "accepted resolutions." The TV will do everything in its power to display whatever is on screen at its native resolution, so when you give it a resolution that isn't its native resolution, it has to redraw the frame to match.
Let's say you have a nice and shiny 1080p native HDTV. Any input from a Playstation 2 will be 480i (and in some very rare cases, 480p). The TV gets this signal and then has to process the image into a 1080p image, then displays it on your screen. Since -good- scalars are expensive to install, all companies cut this corner by putting in a scalar that "just works". Most instances you won't notice it, but once you put any timing based game on the spotlight, you'll see the lag. |
Well you do have a point there.
Guess the main culprit is still coming from the PS2 sending an interlaced signal to a TV that will only output a progressive signal.
Still, I do believe that plasma may have a better chance than LCD.......given the fact that it doesn't suffer much from any juddering which means that plasma will still have faster response times and will not suffer from symptoms like Sample-and-Hold.
Even in modern LCDs, most people (esp. if you're one of those AV geeks from AVS forums) would notice motion problems even while watching sports (like football or basketball).
Granted, I still believe that if worse comes to worse, plasma would still have more probable chance of suffering less of these problems when compared to LCD (except for that 'special' AQUOS TV from Sharp).
Of course, you could still go for OLED TV from Sony..........................but who the hell would even want to play on a TV that is just at a puny 11 inches.
You'll have to wait till after 2010 for bigger screen sizes.
