SF59,
You're talking about .031 of a second difference, correct? 3/100ths of a second?
I guess if it was something besides JUST a gaming monitor, you'd have a point. But it's a full functioning television, designed with processing to upconvert and process all sorts of picture signals.
Okay, a step backwards? Not if improved picture quality costs .031 seconds. This year, we're introducing a new technology that makes SD content look better, and that's probably the result. But "Broken"?
This poster, only a few posts down sums it up:
<i>But, I will say this: I think some people (very few) ARE sensitive to 'input lag'. For them it's a legitimate concern. For the other 99% of gamers, it's not a big deal.<b> It's just something to obsess about on the AVS forums. </i> </b>
--HDTech
Here's a post for the techs at Samsung to look at.
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=16149068#post16149068
Now they DID get the unlocking of pq controls right in the new models, but why oh why is there even MORE input lag than the previous models? Isn't the goal to IMPROVE things like this rather than take a step backwards?
One thing gets fixed, while another gets broken. Makes absolutely no sense to me whatsoever.

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