What kind of screen do you play on?

Dell 23 inch monitor I bought bundled with my previous computer and a Acer 19.5 inch that I bought to tide me over after the 22 inch Hanspree before that died.

For TV I have a 30 inch(?) Insignia(?). I didn't buy it for myself so I forget the details. 1080p and no input lag though.
 
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Is input lag as widespread a problem as some people make it out to be? I'm sure it exists on some, presumably cheap, televisions but I play a lot of racing games, many of which run at 60fps, and I think that'd be one of the gaming genres where input lag would be most apparent yet I can't say I've ever noticed a problem with any LCD set I've ever tried, and my 10-year old Toshiba was hardly state-of-the-art even when it was new.

Even for cheap televisions, I've played games on a 19" RCA that was a sub-$100 television at Walmart and, as far as I can discern, there's no noticeable input lag on that one either. The picture also looks brighter than on my old Toshiba but that's because it's nearly a decade more recent and has much more even illumination from the LEDs behind the LCD screen.
 
LazarusOwenhart said:
@Nazi vegeta yes it's an LED. Does true black as well. Very nice for games and films.
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Nice. Could you give me the precise model, I wanna check it out, thanks.

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Is input lag as widespread a problem as some people make it out to be? I'm sure it exists on some, presumably cheap, televisions but I play a lot of racing games, many of which run at 60fps, and I think that'd be one of the gaming genres where input lag would be most apparent yet I can't say I've ever noticed a problem with any LCD set I've ever tried, and my 10-year old Toshiba was hardly state-of-the-art even when it was new.

Even for cheap televisions, I've played games on a 19" RCA that was a sub-$100 television at Walmart and, as far as I can discern, there's no noticeable input lag on that one either. The picture also looks brighter than on my old Toshiba but that's because it's nearly a decade more recent and has much more even illumination from the LEDs behind the LCD screen.
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It depends on what you deem as acceptable.
For me anything over 25 ms is not optimal.
For reference: 20ms is a frame in delay, if you play at 60 fps.

Many people I see are fine even with 30-40.
I tried playing a street fighter4 once with a tv that had 40 and I just couldnt do it.
From what Ive seen, many modern mid-high range tvs are in the 30 ms range.
 
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24" ViewSonic 1080P

Relatively cheap, good refresh rate and reaction time, looks fine to me. The only issue I have is it might be a bit too dim for high light environments (balcony office during sunny weather).
 
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sasazuka said:
Is input lag as widespread a problem as some people make it out to be? I'm sure it exists on some, presumably cheap, televisions but I play a lot of racing games, many of which run at 60fps, and I think that'd be one of the gaming genres where input lag would be most apparent yet I can't say I've ever noticed a problem with any LCD set I've ever tried, and my 10-year old Toshiba was hardly state-of-the-art even when it was new.

Even for cheap televisions, I've played games on a 19" RCA that was a sub-$100 television at Walmart and, as far as I can discern, there's no noticeable input lag on that one either. The picture also looks brighter than on my old Toshiba but that's because it's nearly a decade more recent and has much more even illumination from the LEDs behind the LCD screen.
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Things like input lag are only ever an issue for people like top flight starcraft players who have to get three or four clicks a second in to win. The sort of people who bitch about input lag and refresh rates for racing and FPS games are the kind of people who want to self justify spending thousands of pounds on shiny equipment that won't actually make them better players. My general use PC monitor when I'm not gaming on my TV is a 32' 720p LCD made by Mirai and its getting on for 14 years old. Still fine.
 
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I use some shitty generic sale tv from wal mart and a dell office monitor from probably ten years ago.
 
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HIVidaBoheme said:
1080 60" sony led
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could you give me the model? thank you.

LazarusOwenhart said:
Things like input lag are only ever an issue for people like top flight starcraft players who have to get three or four clicks a second in to win. The sort of people who bitch about input lag and refresh rates for racing and FPS games are the kind of people who want to self justify spending thousands of pounds on shiny equipment that won't actually make them better players. My general use PC monitor when I'm not gaming on my TV is a 32' 720p LCD made by Mirai and its getting on for 14 years old. Still fine.
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If you play games that require precise inputs at certain times, lowest possible input lag is mandatory.
it's mostly fighting games and shooters. Doing tight links is street fighter for example, becomes almost impossible, if your input lag is over a certain treshold.
 
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could you give me the model? thank you.
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Samsung SyncMaster series 5 TB550

All games look so nice in it.:)

EDIT: sorry, had an autistic slip, it's this one:

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inb4 the :powerlevel: no i don't live in Florida lol
 
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If you're a PC gamer, I'm using a MSI optix g24c 144hz curved VA panel with freesync. Games look & run phenomenal, especially DOOM 2016.
 
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