crankypunk wrote:Hey guys,
Just had a question for everyone using these setups..
Anyone has had lag complaints during touneys ??
Here is the story..
I use the Hauppage Recorder with Componant cables that then go to a Componant to VGA box then to a powered VGA spliter because we use FACE TO FACE LCD Setup.
Some people started complaning about input lag so we switched the setup for testing .. we went from Hauppage directly to Componant LCD TV and it helped a little but still there was aparently Input lag ... now is this caused by the Hauppage or the TV itsefl ??
what you guys think ?
Thanks
What LCDs are you using? I use a Hauppauge for many events and no one ever complains -- Frame-Advantage.com uses it for their tournaments as well so it's not that. There is the slight chance it could be the VGA splitter but thats doubtful as well.
Look, thing is when people start losing they start blaming everything -- "the TVs lag, I cant find a comfortable spot for my joystick, it's too hot in here, the other guys elbow bumped me, my left nut hangs lower than my right nut". I've pretty much heard it all in the 8 years ive been going to tournaments now.
Yes there are some devices and certainly some TV's that do lag, but most if not all of the equipment listed in this thread has been tested and used at EVO and other major tournaments... so chances are it's not he hauppauge of rhte VGA splitter or any of that. Typically when it's a just bypass of the signal (like component calbes running through the hauppauge) it wont induce any lag. My understanding (I could be wrong) is there has to be some sort of conversion to induce lag, like converting a digital signal (hdmi) to analog (component/s-video/whatever).
Personally, I think playing on CRT is really the only way to avoid people blaming the TV for lag.I think a lot of players actually prefer CRT because then they dont have to worry about different timing of the game.
On a side note (rant), we are now playing in an age of lag. You play online and there is lag, you go to someones house and play on their TV there is lag, you go to a tournament and there is lag on the monitors. Players these days are just going to have to accept this and learn to adapt. This idea of adapting to bunk/unfamiliar equipment isnt something new though -- back in the day when people actually, you know, played at arcades there could be something wrong with the stick, or they played on japanese sticks and not american sticks, or the hight of the cabinent wasnt comfortable to them. The best players adapated and did what they could to not lose, the others just kept complaining.
ALRIGHT IM DONE, sorry for the long winded response.
