Actually, the opposite is true. Older TVs' electron beam was basically wired directly to the analog inputs coming from the signal source -- in this case, the console. And the inputs from the source were driven directly by the code, so if the code thinks that it is displaying "frame X", the TV would indeed be displaying "frame X".
Modern TVs have to run everything through a labyrinth of analog/digital converters, and every one of those causes small delays.
Actually, the opposite is true. Older TVs' electron beam was basically wired directly to the analog inputs coming from the signal source -- in this case, the console. And the inputs from the source were driven directly by the code, so if the code thinks that it is displaying "frame X", the TV would indeed be displaying "frame X".
Modern TVs have to run everything through a labyrinth of analog/digital converters, and every one of those causes small delays.
thank you, I legit couldnt remember... Those old CRTs were fantastically built machines...
...I'll never forgive my future mother-in-law for leaving a high-def one in Hock...