"Jeremy \"UncleHoot\" Praay" <jer### [at] questsoftwarecmo> wrote:
> Finally, 120Hz LCD.  I suppose in the future, we may have a 120Hz signal 
> from a Blu-Ray (or whatever), but currently 60Hz is the max.  So, you're 
> still transmitting a 60Hz signal into a 120Hz TV, so I don't see how a 
> better quality cable would help there either.  In fact, I'm still not 
> convinced that 120Hz LCD makes any sense whatsoever.  With CRT's, it made a 
> LOT of difference, because it substantially reduced flicker.  LCD doesn't 
> have flicker.  It has response times, and lowering the response times does 
> make a difference.  I'm not convinced that a 5ms 60Hz screen would be any 
> different from a 5ms 120Hz screen, or even a 5ms 240Hz screen.

  If a 120Hz LCD shows each frame of a 60Hz input twice per output frame,
then there ought to be no difference. However, if the LCD does some kind
of interpolation each other frame then there might be some visible
difference. I don't know if they do, though.

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