This brand new Pyle LCD HDTV may be great for watching TV or DVDs, but its analog to digital conversion produces a very noticeable latency (lag) on the video, which renders classic video games nearly unplayable due to the delay between when something happens and when it actually shows up on the screen. You can compare the "lag" of the Pyle TV with a classic original 1983 Amdek Color-I monitor placed underneath it, showing the correct undelayed video. This lag (which averages about 1/10th of a second) is due to the TV de-interlacing the analog video and upscaling it to HDTV resolution. A *non-HDTV* flat-panel TV (known as "EDTV" or "480P") will have much less lag because it doesn't need to do any upscaling, and a CRT picture tube TV will have no lag at all, even if it has a "480i" digital TV tuner built-in. Aside from the latency problems, this Pyle TV has very poor picture quality when using the composite video input. Even with its "3D digital comb filter" enabled, any text or sharp edges on the screen are laced with large amounts of mulicolored blur. In fact, the display is less sharp and crisp than the 26-year-old Amdek monitor, which has *no* comb filter and a large dot pitch CRT -- not to mention that the Amdek is tremendously brighter and more vivid, and has a much better sounding built-in speaker. The moral of the story: only use a new digital HDTV for playing video games if you are using a modern game console through a digital HDMI connection, in which case the ...
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Saturday, October 6, 2012
HDTV + classic video game = intolerable lag! (Amdek Color-I FTW!)
HDTV + classic video game = intolerable lag! (Amdek Color-I FTW!) Tube. Duration : 7.60 Mins.
This brand new Pyle LCD HDTV may be great for watching TV or DVDs, but its analog to digital conversion produces a very noticeable latency (lag) on the video, which renders classic video games nearly unplayable due to the delay between when something happens and when it actually shows up on the screen. You can compare the "lag" of the Pyle TV with a classic original 1983 Amdek Color-I monitor placed underneath it, showing the correct undelayed video. This lag (which averages about 1/10th of a second) is due to the TV de-interlacing the analog video and upscaling it to HDTV resolution. A *non-HDTV* flat-panel TV (known as "EDTV" or "480P") will have much less lag because it doesn't need to do any upscaling, and a CRT picture tube TV will have no lag at all, even if it has a "480i" digital TV tuner built-in. Aside from the latency problems, this Pyle TV has very poor picture quality when using the composite video input. Even with its "3D digital comb filter" enabled, any text or sharp edges on the screen are laced with large amounts of mulicolored blur. In fact, the display is less sharp and crisp than the 26-year-old Amdek monitor, which has *no* comb filter and a large dot pitch CRT -- not to mention that the Amdek is tremendously brighter and more vivid, and has a much better sounding built-in speaker. The moral of the story: only use a new digital HDTV for playing video games if you are using a modern game console through a digital HDMI connection, in which case the ...
This brand new Pyle LCD HDTV may be great for watching TV or DVDs, but its analog to digital conversion produces a very noticeable latency (lag) on the video, which renders classic video games nearly unplayable due to the delay between when something happens and when it actually shows up on the screen. You can compare the "lag" of the Pyle TV with a classic original 1983 Amdek Color-I monitor placed underneath it, showing the correct undelayed video. This lag (which averages about 1/10th of a second) is due to the TV de-interlacing the analog video and upscaling it to HDTV resolution. A *non-HDTV* flat-panel TV (known as "EDTV" or "480P") will have much less lag because it doesn't need to do any upscaling, and a CRT picture tube TV will have no lag at all, even if it has a "480i" digital TV tuner built-in. Aside from the latency problems, this Pyle TV has very poor picture quality when using the composite video input. Even with its "3D digital comb filter" enabled, any text or sharp edges on the screen are laced with large amounts of mulicolored blur. In fact, the display is less sharp and crisp than the 26-year-old Amdek monitor, which has *no* comb filter and a large dot pitch CRT -- not to mention that the Amdek is tremendously brighter and more vivid, and has a much better sounding built-in speaker. The moral of the story: only use a new digital HDTV for playing video games if you are using a modern game console through a digital HDMI connection, in which case the ...
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Classic Game Room HD - SEGA SATURN STUNNER Light Gun review
Classic Game Room HD - SEGA SATURN STUNNER Light Gun review Video Clips. Duration : 4.02 Mins.
Watch in High Definition! Classic Game Room HD reviews the SEGA SATURN STUNNER Light Gun for the Sega Saturn to play shooting games like Virtua Cop 1 and 2. This bright orange, plus sized plastic fire arm is a joy to aim at your CRT television and fire away at bad guys. Virtua blast gangsters with the Sega Stunner, which is very affordable to collect now for your Sega Saturn. This accessory is plugged into the controller port and has a reasonably high build quality. Many games like Virtua Cop can be played with 2 Sega Stunners. Classic Game Room HD uses this Sega Stunner light gun for its video game reviews of shooting games and light gun arcade games on Sega Saturn. This plastic light gun may not work with newer televisions like plasma screens and LCD high definition monitors and tvs. It does not work with front or rear projection screens. You want an older tv to play light gun games. Classic Game Room HD reviews Sega Saturn hardware like the Sega Stunner! That's stunning!
Watch in High Definition! Classic Game Room HD reviews the SEGA SATURN STUNNER Light Gun for the Sega Saturn to play shooting games like Virtua Cop 1 and 2. This bright orange, plus sized plastic fire arm is a joy to aim at your CRT television and fire away at bad guys. Virtua blast gangsters with the Sega Stunner, which is very affordable to collect now for your Sega Saturn. This accessory is plugged into the controller port and has a reasonably high build quality. Many games like Virtua Cop can be played with 2 Sega Stunners. Classic Game Room HD uses this Sega Stunner light gun for its video game reviews of shooting games and light gun arcade games on Sega Saturn. This plastic light gun may not work with newer televisions like plasma screens and LCD high definition monitors and tvs. It does not work with front or rear projection screens. You want an older tv to play light gun games. Classic Game Room HD reviews Sega Saturn hardware like the Sega Stunner! That's stunning!
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