The TV stated refresh rate is 120 Hz, but I feel like it is 60 Hz by default. Is there any setting I need to enable to acheive 120 Hz reflesh rate?
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"Film mode" enabled (on) activates the TV's motion blue technology. It will be under this setting that full 120Hz would be used by the tv. If you feel the standard isn't 120hz. Personally, I think the TV uses the 120hz and then film mode enhances that. 120hz is not the greatest for sports/movies with fast action to begin with.
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Jedi Master: I have the same concern about one of my Samsung TVs. The screen reads 1920x1080i, 60Hz. I'm aware that in the US, all electricity is at 60Hz, so I wonder why Samsung would have made this spec so prominent on the display, when instead it could have put the refresh rate instead. Any ideas?
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I believe its a 60 refresh rate. I have had this tv for over 2 years now and not one problem. I would recomend it. Itd better picture than a new samsung i recently bought.
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From what I understand comcast only deliveres a refresh rate of 60hz. The tv up converts it to 120 so we are getting the 120 refresh rate of 120.
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Good question. One thing you might want to consider is what I just found out yesterday... a salesman showed me what happens when you watch a standard def. digital broadcast on a top-of-the-line Sony LCD with 120hz compared with the Samsung 40A650. Wow, what a difference! Nobody ever mentions what standard def. looks like on these 1080p LCD sets. The Sony was terrible, the Samsung was fine. It's the pixelation of edges during movement problem. I guess the 120hz motion control only works in HD mode on most sets (that's what the saleman said), while Samsung's works in standard mode, too. So, go to a store that will show you what the picture looks like on the 46A550 in standard def mode. I would also want to compare the contrast ratio between the 2 sets, as the 40A650's is pretty hard to beat.
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The refresh rate (Hz) can vary from 50 Hz to 75 Hz depending on screen resolution. For a list of the refresh rates and corresponding resolutions, click on the following link:
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No, its not! I got Samsung 60Hz(120 true motion rate) TV, put it next to LG 120Hz(LG doesn't show true motion rate anywhere, as a matter fact it wouldn't even say on a box or in the menu that is 120Hz!!!) and I was watching them next to each other for 3 days, even tried to change the setting ... and let me tell you-Samsung 60 Hz much better, sharper picture than LG 120Hz!!!
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This TV supports 120 Hz. I have used this TV for regular viewing with cable TV, with a gaming console ported through a high speed HDMI cable, and as a PC monitor ported through a high speed HDMI cable and a PC GPU. I never had any issues with image/video quality.
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I would think that it's 60hz because of the super low response time. Most of your new HDTV's have at least a 120 and in some cases 240hz refresh rate which is what makes their response times anywhere from 10-18 ms. Doesn't seem like a lot until you play on a BENQ which has a 1 ms response time.
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I bought a similar Samsung and also thought I was getting a 60 hz picture but in fact, by default it uses the 120 hz. The 60 hz that is shown (I don't recall where that setting is shown) is misleading and does not represent the actual 120 hz that the TV uses by default. Nothing to turn on, you are getting 120 hz. Samsung should be more clear about this but I did track down the issue on their website.
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Not an expert, but I believe the refresh rate was increased to 120HZ to get better resolution to the screen. If you go to 3D, from what I see, is engineered to 240HZ, and show even better resolution. So, I think it's something that's engineered into TVs, and is reflected by the various pricing.
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The refresh rate. For TVs, the refresh rate means nothing. A high refresh rate TV does not guarantee it to be motion blur free. Even for console gaming, there is no advantage to a 120Hz+ TV because the console video games are capped at 60 fps anyway.
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Have had thw A750 for 1 month. Everything about it is great. Best picture I've ever seen. Halo Effect is negligable and the screen is not glossy enough to use as a mirror. I do have one question: When the TV come on, the screen says resolution of 1980 x 1080i @60hz. Why does it say 60 hz when the 120 hz is set to its highest?
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120hz standard, but 240hz enhanced. Excellent picture, I leave it at 120hz for most viewing; I have not found a need to switch to 240hz. Granted, I did check it out at 240 but find 120 is better for regular shows/movies. Haven't watched football yet... we'll see ;-)
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You are very misinformed Watcher. 120hz refers to the panel refresh rate and whether you are watching 30fps video or 24fps movies it still relies on the 120hz refresh rate to display images. As JVAN has shared with us, Plasma TVs don't rely on that technology, it's an LCD thing.
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I also have this TV. Take magic remote and move all the way to top of screen and it will inform you it is 60hz. I have wondered why. I also think this is the best tv out there. The colors and 3d,or 2d to 3d is awesome.
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Just turn the 120hz (TruMotion) feature off (the TV will still refresh at 120hz, it will just have the stupid TruMotion feature disabled) in the advanced picture options, and your problem will be solved. In addition, if you have a Blu-ray player, set it to output at 24hz instead of 60hz. Now you will have amazing picture quality.