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7 Sep 2024 03:23:21 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Shopping for TVs  
From: scott
Date: 1 Dec 2008 04:03:16
Message: <4933a854@news.povray.org>
>> Having seen a few in the shop, there's absolutely no visible difference 
>> at all between a normal 50 Hz TV and a 200 Hz TV right next to it showing 
>> the same signal. (There *was*, however, a 4x price difference.)
>
> Hmm. I could see the difference. Maybe you need an appropriate signal. Or 
> maybe I was fooling myself. :-)

No, I saw the difference too.  IIRC the demo was some scrolling credits 
(like at the end of a film) but scrolling pretty quickly.  The screen was 
actually split, the left half was standard 50Hz and the right 200Hz.  The 
difference was the left side was a blur, the right side sharp as a CRT :-)


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