So what plasma/LCD Displays are really 120Hz?

[Rifter]

Im going to jump on a 120Hz display sometime in the next 3 months. Since the 23-24" monitors out now range in the $300-500 range that puts a 32" LCD or 42" plasma in the same price range.

So i was wondering if it would be worth getting a 120hz LCD TV or plasma TV instead of a monitor and keeping my current 24" LCD for everything but gaming and running dual displays. I realize that all the 120Hz and 240Hz LCD's advertised are really lying to you and are not 120Hz or 240Hz so how do you tell what ones will actually accept a 120Hz signal?

 

[snuuggles]

I'm looking for a 1080p 27-42" 120hz input display (monitor/tv/whatever) as well.

As far as I can tell, *none* of the commonly-available (eg anything that I can find and confirm) LCD or plasma TVs will accept and display a 120hz signal. I have no inside knowledge of this, it's simply that I have been searching and asking on forums such as this one for months and either noone knows, or there is nothing available...

Please let us know if you find something!

 

[cadred]

As far as TV's go, the 120/240 Hz rates are mostly for displaying 24fps content (movies) properly without having to do a 3:2 pulldown (doubling some frames, which can create jerky motion in certain scenes).

Also, Plasmas do not have the same issues, so you don't have to worry about the refresh rate issues.

Unlike old CRT monitors there's not much benefit, other than displaying 24fps content, to having a very refresh rate.

 

[Attic]

Plasma appears the way to go, but look up the dithering effect some of these sets have. I recently got a high end Panny Plasma and my particular set had very aggressive dithering effect to the point where HD material was noticeable grainy from 8ft. Tech came out and confirmed it was unusually noticeable and replaced the video board, the issue is still quite noticeable though.

Basically you'll notice green and/or red pixels that are out of place and jumping all over certain areas of the screen.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

As far as TV's go, the 120/240 Hz rates are mostly for displaying 24fps content (movies) properly without having to do a 3:2 pulldown (doubling some frames, which can create jerky motion in certain scenes).

Also, Plasmas do not have the same issues, so you don't have to worry about the refresh rate issues.

Unlike old CRT monitors there's not much benefit, other than displaying 24fps content, to having a very refresh rate.

while refresh rate might not matter in the same way as CRTs these TVs still only accept a maximum of 60Hz input which is less than ideal

 

[Rifter]

while refresh rate might not matter in the same way as CRTs these TVs still only accept a maximum of 60Hz input which is less than ideal

So i was correct in assuming that its literally impossible to get a 120hz signal into a TV?

 

[Attic]

So i was correct in assuming that its literally impossible to get a 120hz signal into a TV?

Correct, despite the advertisments of 120-600hz, HDTV's don't accept above a 1080P60 input.

 

[s44]

Also, Plasmas do not have the same issues, so you don't have to worry about the refresh rate issues.

Yes they do, and yes you do. Some plasmas have 72hz or 96hz modes to try to correct for it, but the standard ones have the same 3:2 judder as any 60hz LCD.

(None will, of course, accept any input more than 1080p60 either.)