Luna Display wired experience?

[kirbyrun]

Does anyone here have any experience using a Luna Display to use a 27" iMac as a display in wired mode? I've seen comments that the Luna can introduce lag, but I'm wondering if it's used in its wired configuration if it's better than wireless?

 

[jwhazel]

I have experience with this. What wired mode does is simply uses the Ethernet channel over thunderbolt. So it’s just like what you would expect if you‘re connecting a computer to the internet using wired vs Wi-Fi. That is, lag isn’t eliminated, but it’s usually more consistent since there is typically less signal degradation and interference from the environment. If you have a really good Wi-Fi setup, the difference in either case isn’t very noticeable.

The lag introduced from Luna is due to the fact it has to compress a fairly complex video stream on one machine while also having to decompress it in on another and do it all in real-time. They’ve done some truly impressive work to pull this off, but at the end of the day it will never be quite like a direct connection/target display mode.

 

[kirbyrun]

I have experience with this. What wired mode does is simply uses the Ethernet channel over thunderbolt. So it’s just like what you would expect if you‘re connecting a computer to the internet using wired vs Wi-Fi. That is, lag isn’t eliminated, but it’s usually more consistent since there is typically less signal degradation and interference from the environment. If you have a really good Wi-Fi setup, the difference in either case isn’t very noticeable.

The lag introduced from Luna is due to the fact it has to compress a fairly complex video stream on one machine while also having to decompress it in on another and do it all in real-time. They’ve done some truly impressive work to pull this off, but at the end of the day it will never be quite like a direct connection/target display mode.

Thanks so much for your input!