[mythtv-users] OT: Buying a new TV - Sharp Quattron or 3D?

[Paul Gardiner]

On 08/06/2011 13:59, Mark Lord wrote:
> On 11-06-06 11:14 AM, Eric Sharkey wrote:
>> On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 10:27 AM, R. G. Newbury<newbury at mandamus.org>  wrote:
>>> Regarding the TV itself. If you get good HD transmission and like
>>> watching sports, then the 120/240 refresh rate feature will be
>>> worthwhile.
>>
>> Is anyone broadcasting sports at more than 60Hz?  I doubt it.  The
>> reason to buy a 120Hz TV over a 60Hz model is that 120Hz is an integer
>> multiple of 24, so movies shot at that frame rate can be shown more
>> smoothly than on a 60Hz set.  (Look up "Inverse telecine".)  For
>> sports broadcasts, you shouldn't see any difference at all.
>
> But I do see a difference, real and very very visible,
> on pretty much any/all programming and/or videos.
>
> Watching TV native on the 120Hz Samsung shows a visibly smoother
> playback of everything

Are you sure it's everything? Some of what you are watching will
be 60i, some 30p. The TV in 120Hz mode, may be applying frame
interpolation algorithms, which will to some extent reconstruct.
the intervening frames. I had a TV that would to that, and it
did make 30p stuff smoother (well 25p because I'm in the UK
but it's all the same). 60i was just as smooth without it.

Paul.