Originally Posted by amaninspired:
“I can't see a flicker on 50 Hz sets. The only 100Hz TVs that I have watched for any length of time were a pair of identical Toshibas that a friend's parents bought a few years ago for different rooms in their house.
On the 100Hz sets, I actually notice zig-zag lines running down the screen, which is not something I have ever seen on a 50Hz set. I think that I may have noticed something similar on 100Hz sets in shops a few years ago.
Am I one of the few people to see this, in the same way as others are part of the few that notice 50 Hz screens flicker?
In any event, my Sony KD32DC11 (32" Wega flat screen 50Hz CRT DTT) is safe in my front room for the foreseeable future. The picture quality never fails to impress me, provided that the source is good (last night's coverage of the Chelsea v Rosenborg game on ITV4 certainly wasn't - but that's nothing to do with the TV!), with DVDs looking spectacularly good.
Having said that, I'm really tempted to get a 20" Sony LCD for the bedroom - reasonably big bedroom screen in a reasonably small bedroom space! It will happily sit on top of the DVD player that's been in retirement since I bought a RDR-HXD710...and it looks good when it's switched off!”
I cant see 50Hz flicker either so have not had to buy 100Hz rubbish.
Its amusing to see so many people singing the virtues of SD on plasma and lcd sets when its obvious to see that SD looks plastic with no definition and detail.
You only have to look closeup at a plasma if its showing a facial closeup to see there is no detail in the skin at all compared with CRT when you can even see the pores of the skin.
Many people claim that flat panel sets hide the defects of SD (IIRC both Jarrak and N.Goodwin siad this) which is true ,but it does not get away from the fact that for whatever reason CRT and SD got together perfectly.
Granted if you are watching a large screen from a good distance then the clarity of plasma and lcd are far better than CRT but just take a closeup look .
Plasma and LCD dont look good closeup at all (in SD)