[sjm]

CRTs are still unmatched for gaming. Aside from input lag, they don't degrade low resolutions the same way that LCDs do. For the longest time I stuck with a 19" flatscreen 4:3 CRT that did 170Hz at 800x600, an absolute beast. As a kid I'd lug it around to QuakeWorld and Counter-Strike LAN tournaments.

I've gone through a bunch of high refresh rate LCDs since, but nothing has matched the perfect hand-eye sync of a CRT running at high FPS and high refresh rate with a 1000 Hz mouse, zooming around dm3 in a complete state of flow.

[rightbyte]

You kinda forget how low latency feels like until you relive it and thinks 'oh ye this is how it should feel like'. Like the reaponsiveness of a PS/2 keyboard.

[_carbyau_]

I'd append: with the reflexes of youth.

Seriously, I'm just throwing a ball with my kid and I notice that shit now.