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40ms is not low latency. It's good for Bluetooth, but it's not low. Low latency, as usable for rhythm games or music, is more like 10ms.


My TV already has higher latency than that and I manage on Rock Band just fine - anything that depends on A/V synchronization is generally aware of latency being a problem and has knobs for the users to adjust for it.

That being said, waiting multiple frames for video playback to start while audio buffers fill and transmit is a shitty experience - so it’s always good to reduce it.




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