Ah, the technology that is at our fingertips now is beautiful. Huge T.V.'s that are only an inch thin, tablets and phones which will get you surfing on the web faster than a Hawaiian regular, and video games which disturbingly shatter the line of reality. But is it all working together? I believe that in at least one area of my knowledge, the answer is no.
This may be old news and observed before but it seems to me that my (Xbox 360) games function better on an archaic, cathode-ray tube T.V. than a flat-screen, state-of-the-art LCD T.V. How do I make such a preposterous suggestion? Well, I have both types, a 40", brand spanking new, 1080p, LCD, 120Hz T.V. in one room, and an old massive dinosaur 20" tuby in another room. Well, after playing on my tube T.V., the games on the bigger, and much more expensive 40" seem wooden and less responsive. (I have the opportunity to test both almost simultaneously because we have two 360's on both T.V.'s) The difference is small but when accuracy and precision is necessary, the tube T.V. wins every time hands down. Also, the controls seem laggy, and less interactive, like you're playing with a brick instead of a controller. The actions can be jerky and one finds themselves course-correcting more often than the fluid game-play on my tuby. Perhaps it's just the way they are and I will have to eventually let go of my nostalgia and tweak my playing for the future of flat-screens.
I may be criticized for a limited testing field of only my house. But I have tested my theory at friend's houses who also have LCD's and Tube's. I am correct every time. And don't even get me started on split screen, the lag is horrible and even though it is tangible on a tube as well, it is much less apparent. I also have all the equipment needed for such things that might also botch such an experiment like HD cables/internet connection/ etc. In a space vacuum of equal attributes, the Tube T.V. will always be the T.V. of choice for gaming in my opinion.
What are your thoughts? Agree? Disagree? I'd like to know. And so would the other millions of Wookies that I write on behalf of.
This may be old news and observed before but it seems to me that my (Xbox 360) games function better on an archaic, cathode-ray tube T.V. than a flat-screen, state-of-the-art LCD T.V. How do I make such a preposterous suggestion? Well, I have both types, a 40", brand spanking new, 1080p, LCD, 120Hz T.V. in one room, and an old massive dinosaur 20" tuby in another room. Well, after playing on my tube T.V., the games on the bigger, and much more expensive 40" seem wooden and less responsive. (I have the opportunity to test both almost simultaneously because we have two 360's on both T.V.'s) The difference is small but when accuracy and precision is necessary, the tube T.V. wins every time hands down. Also, the controls seem laggy, and less interactive, like you're playing with a brick instead of a controller. The actions can be jerky and one finds themselves course-correcting more often than the fluid game-play on my tuby. Perhaps it's just the way they are and I will have to eventually let go of my nostalgia and tweak my playing for the future of flat-screens.
I may be criticized for a limited testing field of only my house. But I have tested my theory at friend's houses who also have LCD's and Tube's. I am correct every time. And don't even get me started on split screen, the lag is horrible and even though it is tangible on a tube as well, it is much less apparent. I also have all the equipment needed for such things that might also botch such an experiment like HD cables/internet connection/ etc. In a space vacuum of equal attributes, the Tube T.V. will always be the T.V. of choice for gaming in my opinion.
What are your thoughts? Agree? Disagree? I'd like to know. And so would the other millions of Wookies that I write on behalf of.
