Unfortunately, Fatality (or whatever his name is) likely found that 120Hz doesn't mean 120 frames of actual input source per second. The latest 120Hz TV's at least do better than inserting a black frame in between each real frame (which only is supposed to help the LCD response rate, not perceived framerate), and that is that they interpolate between frames. This is said to make things look smoother with more clarity, but it doesn't always work right. If movement is so fast that the system can't make what it thinks is an acceptable in-between frame, it just repeats the last frame.
Anyway it's not really giving you the extra time resolution. Bottom line, it's fake and has more to do with the blur from low response rate LCDs.
The fastest LCD's, like the Samsung 226BW (2 ms gray to gray) are TN panels, which means they have poor color/gamma/contrast off axis. The better looking ones that are acceptable at +/- 60+ degrees off axis (which is what you want for displays being viewed by multiple people) are slower, in the 8-25ms range. Oh and off topic, but all 22" LCD's are only 6-bit, so you get just ~250K colors rather than the 8-bit 16+million. SO they all have problems of some sort:)
you're missing a key point -- input lag means you move, but on screen you don't see it until later. I have a 70" xbr2 sony LCoS that has something like 50-60ms input lag through HDMI, and about twice that through component. It's unacceptable for first-person shooters. In Windows, you can move the mouse back and forth very quickly, and if you do it fast enough, you end up being on the right side of your mouse pad when the mouse pointer is on the left of the screen, and vice versa when you move to the other side. It's really annoying!
I have a Dell LCD at work that has a tiny bit of input lag, when compared to the CRT next to it. At home I recently got a Samsung 226BW that seems to have no input lag (there's probably soom, but they've done a great job at making it something I don't notice). All models are different, so you have to depend on reviews.
I'm paying for TW's 10mbit "turbo" service, which runs about $75/mo with a cable plan ($90 without). I have not been capped, and I do typically suck down usenet binaries most nights for 6-8 hours at close to 10mbit, so about 25 gigs or so every other day. I feel that if I see lower rates, it should be solely because of network utilization. And if they are coming close to 70-80% utilization, I expect the provider to upgrade their capacity. I expect full 10mbit all the time. With the expectation of future services like IPTV, those providers know better than to sit on their hands regarding their capacity. It is not the concern for me that it once was.
If an ISP were to categorize behavior as acceptable and unacceptable, I would like to know in advance what was what -- is it ok to download headers from all newsgroups 24/7 (I hope not)? is downloading and serving using torrents acceptable (even though all you have to do is go to the newsgroups, lamer, so what if it costs a little bit of money)?
I have been very satisfied with my experience with Time Warner Austin, especially the level of attention I've received from their management. I was actually called after writing an email about concern over their lack of HD content compared to the satellite companies, with my only reservation with switching being the contract that they require. TW told me about their future plans for switched cable and higher bandwidth for TV. We'll see what happens in a year, but it looks to me like they are on the ball. However, I also leaned that with Time Warner, their local affiliates have a lot of control over their own operations. YMMV..
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Unfortunately, Fatality (or whatever his name is) likely found that 120Hz doesn't mean 120 frames of actual input source per second. The latest 120Hz TV's at least do better than inserting a black frame in between each real frame (which only is supposed to help the LCD response rate, not perceived framerate), and that is that they interpolate between frames. This is said to make things look smoother with more clarity, but it doesn't always work right. If movement is so fast that the system can't make what it thinks is an acceptable in-between frame, it just repeats the last frame. Anyway it's not really giving you the extra time resolution. Bottom line, it's fake and has more to do with the blur from low response rate LCDs. The fastest LCD's, like the Samsung 226BW (2 ms gray to gray) are TN panels, which means they have poor color/gamma/contrast off axis. The better looking ones that are acceptable at +/- 60+ degrees off axis (which is what you want for displays being viewed by multiple people) are slower, in the 8-25ms range. Oh and off topic, but all 22" LCD's are only 6-bit, so you get just ~250K colors rather than the 8-bit 16+million. SO they all have problems of some sort :)
you're missing a key point -- input lag means you move, but on screen you don't see it until later. I have a 70" xbr2 sony LCoS that has something like 50-60ms input lag through HDMI, and about twice that through component. It's unacceptable for first-person shooters. In Windows, you can move the mouse back and forth very quickly, and if you do it fast enough, you end up being on the right side of your mouse pad when the mouse pointer is on the left of the screen, and vice versa when you move to the other side. It's really annoying! I have a Dell LCD at work that has a tiny bit of input lag, when compared to the CRT next to it. At home I recently got a Samsung 226BW that seems to have no input lag (there's probably soom, but they've done a great job at making it something I don't notice). All models are different, so you have to depend on reviews.
I'm paying for TW's 10mbit "turbo" service, which runs about $75/mo with a cable plan ($90 without). I have not been capped, and I do typically suck down usenet binaries most nights for 6-8 hours at close to 10mbit, so about 25 gigs or so every other day. I feel that if I see lower rates, it should be solely because of network utilization. And if they are coming close to 70-80% utilization, I expect the provider to upgrade their capacity. I expect full 10mbit all the time. With the expectation of future services like IPTV, those providers know better than to sit on their hands regarding their capacity. It is not the concern for me that it once was. If an ISP were to categorize behavior as acceptable and unacceptable, I would like to know in advance what was what -- is it ok to download headers from all newsgroups 24/7 (I hope not)? is downloading and serving using torrents acceptable (even though all you have to do is go to the newsgroups, lamer, so what if it costs a little bit of money)? I have been very satisfied with my experience with Time Warner Austin, especially the level of attention I've received from their management. I was actually called after writing an email about concern over their lack of HD content compared to the satellite companies, with my only reservation with switching being the contract that they require. TW told me about their future plans for switched cable and higher bandwidth for TV. We'll see what happens in a year, but it looks to me like they are on the ball. However, I also leaned that with Time Warner, their local affiliates have a lot of control over their own operations. YMMV..
multiplayer wasn't available back then...