“Motion Rate 60? How important is the motion rate? I plan on using this TV for Netflix, may use the web browser (although highly unlikely but I just like the ability to be able to), and action movies. We do watch sports but are not avid sport watchers and not gamers. I am just wondering with a motion rate of only 60, if I will be disappointed. Or should I make sure to get at least 120?”
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For TVs, the refresh rate means nothing, especially given that manufacturers inflate their numbers. A TV with a high refresh rate is not guaranteed to be free of motion blur. Even for console gaming, there is no advantage in using a 120Hz+ TV, because console video games are capped at 60 fps anyway.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Motion Rate is really only relevant to fast action or sports scenes since LED TV's suffer from Motion Blur. I did not notice much on this set and I watched some action movies recently. This TV should be fine for you. If you are a movie videophille you might not be interested in this set but for the average family it should be great. TV
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.the resolution and motion rate (or refresh rate) of over-the-air broadcast is the limiting factor for watching sports. only the biggest TV stations broadcast at 1080i and 60Hz, while most are transmitting at 720i or even 480i and 30Hz. having a TV with specs greater than that is meaningless. netflix delivered via cable/satellite/wi-fi thur the internet will be at lower resolution and refresh, so again a TV that exceeds those limits is meaningless. same is true for all cable or satellite reception. all inferior to over-the-air, so 1080p and 60 Hz is the most you need in the TV if you have an outdoor antenna, and more than you need for cable/satellite. and due to bandwidth limitations, that is very unlikely to change in the foreseeable future. the ONLY place i can think of where you might see a difference in TVs (probably mostly in your imagination) would be with a blu-ray player connected via HDMI cable. all the 4K and UltraHD BS is just that, BS, to get you to waste more money on a more expensive set that has no meaningful difference in picture quality.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Netflix looks great on this TV. I think of high refresh rates as mostly a gimmick and not really useful for most viewers.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.120Hz exists so that a TV doesn't have to insert extra frames/refreshes when viewing 24fps content (mainly hollywood movies). 120 (screen refreshes per second) divided by 24 equals 5. So for a 24fps video on a 120Hz TV, each frame is refreshed 5 times before displaying the next frame. On a 60Hz TV, the math above works out to 2.5. A TV can't show a single frame 2 and a half times, so the TV has to refresh one frame 3 times, and the next frame 2 times. Some people dislike this 3:2 pulldown because it causes a lack of smoothness when things are moving on the screen. Regular TV signals (ie. broadcast TV and cable/satelite) are 30fps, so with a 60Hz TV, every frame is refreshed twice, and things should move "smoothly" across the screen. I have this Samsung TV and a 120Hz Sharp TV, and to my eyes, the Samsung still does a better job with the smoothness of video playing on the screen.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I have an older Sony 60 and I have been happy with it since (8 years old) and still works great and my kids use the Xbox all the time.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.refresh rate is not a gimmick it makes a big difference in quality of hd programming. You will have blurs and trails with any movement.
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