Does Halo 3 stop me from buying a 100Hz tv?

[edwardcasbon1]

Hi all,

My wonderful girlfriend bought me an Xbox 360 for Christmas with Fifa 09 and Halo 3.

I was looking on the back of the Halo 3 box and saw that it said that the TV must be able to run at 60Hz.

Now, Im thinking of buying a new TV soon and was wondering, If I want to play Halo 3, does this stop me from getting a 100Hz tv?

I watch a lot of sport (football mostly) and movies and feel that this would be better suited to a 100Hz tv.

Guys, help me out here and tell me that everythings going to be ok.

Cheers,

Edward

 

[Hostile_18]

Don't know much about tvs but I would have thought a 100Hz telly wouldm be capable of displaying anything less than 100Hz as well.

 

[thecremeegg]

100Hz televisions will run at 60Hz as well dont worry Its just a mode that you can turn on and off as not all things work well with 100Hz mode

 

[edwardcasbon1]

Are you sure you can turn the 100Hz off? I'm not sure you can on all TV's?

 

[Hostile_18]

Are you sure you can turn the 100Hz off? I'm not sure you can on all TV's?

All modern TV's will be backwards compatible with most source material I would have thought, just like a 60Hz telly can display 50hz.

 

[JaFFa]

If a game as big as Halo 3 didnt run on 100hz TV's it would be a major issue.

 

[Simon]

Halo runs very well on 100Hz tvs. Helps smooth things no end on my Samsung.

All TV is 50Hz (PAL) in this country, the problem arises when you have an old TV that cannot run 60Hz (NTSC format) -these are proper old tvs though.

 

[NokkonWud]

No problem.

 

[insane200]

ive always found sport crap to watch on a 100hz tv, movies are great though. as are games.

 

[Kreeeee]

Halo runs very well on 100Hz tvs. Helps smooth things no end on my Samsung.

How does it help if the game runs at 60hz? Not calling you out or anything, just genuinely curious

 

[Simon]

Halo seems to be slighty jerky compared to games running 60 fps like cod. Using 100 hz mode adds frames between 'proper' frames, this gives a much smoother image

 

[Kreeeee]

Does 100hz blend the existing frames when adding frames?

 

[Simon]

Does 100hz blend the existing frames when adding frames?

Yeah it's like an interpolated frame