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Input Devices / Re: Microsoft Trackball Explorer vs Kensington Expert vs Elecom HUGE.
« Last post by YALE70 on Wed, 26 November 2025, 11:31:30 »I have two older Logitech trackballs with the old 300 DPI sensor (Marble FX and LCOT).
Those sensors are pretty horrendous with modern systems, IMO. You're basically forced to crank the pointer speed in order to get some semblance of responsiveness on a modern display and even then, the sensor is so slow that your cursor will stall if you swipe the ball too quickly.
It's even worse on the LCOT because the polling rate over the old 27 MHz RF wireless is less than 60 Hz, so the jitter is just absolutely terrible. I can't believe Logitech sold that thing well into the 2010s without a single hardware update.
Sucks because the shape of those trackballs are absolutely brilliant. I'd shell out for one if Logitech ever decided to update them.
Those sensors are pretty horrendous with modern systems, IMO. You're basically forced to crank the pointer speed in order to get some semblance of responsiveness on a modern display and even then, the sensor is so slow that your cursor will stall if you swipe the ball too quickly.
It's even worse on the LCOT because the polling rate over the old 27 MHz RF wireless is less than 60 Hz, so the jitter is just absolutely terrible. I can't believe Logitech sold that thing well into the 2010s without a single hardware update.
Sucks because the shape of those trackballs are absolutely brilliant. I'd shell out for one if Logitech ever decided to update them.
