6th February 2017, 3:57 PM
Irrelevant things are relevant to the discussion at hand, so go for it.
My previous TV was a 1080 widescreen that worked pretty well, except it wasn't aligned very well. Numerous attempts to get it replaced and/or fixed just couldn't get it aligned right. Also, due to how the internals were set up, there were some latency issues. 32 inches also ultimately proved to be too small for a number of more recent releases that love them some tiny text. I'm using a LCD screen my friend loaned me right now, but it's got even worse latency and the sound goes out every now and then (especially, oddly enough, when I try to play virtual console games on the Wii U). I'm considering picking up a new one that's really made for gaming. At this point, I have to start considering 4K I suppose, so it'll likely be an expensive purchase to get a 4K TV with especially low latency. I'll also need to make sure it does a "dumb" integer scaling for the old 2K resolutions, to make the image crisp and as low latency as possible considering that extra upscaling step. Plasma is going away at this rate, due to LED backlit LCD screens coming onto the scene.
My current phone is a Nexus 6. I love that thing. Stock android or bust I say. I'm getting ready to upgrade to a Pixel though. My contract is up next month which will finally free me up to switch providers, and Google's Project Fi is very tempting (I got full Fi coverage here now). Frankly, if the Pixel is durable enough and has an easily replaceable battery, I really don't think I'll need to upgrade for a good long while. Cell phones are pretty much "good enough" at this point, and anyone with a recent phone shouldn't have any issues with response times or being able to run software without any slowdown issues. Fact is, cell phone games aren't pushing any boundaries, sticking with ol' reliable 2D, so that's not really pushing any desire to get a new phone either.
My previous TV was a 1080 widescreen that worked pretty well, except it wasn't aligned very well. Numerous attempts to get it replaced and/or fixed just couldn't get it aligned right. Also, due to how the internals were set up, there were some latency issues. 32 inches also ultimately proved to be too small for a number of more recent releases that love them some tiny text. I'm using a LCD screen my friend loaned me right now, but it's got even worse latency and the sound goes out every now and then (especially, oddly enough, when I try to play virtual console games on the Wii U). I'm considering picking up a new one that's really made for gaming. At this point, I have to start considering 4K I suppose, so it'll likely be an expensive purchase to get a 4K TV with especially low latency. I'll also need to make sure it does a "dumb" integer scaling for the old 2K resolutions, to make the image crisp and as low latency as possible considering that extra upscaling step. Plasma is going away at this rate, due to LED backlit LCD screens coming onto the scene.
My current phone is a Nexus 6. I love that thing. Stock android or bust I say. I'm getting ready to upgrade to a Pixel though. My contract is up next month which will finally free me up to switch providers, and Google's Project Fi is very tempting (I got full Fi coverage here now). Frankly, if the Pixel is durable enough and has an easily replaceable battery, I really don't think I'll need to upgrade for a good long while. Cell phones are pretty much "good enough" at this point, and anyone with a recent phone shouldn't have any issues with response times or being able to run software without any slowdown issues. Fact is, cell phone games aren't pushing any boundaries, sticking with ol' reliable 2D, so that's not really pushing any desire to get a new phone either.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)