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LemonSlice on 12 October 2014
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Guitarguy said:
LemonSlice said:
Guitarguy said:

My Bravia is 100hz, will that cause judder on most games or am I talking about something different to refresh rate?


Your TV is 50/60Hz, and it says 100 instead of 120Hz only because of your region's legacy SD TV signals (PAL), has nothing to do with the specs of the TV. In general TVs rated 100/120Hz all have a 50/60Hz panel. You'd need a 200/240Hz TV at least to get a 100/120Hz panel, yet how those TVs interpet odd framerate signals is up to the manufacturer.


Thanks for that, good to know. With my TV being 50/60 Hz, would it be less/more desirable for playing games compared to a TV that is 200/240HZ? 200Hz TV's are still mega expensive :P

Well, it being a good TV or not nas nothing to do with how many Hz it has. A good TV is a good TV, regardless of the specs.

TVs with high Hz enable better image interpolation (MotionFlow). You don't want to use that feature in games, or any of the extra features really, as it lowers the input lag drastically and makes games harder to play. And it makes movies look like unnatural crap, IMO.

What you might want to do, though, is get a TV with high Hz for reasons other than that. Being more expensive, these TVs still have a higher quality panel and other components and better build quality. Every extra feature can always be turned off anyway.

Three years ago I could not find a 50/60Hz TV that was satisfactory simply because of the components that go into these TVs.