Many people nowadays are looking for the best display imaginable. This is especially true in the gaming world. More PC and console gamers are starting to look at bigger screens for a lifelike feel and life size characters. Gamers are looking more towards projectors for their solution, but there is some things that need to be looked at before purchasing a projector for gaming. The typical fields you need to look at are contrast ratio, resolution, and lumen output. These are fields that everyone, gamer or not, should look at. The lag time of a projector is the time it takes for the images to travel from the input source to the screen. All projectors have a lag time, although it is not always visible. This specification is one of the most important fields that customers need to look for when purchasing a gaming projector. The lag time can slow down the speed of the game and can cause players to even make mistakes that they wouldn’t usually make when using a TV or computer screen. This lag time is more often able to be seen when used with online games. The network lag created from online play combined with a projector’s lag time can create a very stressful and unpleasant gaming session.

[via The Projector Blog]

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