Re: Maxent @ Costco?



phil-news-nospam@xxxxxxxx wrote:
On 26 Aug 2007 23:07:10 GMT cjdaytonjrnospam@xxxxxxx wrote:
| phil-news-nospam@xxxxxxxx wrote:
|> On 26 Aug 2007 20:19:39 GMT cjdaytonjrnospam@xxxxxxx wrote:
|>
|> | One reason it is cheaper is because it is a Maxent. They may
|> | be decent, but never the less, they are an off brand. Also,
|> | it is a monitor, therefore, no digital tuner. Generally
|> | speaking, plasmas aren't good for video games.
|>
|> As one who doesn't play video games anymore (I quit way back when the
|> only video games available were in arcades), I'm curious why plasma is
|> not good for video games. When I have looked at plasma TVs in the
|> stores, I did not like what I saw, but did not try to analyze why, but
|> I am thinking it is the flicker that was bothering me, just as it does
|> on CRT unless I crank the vertical refresh rate way up.
|
| The refresh rate is often too slow for video games.

As in the flicker? Or are you talking about processing latency?

If we are talking the same nomenclature, processing latency,
although some of what I have read say plasma is better for gaming.
Maybe the technology has changed since I last looked into it.

Chip

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