Take a look at the new Samsung 69 series (LN-T4069F) of 120Hz LCDs just announced here at CEDIA, taking 40-inch and 46-inch 1080p screens slightly downmarket from the company’s high-end TVs. But these cheaper models thankfully lack one downside we’ve noticed: that glossy screen on the higher-end TVs reflects everything in sight. Sammy calls it a Super Clear panel, but we tend to refer to it as “super-glare.”
This new line delivers those 120Hz smooth-moving pics to those who have about $200 less moo-laa available for such things, but boasts a slightly lower contrast ratio for that reduced price. If you like that high-contrasty look with a shiny screen—say, you don’t have a lot of bright lights or windows in the back of your TV room—you might want to opt for Samsung’s upscale 71 series, but for the rest of us, these two lower-priced screens might do the trick. More »
newVideoPlayer("jvc_demo_gawker.flv", 475, 376); JVC showed us an impressive demo of its 120Hz “Clear Motion Drive II” tech on its Procision (yes, that’s the way these guys spell it) line of LCD monitors announced a couple of months ago and shipping this month. JVC lined up its 47-inch LT-47X898 (second from the right) against 120Hz contenders from Sony (at left), Toshiba (third in the row) and Sharp (on the end). Here you can plainly see the JVC monitor responding quicker to a controller of this Madden 08 football game on a Sony PS3. It’s beating the other three, but only by a couple of frames. But still, when you’re hard-core gaming, every frame counts.
JVC showed a second demo that was also impressive, demonstrating how its 120Hz interpolation can smooth out artifacts in an image. JVC’s now in its second generation of this double-framed 120Hz goodness, where they actually create extra frames in between each of the normal 60 frames, estimating where objects would be in between and literally creating something out of nothing.
While it’s hard to show it on this crappy YouTube-quality video, there was a noticeable difference between the brands, all of which were running 120Hz frames, especially in scenes with lots of movement. Of course, in this demo JVC’s TV looked the smoothest by far. Whether this demo is rigged or not (and that wouldn’t be that hard to do), this 120Hz capability is getting to be a must-have feature.
UPDATE: Some extra analysis below. More »
Samsung is warming up their engines as IFA2007 approaches with these two new PAVV 40 and 46-inch Full HD LCD televisions. Their 120Hz engine supports 1080 progressive playback at 60, 120 and 24 frames per second and 25,000:1 contrast ratio for extra movie-like feeling, as well as their System Link technology —which apparently allows it to connect to the Internet. Korean-only for now, we hope we can see them in Berlin. Until then, check the obligatory TV-next-to-Sexy-Ninja shot after the jump. You know, for scale. More »
When I first saw LCD TVs in stores and at exhibitions years ago, I was like, WTF? Why would anyone buy these? They were blurry as hell—couldn’t everyone see that? Over time, the blur problem has subsided thanks to improved refresh rates of 8ms and less. But motion blur is not only caused by refresh rate, it’s a natural problem that arises as LCDs flip from frame to frame, 60 times per second. The solution is to double the flipping, to 120 times per second, hence high-end “120Hz” LCDs hitting the market. We’ve talked about these sets when they were just launching. But there’s new controversy as explained in this Home Theater Mag article right now. More »
