LCD or CRT?

[ZDamned]

If you want to put it that way, then Yes, get a large High Def CRT, and you have the makings of a perfect Tournament platform.

 

[Ruko]

Thanx for correcting me on that one Jaxel. Forgive me, I'm no technical guru.

The question I've asked on my first post is more for personal preference.

Here's another question regarding to offline tournies:

What about if you were to host offline tournies? If online wouldn't be considered highly competitive cuz of latency then wouldn't it be best to let players play on CRT's despite the fact that these beasts take up space?

I suppose CRT would be ideal, but im not aware of any delay with plasma and newer LCD's have 2-3ms delay which should(i dont know but maybe someoen else does) be ok for fighters. I dont know anything about older DLP screens or the new Laser DLP's coming out so more research would be needed on those.

If you plan to host tournies in your home go with a good Plasma IMO, But if space is not an issue HD CRT could work too. I dont know much about HDCRT's but if they are 720P, 768P or 1080i/P its worth it but if they are like the 42" Plasmas and only 1024x768 i would stay away from them. Thats just my personal opinion though, I only like square pixels.

 

[Jaxel]

With most HDTVs, as long as you disable any post-processing and upscaling, you shouldn't have much lag. Many TVs have "game mode" options to disable most post-processing. However, your best bet to avoid upscaling lag is to use HDMI as much as possible.

 

[ProfJamesJoynt]

I use a 19" LCD TV for my tiny bedroom I play in. I don't really notice input lag when playing on 360. It has a 5ms response time which is supposed to be good. I remember hearing that anything at about 85 ms or so response time is good for fighters. I also use HDMI which helps it seems.

Also not to brag not SCIV looks great at 1080i :)

 

[KoshTheKoala]

You mean "It is very unlikely that you will experience burn in on your new CRT or Plasma screen".

But really it doesnt matter, unless you plan to leave your monitor/tv on 24/7 displaying something like PC post screen, you probably wont ever experience burn in.

Or, for example, playing SC4 and having your life bars burnt in to your screen.