Let's talk TV's
TheShaun
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In the market for a new TV. Pretty sure I'll be going the LCD route, and 40-42 size. What I'm insure of is the Hz refresh thing. I know fast is good, if you watch fast sports, movies, etc. That said, I watch lots of auto racing, hockey, and tennis. Do I need to go with the 240hz or will the 120hz suffice?
Think I'm leaning towards a Sharp or LG. There is currently an LG 42" on sale for $999 at Best Buy. It's a little more pricey than I'd like, but I think I'm in love.
Of course this purchase will incur additional costs, digital cable, pvr, etc.
Any TV recommendations and/or comments on the 120 vs 240 appreciated.
Think I'm leaning towards a Sharp or LG. There is currently an LG 42" on sale for $999 at Best Buy. It's a little more pricey than I'd like, but I think I'm in love.
Of course this purchase will incur additional costs, digital cable, pvr, etc.
Any TV recommendations and/or comments on the 120 vs 240 appreciated.
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Tube TVs would literally strobe the picture 60x a second and cause eye strain but it worked
LCD and Plasmas don't RE-Draw the entire image each time, they just have the ABILITY to change color 60/120/240/600 times a second. If a color isn't changing (like in a football score) the TVs pixels don't change at all, only when there is motion.
NOW, here's where it get's tricky and where math is involved.
Camera that record right now only RECORD in 60hz.. (or some movies actually record in 24hz for a dramatic effect) So essentially if you have a 120hz screen all the TV is essentially doing is redrawing each image twice to give your brain a chance to contemplate what is going on making the picture seem fuller, but the source is still at 60hz. NOW, some manufacturers (read:Samsung) like to ADD to the 120hz or 240hz by a formula to take Image 1 and Image 2 and meld them together to make a NEW image and totally create a completely fabricated image but that fills in more to give the allusion of more data and a more fluid picture. Unfortunately to do this in slow moving objects is easy, but you get a lot of "Judder" or pixelation when the TV gets it wrong for fast moving action... (Again, this is an EXTRA feature and you can turn it off if you don't like it, but Samsung's still have very good TVs with that "True Motion Plus" turned off)
Some Tvs do a FAKE 240hz and some TVs do 240hz with that "Motion Plus" and there is more chance to get it wrong
the FAKE 240hz is where the tv will be 120hz and then Strobe a black or white screen every third image. This creates the illusion of 240hz for your brain is good at completing the motion it sees, but when it sees the stark white or black screen it knows to shut off the part of the brain that "Finishes" the motion thus the whole movie/show looks more stark and fast because it's eseentially refreshing your brain and making it focus on the NEXT image instead of figuring out the last one. There are 240hz TVs that can literally do the 240hz just Toshiba is the biggest proponent of the FAKE 240.
Now plasmas can do 600hz and none of them do the FAKE stuff but just redraw images 10x each to really make the picture full and Samsung plasma use the 600hz to stem Color Banding (Think of a picture of a white sphere, most TVs can't display every single shade of black to to white to make a smooth transition so you see bands of greys and blacks to create the image)What the Samsungs do is take the color bands and offset them a little and when it displays the image 600x your eyes blend in the colors to make the sphere one nice smooth transition.
God my fingers hurt
Now, Sony claims they have the best 240hz for they say most of the Hz that other do are just measured in the vertical ways and Sony says that they can do 240 in both horizontal and vertical (I honestly don't really know why this is important but my money is if you want the BEST 240hz TVs than go with a top end Sony XBR... but that only their TOP end, Samsung and Sony have MANY different model numbers in the same size (I.e. Sony has a 40" L, M, S, W, V, Z and XBR series)
Samsung is the most well designed TV and is the thinnest, brightest, and prettiest TV.
My recommendation is to see what deals you can get on a Samsung or Sony THIS SONY is a Brand NEW model and is a good TV that is middle of the road around your price range... and keep in mind that this TV is at full price in your range, I'd say shop around or wait for a sale and you could save at least another $100 or so. Sony's are the first to the gun but there are NEW Samsungs coming out soon as well
If you REALLY like the LG than I'd say that is the better choice over the Sharp. LG is the Number one PARTS manufacturer in all of TV world. That means a lot of LG's parts are in other TVs and LG does slap their name on a few of their own TVs.
Hope this helps!