Stepmania and LCD monitors?

Agent J · Trick Member Joined: 29 Feb 2004 Location: Dimension X

I searched the forums to see if anyone had already asked a similar question here, but I can't find much relevant information. If someone did see a thread about this before, feel free to point it out to me. Now, with that out of the way, I'm very seriously considering buying an LCD monitor. I think my old CRT is slowly dying on me, and it's big and bulky so it's a pain when I want to go to a LAN party. I'm considering this LCD. It has an 8 ms response time, which is generally considered to be a good rate for games. However, timing is a major factor in Stepmania, and any sort of delay could make for a frustrating experience. Anyone here have any experience playing Stepmania on an LCD of any kind? Thanks in advance!

Synaesthesia · Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 1:15 am Post subject:

Can it be assumed that the LCD screen of a laptop is not subject to such lag as you have described?
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Agent J · Trick Member Joined: 29 Feb 2004 Location: Dimension X

You know, that was something that I was thinking about while I was writing the message. Before I posted it, I tried to find out if laptop LCDs were any different from desktop LCDs. I had no success whatsoever there, though. However, I've never heard anyone complaining about lag on a laptop. So I would guess that they aren't subject to the problem like you said, or at least, it's a very minor issue on laptops. I'm guessing from what you posted that you've played Stepmania on a laptop and had no problems with it?

Synaesthesia · Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 7:18 pm Post subject:

Yeah, I only play it on a laptop and I've never noticed a problem with lag at all. :\
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[TCO] Patrick · Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 9:09 pm Post subject:

Im using an LCD desktop screen with 12ms response time, and its more than fine. Im sure 8ms will just make it all the faster.
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Agent J · Trick Member Joined: 29 Feb 2004 Location: Dimension X