Re: Plasma vs LCD Refresh Rates

On Tue, 27 May 2008 23:56:35 -0500 Jer <gdunn@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
| www.locoworks.com wrote:
|> On May 27, 8:11?pm, fxstd <em...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
|>> I've been told the fastest LCD's are 120hz refresh rate. ?That's the
|>> equivalent of a 4ms refresh rate.
|>>
|>> Recently a Best Buy salesman told me that Plasma TV's have 480hz
|>> refresh rate. ?4x faster display than the fastest LCD.
|>>
|>> Can anyone confirm that statement or is it just hot air?
|>
|> It'll be getting 24 fps from a film on a DVD or 30 fps from a video
|> source. so what difference does it make?
|
|
|
| Dunno, it depends on how fast the images move across the screen and the
| sharpness level at the edges of all the image components. Some TV's
| don't do 24fps at all, others use the 3:2 pulldown process for
| converting 24fps to 30fps, while still others use 120Hz for 24/30/60fps
| source. And yes, the latency of the display technology is relevant.
|
| The one I'm familiar with is Sony's Motionflow 120Hz feature. Works great.

Try it on a game.

This thread also has some interesting links:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1029004

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