Anyone Know About TV's ?

godpigeon · Post by **godpigeon** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 11:27 am

Don't know for certain what they mean by "motion flow", but I have an idea.

When 120 Hertz TVs came out it was because it was the lowest common denominator for all the types of media out there. (60, 24, and something else frames per second).

The idea was that instead of having to guess what the frame was like the could double/triple the frames and avoid tearing and other artifacts.

They then figured out that the could up the frame rate more and start guessing at what should should be displayed between the "real" frames though for marketing or actual improvement (I've not looked into the claims). All the major brands have this feature, but it's only as good as the hardware/firmware algorithms used as they are guessing there.

Gusai · Post by **Gusai** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 12:12 pm

How many HDMI ports does it have?

pezcore · Post by **pezcore** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 3:20 pm

It has 4 HDMI ports.

Post by **Atelo** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 3:21 pm

My 50" Sanyo has 2 or 3 HDMI Ports, can't quite remember. I don't use any of them for anything.

Gusai · Post by **Gusai** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 3:58 pm

I think I have 3 on mine?

I use one for the HD AV unit, which has my HD PVR and Blu Ray routed into that.

I'd use another one for my desktop, but my wife wont let me hog the expensive TV each and every evening, one day I would love to test WoW on it also.

pezcore · Post by **pezcore** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 4:29 pm

Woot ! I just ordered a SSD got the Intel Generation 2 80GB / 240 Bucks

cant wait to load Notepad !

Post by **Dartagn** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 5:45 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_interpolation

Looks like the motionflow thing is done by just about every manufacturer is some form.

The reviews are pretty decent for the technology.

godpigeon · Post by **godpigeon** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 8:52 am

Dartagn wrote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_interpolation

Looks like the motionflow thing is done by just about every manufacturer is some form.

The reviews are pretty decent for the technology.

That's what I thought it was, and like I said, if it improves or not depends on what they're "guessing" for the middle frames.

You can just turn it off and have it double/triple frames so it's the same as the original source with the higher hertz (frames per second).

Croakker · Post by **Croakker** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 11:32 am

I've got to be honest, the best thing to do is find a brick and mortar place that has the TV you are considering in stock and go see it in action. I've picked some out before where it sounded great online, and the reviews were decent, but seeing it in person the performance wasn't there. It lets you compare with other similar price sets to see if you're going to be happy with your purchase.

hachi · Post by **hachi** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 1:02 am

Also, when youre standing in front of your prospective tv at the b&m store, dont be afraid to screw around with the settings (brightness, contrast, all that shit) most places have their tvs poorly calibrated and/or set at fucking max brightness to attract people (ooooh shiny!) Youd never watch tv at home with it set that way.