Agreed on the 120Hz topic - I saw a frame-interpolating 120 Hz set last night and it was the most unnatural, weird-looking movie experience I've ever had. It looked so smooth that it looked fake - weird, I know, but film at 24 Hz is much more pleasing than video at 60 Hz - the subtle jerkiness makes it more dramatic. 120 Hz frame interpolation ruins that.
*not all 120 Hz sets are frame-interpolating - the ones that just insert a black frame don't seem to have the same negative effect.
You know, I do agree with this on some things with my Samsung 4671. However, when watching something like "Cars" and episodes of "Law and Order," the effect is amazing and addictive. When gaming, the smoothness and flow become hypnotic.
I can see how many would be bothered by it (I have read of at least one person that returned his set because he didn't like the effect) but I really like it. In fact, that's what sold me on this model of TV; there was a looping HD demo, and it had an excerpt from the Blu-ray release of "Cars." The segment looked like it was filmed with an HD camera, rather than rendered. It also seems to extend the "3D" nature of CG material. Oh, and cartoons like Yin Yang Yo! look awesome in HD with the 120Hz engine on high. :-)
120hz shouldn't mean frame interpolation, it should just mean 120hz. A 120hz panel taking a 24fps source and just displaying each frame 5 times is a thing of beauty and is actually one of the more useful developments in HDTV over the last year. Of course, if you don't just repeat the frames but try to guess where they're going next, you ruin everything.
Turn off all sharpening, all frame interpolation, etc.
The great value of a 120Hz TV is you can input 1080p/24 and get zero judder on your films.
I disagree that 24Hz film looks better than 60Hz video. Watch the intro movie to Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, which is 1080p/60, and you'll realize that the motion representation on film is poor.
I need some help guys, I'm thinking of buying the 42" 720p kuro elite, but I'm having second thoughts because the native resolution is 1024x768, 720p, I have my ps3 and I watch a lot of blu ray and play a lot, I would like to take full advantage of my ps3 but 1024x768 seems kind of low. So the battle is between Sony XBR4 or 5, Samsung 81F, or the Kuro Elite 42", I cannot go any higher than 42".
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TrentD @ Apr 28th 2008 4:39PM
Agreed on the 120Hz topic - I saw a frame-interpolating 120 Hz set last night and it was the most unnatural, weird-looking movie experience I've ever had. It looked so smooth that it looked fake - weird, I know, but film at 24 Hz is much more pleasing than video at 60 Hz - the subtle jerkiness makes it more dramatic. 120 Hz frame interpolation ruins that.
*not all 120 Hz sets are frame-interpolating - the ones that just insert a black frame don't seem to have the same negative effect.
Student Driver @ Apr 28th 2008 5:51PM
You know, I do agree with this on some things with my Samsung 4671. However, when watching something like "Cars" and episodes of "Law and Order," the effect is amazing and addictive. When gaming, the smoothness and flow become hypnotic.
I can see how many would be bothered by it (I have read of at least one person that returned his set because he didn't like the effect) but I really like it. In fact, that's what sold me on this model of TV; there was a looping HD demo, and it had an excerpt from the Blu-ray release of "Cars." The segment looked like it was filmed with an HD camera, rather than rendered. It also seems to extend the "3D" nature of CG material. Oh, and cartoons like Yin Yang Yo! look awesome in HD with the 120Hz engine on high. :-)
Peter J Cat @ Apr 28th 2008 5:56PM
120hz shouldn't mean frame interpolation, it should just mean 120hz. A 120hz panel taking a 24fps source and just displaying each frame 5 times is a thing of beauty and is actually one of the more useful developments in HDTV over the last year. Of course, if you don't just repeat the frames but try to guess where they're going next, you ruin everything.
why not the LS2LS7? @ Apr 28th 2008 7:01PM
Turn off all sharpening, all frame interpolation, etc.
The great value of a 120Hz TV is you can input 1080p/24 and get zero judder on your films.
I disagree that 24Hz film looks better than 60Hz video. Watch the intro movie to Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, which is 1080p/60, and you'll realize that the motion representation on film is poor.
El perron @ Apr 28th 2008 8:36PM
I need some help guys, I'm thinking of buying the 42" 720p kuro elite, but I'm having second thoughts because the native resolution is 1024x768, 720p, I have my ps3 and I watch a lot of blu ray and play a lot, I would like to take full advantage of my ps3 but 1024x768 seems kind of low. So the battle is between Sony XBR4 or 5, Samsung 81F, or the Kuro Elite 42", I cannot go any higher than 42".