Comment by fouronnes3

3 days ago

This does not undermine chamomeal's argument. The whole point is that back in the N64 days, they could not possibly have had that experience. There was no way to even make it happen. The fact that today it's a real possibility when you've done nothing obviously wrong is a definite failure.

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edwcross  3 days ago

TVs back then supported a given standard (NTSC, PAL) and a lower resolution. CRTs couldn't "buffer" the image. Several aspects made it so that "cheating" was not possible.

It was either fast, or nothing. Image quality suffered, but speed was not a parameter.

With LCDs, lag became a trade-off parameter. Technology enabled something to become worse, so economically it was bound to happen.