[souls33k3r]

Hi All,

I'm thinking of buying a new tele for my place and when i popped in to one of the stores, all the different terminologies blew me away. Tried to get some answer from the sales ref but even he backed up telling me that normally customers come and see what they like and buy it straight away but i'm not like that. I like to know what i'm buying and what i'm getting out of it and is it worth me spending a little bit more to get good results or be wiser and stick to a bit old tech.

So please bear with me because i am about to ask a few silly questions.

1) Difference between Frame Rate and Software Accelerated Frame Rate. Which one is better in terms of viewing and how does it differ from one another in terms of watching a HD channel or a movie via DVD/Blu-Ray player.

2) What are Software Accelators CMR, Subfield Motion , Motion Flow & Backlight scanning.

3) If i connect my laptop to the TV using HDMI cable, what frame rate will it assume? The actual frame rate of the film or will the TV convert to it's standards.

Many thanks in advance

[souls33k3r]

Sorry i'm sure that my stupid question would get on somebody nerves but i really do need help on deciding. People here have tremendous knowledge about the technology and i'm sure one of you would be able to answer my question. Sorry not trying to bump up my thread but sheer desperation for seeking answers. Thanks in advance once again

[Chris Simon]

To be perfectly honest, a lot of these just seem like marketing terms for similar concepts that all manfacturers do. I've not heard of these partciular terms (most of them anyway) but I imagine it's all the same thing. Basically, taking the normal 25 frames per second that a broadcast programme is and then interpolating frames in between to try to make motion less jerky. Some people like the effect, others think it makes things look artificial or they introduce other artefacts maybe. I tend to turn all such motion processing off.

Backlight scanning is where the backlight of an LCD TV is not constant all over the screen but only illuminates portions of the picture. I think it's intended to provide better blacks and again to make motion less jerky. I think.

It's all just technologies that different manufacturers have introduced in order to improve the picture, but as I've mentioned it's all down to the individual's preferences. Best thing you can do is just to demo some TVs and ask the salesman to demo it with all these technologies switched on, and then switch them off to see what you prefer.

But if you choose a decent manufacturer then the picture is going to be decent enough anyway.

The frame rate of a laptop connected to a TV will be whatever the laptop is pumping out, provided the TV can handle it. But any "motion flow" options you switch on in the TV might modify it.