ok so ive been flying dji for about two years now and honestly the video quality is great but im getting into freestyle and a lot of the pilots i watch are still running analog setups and i keep hearing about latency advantages and i guess im confused about what the actual tradeoff is in

like i know analog is obviously lower quality visually but when people talk about the latency on dji being a problem is that actually noticeable when you're flying or is it more of a placebo thing where people just think they feel a difference because they read it on a forum

also my current setup is the dji o3 with the goggles 2 and i love the clarity but the system has crashed on me twice mid flight which is frustrating. running a 500mw vtx on the quad. not sure if thats relevant

anyway not trying to start a format war just genuinely curious if someone whos flown both extensively can weigh in

flew dji v1 and v2 for a while then switched to an analog setup with the skyzone 04x and honestly yeah you do notice something when you switch back. whether thats actual latency or just the different feel of the goggle optics i cant say for sure. the 04x with a good receiver and a decent vtx feels snappier to me but im also aware im probably biased at this point

what i will say is the range and penetration argument for analog is real. went on a trip to a park with a lot of tree cover and my buddy on dji kept getting breakup way closer than i was on analog. that matters more to me than the resolution thing

for vtx i run the rush solo on most of my builds now, 400mw is more than enough for anything reasonable and the heat isnt as bad as the older units. the antenna choice matters way more than people realize too ? throwing a lollipop on there versus a stock antenna is a bigger difference than going from 200mw to 600mw in my experience

the crash thing mid flight with o3 is more concerning to me than any latency debate tbh. what frequency are you on and are you near any wifi interference? i had a similar issue and it turned out my vtx power setting was interfering with the air unit somehow, took me forever to figure out

also 500mw on a freestyle quad seems high, do you actually need that much power? most people run lower and save the heat and battery draw