100Hz TVs

Prof. Cheese

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Applogies to the analists if this is the wrong forum. ;)

Does anyone know if 100Hz TVs allow PC games to run at up to 100 FPS? One would assume so, but I want to be sure before possibly forking out a fortune on one.
 
would like to know this to but i dought it will apply to all of them, just look at the 600hz tv u wont expect it to really mean that and run i wouldnt of thought
 
Prof. Cheese said:
Applogies to the analists if this is the wrong forum. ;)

Does anyone know if 100Hz TVs allow PC games to run at up to 100 FPS? One would assume so, but I want to be sure before possibly forking out a fortune on one.
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Not all do unless the specs say true 100Hz in the specs sheet online or the manual my 50 inch plasma uses intelligent frame creation which basically in a nut shell builds and extra frame on screen depending on the movement of the pixels in the last frame created

so say if i looked left at A which we shall call frame 1
then we looked right at B which we will call frame 2
when u turn on intelligent frame creation it will create another frame inbetween A and B which would be frame 1.5 thus should give the effect of a smoother faster picture sounds gr8 right Wrong some programmes it makes it look like a bad episode of benny hill people seem to move unaturally smooth and quick but heres the catch watch the tv like that for a few days and you won't even notice it in fact watching a normal 50hz telly wouldn't be the same again.

pannys itteligent frame creation can spring some life into old movies i found especially WW2 movies but a bit or trial and error really to see how it works best.



there is also 100hz overscan which is also another lengthy thing to go into

all these gimicks give impressions of 100hz but are actually not

went and did a bit of reasearch apparently there are no TRUE 100Hz tv's on the market by which i mean plasma or lcd yes there are monitors but no tv.'s
 
100Hz / 120Hz (depending on location) TV's are not offering a true refresh of 100/120 in most cases (all perhaps, im not that up to date with tV's). Instead the intermediate frames are interpolated and "guessed" by internal hardware to help smooth moving images and reduce perceived motion blur. The signal coming in is still limited to 50 / 60Hz, and they dont bother trying to increase this really since TV signals and other devices dont need higher frame rates. The 50 / 60 fps are taken and frames are inserted in between each to simulate a higher frame rate and reduce blur, but it's not accepting a higher frame rate input
 
The whole terminology is awash at the moment..

You don't really know what you are getting. However, as Baddass says, in most cases although the screen/processing may be updating at the stated speed, the input is still limited to 50/60Hz..

However with 3D TV around the corner, one 3D mechanism requires a 120Hz input rate, so I am guessing that some of these newer LCD's may just allow higher the 60Hz PC input..
 
whitecrook said:
If you do that you'll be waiting for EVER. Technology is always progressing.
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why will he be waiting forever? are they never going to make a true 100hz tv?

he wants a 100hz tv which should be out within a year or two. technology is always progressing but it doesnt mean you should not wait for something that you want.

for example, i want a new phone, i want one with better features than my current phone, none of the current offerings do anything better than my current phone, but there will be one out soon that does. do i settle for less or wait until i get what i want? yes the phone i get in 2 months may become out of date within a week, but it has the features i want whereas the current offering does not, therefore i should wait.

or you want a new car, there will be a new model coming out in 3 months, do you wait 3 months and get the new model or settle for the old model? sometimes it is better to wait. but obviously it is not better to keep on waiting for the best, because there is always progression and the best wont stay the best for long.
 
Psycho Sonny said:
why will he be waiting forever? are they never going to make a true 100hz tv?
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By the time they do that, they'll be onto 200Hz, or 500Hz and then he'll be thinking oh maybe I should wait until I can be sure I'm going to get a 'proper' 500Hz TV cos I don't want one of them outdated old fashioned 100Hz TVs

obviously it is not better to keep on waiting for the best, because there is always progression and the best wont stay the best for long.
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Yes. As I was saying.
 
whitecrook said:
By the time they do that, they'll be onto 200Hz, or 500Hz and then he'll be thinking oh maybe I should wait until I can be sure I'm going to get a 'proper' 500Hz TV cos I don't want one of them outdated old fashioned 100Hz TVs
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100fps is seen by many gamers as the 'magic number' to aim for, which I assume is the reason the OP was asking about 100Hz TV's being able to provide 100fps in games.

There's a lot of debate between gamers about whether there is a perceivable difference between gaming at a steady 60fps and gaming at a steady 100fps. Due to how quickly your eye/brain can process moving images, there is somewhat less debate once the framerate keeps increasing any higher, and so it is unlikely that the OP would feel the same need to wait for any subsequent 200Hz/500Hz technology.

Personally the 'science' tells me that you shouldn't be able to notice any difference between 60fps and 100fps - but many gamers swear there is a clear and noticeable improvement at 100fps in fast-paced First Person Shooters.
 
whitecrook said:
By the time they do that, they'll be onto 200Hz, or 500Hz and then he'll be thinking oh maybe I should wait until I can be sure I'm going to get a 'proper' 500Hz TV cos I don't want one of them outdated old fashioned 100Hz TVs



Yes. As I was saying.
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yes but he doesnt want a 200hz or a 500hz tv, he has stated he wants 100hz, thats the point i was trying to make, that sometimes if you want a specific feature its better off waiting for it rather than going for something with less, but obviously you dont keep waiting for the best because that is impossible. so if he wants 100hz, he should wait for 100hz not 200hz or 500hz.
 
best is to get 200hz on lcd, not a plasma got 600hz on plasma but no way does not handle it like an lcd. Hard to say that or prrove this with regards to 100fps someone with a video review will help you. im sure the 200hz stuff will do it and so should the 100hz just refreshing the screen 200hz its faster at mo the best like the sony's
 
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