Are You Happy With Your 60 Hz HDTV?

The reason for getting a TV with a refresh rate of 120hz (or another multiple of 24) is to get rid of pulldown judder. It doesn't get rid of motion blur. Motion blur is usually inherent in all films or TV shows shot at 24hz or a similar refresh rate. LCD's that can support 24p will actually add to the motion blur effect in 24p mode because the LCD panels used are very slow. They're getting better but they're still leaps and bounds behind other technologies. Many LCD TV manufacturers have developed what's called creative frame interpolation video processing to help out with normal motion blur inherent to the source and the blur added by the LCD panel itself. DLP is the way to go to get the most motion blur free experience in a normal 24p rendering without any frame interpolation.

I almost forgot to mention. You've probably already heard of creative frame interpolation just not as that. People usually refer to it as giving the video a "soap opera" effect. The technology has come a long way since then and many manufacturers have developed it enough where it isn't so aggressive so the video will resemble the 24p original but at the same time get rid of some of the blur. If you don't notice judder on your 60hz TV I doubt motion blur will annoy you much. So if you do end up buying a 120hz HDTV you could probably leave the processing off and enjoy 24p without any creative frame interpolation.

Without pulldown you don't add any judder to the image. Most directors/cinematographers know the limits of 24fps in terms of motion. You don't normally see too much judder in films or TV shows and if it's there it's usually very light. There are some movies I remember that do have some judder inherent in the pure 24p video. CFI will help with this as well.

You need 120Hz if you want to eliminate 3:2 pulldown Judder which is caused when 24fps source is converted to 60fps. This is different then using frame interpolation to reduce 24fps frame rate judder/motion blur.

Wait wait wait... wait. You're saying you got a 40 inch Samsung HDTV for $200?

You may be surprised to find that a 60hz model samsung may look much much smoother then a 120hz AMP model, simply because the majority of the 120hz AMP models seems to have this jerkiness to them that doesn't exist in even the cheapest 60hz LCD tvs.

I find my 60hz cheap Sharp non-aquos LCD to have better motion performance then my 55" LED driven LCD D6000 120hz AMP model. The majority of the AMP feature is broken. Creating more blur and stutter then a traditional 60hz LCD.

Without enabling the motion interpolation feature (which I pretty much hate), I find it extremely difficult to notice a difference between a 60Hz and a 120Hz LCD TV during most circumstances. Like others have said, however, it does help erase pulldown judder with filmed content (Blu-rays).

Exactly. Once you starting thinking "can I be happier" say bye-bye to your wallet.

Occasionally, I've seen motion blur from my 60hz, caused it seem by some old DVDs, don't happen often enough to bother me. And no the black bars on a 4:3 program doesn't bother me either, am engrossed in the story, not the dang TV.

^^^^ +1 to all (except the motion blur).

If a camera scene is the subject of a slow pan then there will be unremovable motion scan if the camera lens is open for 1/24 of a second and is open possible if the lens is open for 1/48 of a second due to movement while the lens is open.

No body can really answer for you since it is what your eyes see. That being said, both of my 60hz LCDs have substantial motion blur on all content. For this reason I watch sporting events on the non-LCD TVs in the house. I have yet to see a 60hz LCD that does not have motion blur. 60hz panels today are the low end and do not have the response times and other manipulation techniques needed to minimize motion blur on LCDs. Look around for LCDs with the highest measured motion resolution, they are all expensive, at least 120hz and have some sort of algorithms (frame interpolation, black frame insertion, backlight scanning, etc) to help with the issue.

Wow. $200 is a crazy deal.

Ref.: Comedian George Carlin on STUFF.

Possibly you do not have a common ground between the antenna and the other devices.
If your antenna is amplified try it with the amplifier turned off.
If you are using a splitter with the antenna HDMI connection bypass it since it is splitting the signal strength.

I love my old 60hz sony. The only reason I'll replace it is because it's a tiny 46"

What sports programming suffers from image blur? I just don't notice it on my 60hz displays & I consider myself picky. Is it safe to say that many people confuse image blur with mosquito noise?

Wow, I truly envy you. I see motion blur on any fast pans, so a field pass in football, pans across the ice in hockey or the court in basketball, ball being thrown to base in baseball, basically anything with fast pans. The only way I can seem to get past this is with CRTs (obviously), plasmas, and 120hz frame interpolation enabled to a high degree for LCDs (although the inherent sample-and-hold nature of them still leaves some blur).

CRTs are better because they have much faster response time and the fact that the phosphors decay but the eye/brain persists the image. LCD uses sample and hold so there is no pixel decay.

As for you audio issue, run audio directly to receiver and video to TV. Even on TVs with audio out they will not pass 5.1, they will convert to 2.0 and send to receiver.

I am in the market for a new 55"-65" LED-LCD. But I am having a hard time finding anything better than my calibrated Samsung LNT-4665 for all-around viewing, at least at a reasonable price.