This is a common misconception.
Panel response time and input lag have almost no relationship, you can have a display with 2ms response and 50ms lag, or 20ms response and 5ms lag for instance.
And no, being called Wells Gardner doesn't guarantee 'arcade performance', you know, all remaining/dying arcade parts manufacturers and suppliers bought cheap frameless displays (made in China anyway) only to offer their customers an alternative, those are cheap TV's only frameless, with no stellar performance that has been proved in any way.
Oh and; price has nothing to do with lag. What 'top performers' are you talking about ? Samsung JU/JS series ? They're not.
Some TV's and monitors on the other hand have been thoroughly tried and tested by actual informed people who used tools and science to make sure of what they have, it's not just faith acquired reading casual advices within so-called competitive communities.
Check websites like hdtvtest.co.uk, avsforum, flatpanelshd, rtings.com, displaylag.com, even CNet test displays for lag, then monitors at tftcentral essentially, or prad.de (german but you can read the figures), or communities like hardforum and wecravegamestoo.
The TV's with the lowest lag ever measured were the Sony W series from 2013 and 2014, unfortunately those models have been discontinued and are now hard to find new, else used.
With a bit of chance you'll find some of the 2014 models new still lying around in old stock, but living in the USA you are at a disadvantage because fewer models were released over there, your best chance is to find either;
42W700B, 50W700B (sold in Canada, used to be available from Best Buy or NCIXUS)
50W800B, 55W800B
55W950B... it gets bigger
Some of those can be found used via Amazon US.
And beware if you see newer models ending in 'C' -> they're
not the same, all those have at least 32ms of lag.
The 42" one is the record holder with 14ms total display lag (actual
input lag about 6~8ms)
Fudoh here even wrote an excellent review of the 2013 equivalent:
http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=48662
An alternative would be one of the more common Vizio models that scored almost as low lag as the best 2013~2014 Sony's, check the reviews on Rtings and the requirements to take advantage of it:
http://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/by-tes ... /input-lag
The M43-C1 is relatively affordable and not too big.
Keep in mind the lag figures they're showing are the total lag, the actual input lag is always a bit lower with varying figures depending on various things.
Now of course you'd have to accept that you've probably read a lot of BS about displays on some other forums, the WG monitors
MAY be competent, but again there's no proof of that. Have people at least run some Leo Bodnar lag tests on some of those HD cabs and spare parts LCD's and then we'll talk.
Here I'm showing you actual information with real tests and figures that earned those displays recognition.
Over the years I've seen people enthusiastically fit the crappiest TV's in their VS or Bemani cab setups after reading some idiot saying 'yeah there's no lag at all trust me' on SRK or whatever place, only to find later those were actually displays with way over 1 or 2 frames of delay if not more.
If you take tournament gaming seriously you'll want to buy a PC monitor anyway, many, many 27" have easily about 1/2 a frame of delay if not less, as well as a few select 32".
Check here:
http://wecravegamestoo.com/forums/monit ... ssage.html
Faith or science: your choice (your money).
