1) Does the refresh rate make it look like the tru-motion or soap opera effect? 2) Does action, sports, panning look smooth?
1977204
Great question and also note that this TV has a 12 ms response time panel. That's what I read somewhere.
1977205
Not sure, but here's some insight regarding victor's answer that may clarify things. Now I can't say for certain but it would seem mathematically impossible for a 240hz TV to have a 12ms response time. 240hz means the picture is refreshed 240 times a second. It would follow that the response time would have to be less than 4.16ms (1000ms / 240hz = 4.167ms/hz). So one of the stats is lying. Is the refresh rate 240hz or is the response time 12ms?? O_o
1977206
Do some research on the web to find out what a marketing gimmick the 240Hz number is. As I understand it, it does not have to do with the refresh rate but with how fast the pixels can change from black to white and back to black again so the image doesn't smear. That said, I have not observed any smearing on my picture during sports or other fast action images.
2039033
Higher framerate TVs (120Hz and above) are good for sports. They tend to "smooth" the action and make it a bit more life-like. For everything else, I personally find the look very ugly though. I completely disagree with the previous answer, I find movies and anything shot at 24 frames per second look cheap and video-like when they get smoothed to 120Hz. Even the biggest budget feature films look like they were shot by a student on a VHS camcorder when displayed at 120Hz, and I usually turn it off. To recap: Sports at 120Hz are enhanced but it's not critical by any means (if you're team is getting its butt kicked you won't care how many hertz it's happening at). Movies and other scripted content, ruined by 120Hz. Personally I find the whole trend to be a gimmick that's never worth the extra price.
2112346
I purchased this TV specifically based on Amazon's description that indicated 120 hz. I've run into the same conflicting information that you found and unfortunately (especially for me), it appears that the refresh rate is in fact 6ohz. I spent several days trying to find the 120hz switch in all of the settings and couldn't find it. Finally, I checked in the manual and it says the XBR series of Sony TVs doesn't come with Motionflow (their name for 120hz). I'm still hanging on to the tiniest bit of hope that I'm wrong but I don't think so. If you've seen a 1080p tv play a blueray or hd material with the 120hz on, then you'll know why I'm bummed. It's a truly amazing effect. It doesn't look 3d, but almost like you're watching a play. It's not an effect that would appeal to everyone, but I've seen movies like Spiderman 3, terminator 2 and Pirates of the Carribean and I was blown away. My one bit of hope (and confusion) come from the fact that the previous model (KDL 32XBR4) is described on the Sony website as having Motionflow/120hz but that model was only 720p. I haven't seen what that type of combination looks like, but I'm curious if it still provides the same effect that I've seen on the 1080p models. I spoke to both Circuit City and Best buy reps and both said that there aren't ANY 32" and smaller TVs with 120hz. The smallest it is offered on is 40". Not sure if this helped any but my last bit of research is calling Sony directly and asking them. I'll write back and keep you posted.
2085115
um im not sure what you mean by refresh rate. like how fast it turn on? pretty quick. be a little more pacific maybe i can answer your question
843959
That depends... If you are playing something at 1080p 30hz the U-Vision adapter will upscale it to 2160p (4k) 30hz. If you are playing something that is over 30hz you will get an output of 1080p at the same refresh rate as whatever you are playing whether it's 60hz or 120hz. But the converter will give you expanded color depth and some better details. I'm assuming you are using hz and fps interchangeably for the answer above. If not, see below... The screen of the TV itself will always refresh at 120hz no matter the input, what you are limited by is the image processor and hdmi cables bandwidth. If you are displaying something that is 30 frames per second on a TV that refreshes at 120hz each frame of video will be displayed for 4 of the TV frames. If you are watching something that is 60 fps it will show up for 2 of the TV frames. The only way to send a true 120fps signal to a TV is to do so from a computer as far as I know. Tvs that have motion smoothing will interpolate (make up) a frame that is partway between the actual frames that the video source is putting out so that the motion appears smoother. This TV (depending on what firmware you have) does do this. The only downside is that you ha e to access the manufacturer service menu to enable or disable it.
1756394
When I play something like battlefield 3 there is a bit of eye strain after some time. Not sure how much of that is the monitor though rather than the fast movements. The latency is fine. The main thing to note is that this is a 60hz monitor refresh rate. I can see the static dance around slightly more over a monitor that refreshes at 120hz. Though I imagine most wouldn't notice that aspect. For long hours of gaming that may make a big difference when it comes to fatigue. Something to consider.
1997183
I looked all over and I can't seem to find an answer to this question, either. I did read a review on a website called digitaltrends, though. They said there was a lot of motion blur in fast-paced movie scenes, which isn't reassuring. I wonder if there is a "game mode" like some hdtv's have? :/
1228426
I have a response similar to Alston's, in that I have not experienced image blur with either games or screens with fast movements/action. The only thing I can think of is that the picture setting you are using may have the "Motion Smoother" on a different setting than it was in before. I hope that helps.
427955
as for the refresh rate i game on mine and it looks great! I play all war/ shooter games that are fast action games and this TV delievers!
1121976
Others have mentioned the refresh rate. What does that mean? I have the (less expensive) KDE and watching motion causes significant pixilation. I thought that with everything else being excellent, I could live with that. Not so. I have ordered the KD from Amazon so that I can double the refresh rate. Once your eye acclimates to the TV, even a stationary actor can pixilate if there is hand motion (of course, it is only the moving hand which pixilates).
187896
Sorry, I discarded the owner's manual with the box and the information is not on the set itself. I have no clue what the refresh rate is.
741965
Just turn off the Tru-Motion setting. I agree it looks horrible and I don't understand why it is the default. Maybe it is nice for sports and games, but for movies it immediately cuts about 40 million from the production value.
425187
Generally speaking, the refresh rate is not that important. Scenes with smooth motion and panning will generally look cleaner on a 120hz set, because the TV is successfully able to insert new frames (your video signal is not 120hz, but about 30hz. The difference is made up by the TV analyzing the frames and making new ones that go in between the original frames). Scenes with very choppy motion typically look worse (because the frames inserted by the TV don't match up correctly, making the image sharper and crisper-seeming but jerky and jittery). This is not a 120hz TV, though. If that feature is important to you, you're going to have to look at the true TV line (T260HD is really a monitor with TV features) I have a T260HD, and if you are going to use it primarily as a monitor, but also as a TV, it's pretty good. I've owned monitors that looked better, and I own a TV that looks better, but this unit is a good meld of the two. It has a very limited ideal viewing angle, and some problems with banding and bleeding at the edges, but it looks pretty good and it has all of the TV inputs. If you're looking for a TV that you will use as a monitor only occasionally, buy a TV that has a bunch of HDMI ports, and just get a DVI-&gt;HDMI adapter for your PC. Samsung's got several very nice TVs at 32" (the alternative you were considering). If you want the 120hz, the LN32B650 or LN32B640 will do it for you. If you don't care, the LN32B550 is a very nice display as well (I have the 40" B550, and I like it). Samsung doesn't have many high quality options in the 26" size (they're all 720p only, except for the monitor-TVs like this one)
1887123
As the others have noted, the box states 60HZ. I can say that I've run much hi-def content, with no discernible motion blur above and beyond what you'd typically expect from an LCD screen. I haven't gamed however, but I've had the monitor since September of 2012 and it's been rock solid for my purposes.
971152
Actually, Matthew Swalwell is right! I tried setting it to standard and things look drastically better! Even when I set the output on my cable box to 720p :)So far my vote for the fix to this problem is setting film stabilization to standard, if you turn it off, the the 240 setting goes off too and I think it looks better with 240 on and FS at standard.
998408
If you have 120Hz, you shouldn't have a problem. Were you not able to watch in 1080p ? I don't know anything about changing refresh rates.
3412
Fast moving video, like sports or racing, is handled very well. I noticed no motion blur when I was watching college football because it uses backlight scanning which triples the refresh rate to 360hz to compensate for fast moving objects. I hope this helps.