Ok, I am not totally ignorant, but i am starting to get frustrated with all these constant 'advances' in the big flat-panel displays. I remember just this year it became the new gold standard that you couldn't just have 1080p, you had to have *120* 1080p, and now Sony and who knows who else is coming out with 240, and then Samsung is having the LED.s sheesh I have recently started considering replacing the ceiling projector with a 50+ sized flat panel.. I am not going to go break the bank, but I don't want the cheapest thing either... and the last thing I want to do is get into a technology that I will regret 6 months later because it's 'not good enough any more', with all these constant new developments. I assume you can see a bit of a difference between a regular screen and a 120, but is there any real reason to even consider 240? Can it even be seen? And what's next? 480? Is it going to be Moore's Law all over again in TVs? These things are too dang expensive to deal with that! AAAARGH!!!
This is only for LCDs. Plasmas advertise they have a 600hz sub field. the 120hz/240hz tvs are there to help out smooth jerky movements and motion blur on LCDs. if you never noticed it in the first place, then you don't need to buy it. 1080p is overrated to me, but it's the standard now so you can't avoid it. you only really see a difference in bluray discs and gaming, and that's if you look for it. everything else is broadcasted in 1080i/720p also 1080p is only noticeable at a larger size, 50 inch + buying a 1080p 32inch TV is a waste of money Always buy a TV based on: reliability color accuracy contrast black level
It's just technological advances in the world buddy... think about how it is in Japan... those fools upgrade to stuff like this every month. lolz.. They are light years ahead of the U.S. in technology... I have a 4 year old 720p 30 inch tv that was around $1000 when I bought it... think about how I would feel now for that price.. this piece of crap I got now is around $200 at best today.
this is absolutely true my roommate has a 42'inch 1080p lcd i have a 61' 1080p dlp granted the technologies are different we both played ratatouille on our tv sets and while it looked great on his tv it looked spectacular on mine with all the extra visibility on the details.
120Hz is for blu-ray playback which is able to give 24 frames. LED is awesome IMO and great for contrast. It gives you better contrast ratio because the individual control over the area is much better than just having one large flouro light.
dude i know my brother in law just bought a 120 hz a few months ago and now they start advertising the 240 hz. how can anyone keep up with it. and btw...who the hell needs a blu ray player. i dont think any quality is worth 30 per movie. unless renting movies is affordable i will not get a bluray player. not even for free. the downfall of sony entertainment in coming soon....
well the bluray player is nice to have if you want higher quality audio and video, which requires you to have a hdtv and a decent sound system. i rent through netflix so it costs me just a couple bucks more a month. but you are right about the price of movies. i only buy blurays if they are on the cheap (frys) like $9.99. frys has promotional blurays on sale for cheap every week. i have a hd dvd player too, and if i want to buy a movie, i can get a HD version for even cheaper than a regular dvd! they do need to lower the prices of the movies and players. they are competing with digital downloads now, apple and xbox and even netflix streaming.
the 120Hz is only needed so it can do 5:5 with 24 frames per second of blu-ray and also work with TV broadcast. It is an LCM situation.
