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need advice ASAP! tv, should i buy it?!

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poofyhairguy said:
No, that is not correct.

Most movies the last 80 years have been filmed at 24fps. Since 60 cannot be evenly divided by 24, you are actually dealing with 3:2 pulldown with a 60hz TV. The only way to watch movies and many TV shows as they were filmed is a 120hz TV (as 120 is evenly divided by 24).

The interpolation is simply an extra software gimmick that got added to 120hz TVs. You can turn it off and still enjoy watch movies as they were intended.
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poofyhairguy said:
The only way the TV signal is coming in as 60hz is if the source is a game console or computer.

Almost all movies are shot at 24fps (except like the Hobbit movie but you can't buy the 48fps source on Blu Ray). Most TV is shot a 24fps or 30fps (like reality TV).

Given this if you care AT ALL about movie watching don't buy a 60hz TV in 2013.
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I see, thanks for the explanation :thumbsup:
 
poofyhairguy said:
The only way the TV signal is coming in as 60hz is if the source is a game console or computer.

Almost all movies are shot at 24fps (except like the Hobbit movie but you can't buy the 48fps source on Blu Ray). Most TV is shot a 24fps or 30fps (like reality TV).

Given this if you care AT ALL about movie watching don't buy a 60hz TV in 2013.
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Thoughts on 240 native?

And agreed thanks for the explanation as well!
 
NuroMancer said:
Thoughts on 240 native?
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24 divides evenly into 120 or 240 so either way you don't have to deal with pulldown. I think 120hz is good enough, it is a 60hz TV that I consider to basically be junk (unless you need a PC monitor).

The theoretical advantage of a 240hz TV is that it goes that much further to eliminate motion blur, but honestly if you really care about fast action (aka you are a sports fan or an action movie fan) then you need to buy a plasma anyway. The cheapest plasma on the market destroys the best 240hz LED TV for clear motion, that is simply a downside that is an inherent part of LCD/LED technology.
 
I have a 55" LS5700, which I assume is in the same ballpark, and the picture quality is very good (I'd almost go as far as to say excellent). Prepare to do some tweaking to get it perfect. Some sites have some good color settings you can try.

When I first got it some pans were a bit jaggy, but updates have dome a great job of smoothing them.

Truemotion sucks big time, unless they've improved it drastically. It was tweaked on my set in an update a while ago and the SOE is unbearable. You'll have to turn it off manually on all inputs.
 
I have the 47" version of that TV. Got it last year for 550. Its ok for the price but nothing stellar. The trumotion thing doesnt even work. There are no settings to turn on or off. Not that i care to see "soap opera" but at least give me the option.
 
Great success; though it didn't fit the car quite right

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Oyeve said:
You should never post a pick of your license plate.. I just reported your car stolen.
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Oh noes, you must be shocked by all the exposed license plates you see every time you step outside.

Here's the plate from my other car; I'm sure my life will be ruined momentarily
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