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Old 14-08-2008, 17:01
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Hi

I have the Samsung LE32M87BDX LCD TV which has a 100Hz screen.

However, when I am watching programmes via connected equipment such as a DVD player or Virgin V+ box, even in HD, and I press the 'Info' button on the TV remote, the following pops up on screen:

1920 x 1080i @ 50Hz

Please excuse my ignorance but does this mean my TV is not actually performing at the 100Hz refresh rate?

There is no mention of 100Hz or 50Hz or settings in the manual or anywhere in the menu options.

Any help would be most gratefully received!
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Old 14-08-2008, 18:10
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Hi

I have the Samsung LE32M87BDX LCD TV which has a 100Hz screen.

However, when I am watching programmes via connected equipment such as a DVD player or Virgin V+ box, even in HD, and I press the 'Info' button on the TV remote, the following pops up on screen:

1920 x 1080i @ 50Hz

Please excuse my ignorance but does this mean my TV is not actually performing at the 100Hz refresh rate?

There is no mention of 100Hz or 50Hz or settings in the manual or anywhere in the menu options.

Any help would be most gratefully received!
Is that not the input signal details not the TV output details?
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Old 14-08-2008, 20:34
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Is that not the input signal details not the TV output details?
Yes it is, it's showing what the input signal is, nothing to do with the set been 100Hz or not (which is just an advertising ploy anyway).
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Old 14-08-2008, 21:22
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Yes it is, it's showing what the input signal is, nothing to do with the set been 100Hz or not (which is just an advertising ploy anyway).
and a worse picture
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Old 14-08-2008, 22:01
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and a worse picture
I always think so - and lot's of customers have complained about it over the years.
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Old 14-08-2008, 22:33
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I always think so - and lot's of customers have complained about it over the years.
100Hz should help improve picture on larger screen sets but I think that many manufacturers do not install it properly (as cheap as possible just so they can say it has 100Hz)
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Old 15-08-2008, 12:57
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100Hz should help improve picture on larger screen sets
And why would that be?, do you have a reason for thinking so?.
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Old 15-08-2008, 17:52
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Thanks everyone for the comments, that has been very helpful. Cheers
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Old 16-08-2008, 07:21
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And why would that be?, do you have a reason for thinking so?.
Yes because it says so on Richter Sounds Website!
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Old 16-08-2008, 10:04
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Yes because it says so on Richter Sounds Website!
Must be true then - a site trying to sell you more expensive sets says so
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Old 16-08-2008, 11:14
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And why would that be?, do you have a reason for thinking so?.
On larger screen LCD sets, 100Hz can help to slightly improve the TVs display of faster moving action, however, if the TV uses a decent refresh rate, etc... it should not be nessasary. On smaller screens there is not much point in putting it on other than to add more money to the TV as it makes very little or no difference at all.
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Old 16-08-2008, 12:03
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On larger screen LCD sets, 100Hz can help to slightly improve the TVs display of faster moving action, however, if the TV uses a decent refresh rate, etc... it should not be nessasary. On smaller screens there is not much point in putting it on other than to add more money to the TV as it makes very little or no difference at all.
A couple of points here, firstly screen size make no difference, as long as you view at the correct distance the picture is exactly the same size - so that's nonsense to start with.

Second, LCD's aren't scanned, so they don't have a "refresh rate".

The idea behind it (apart from just been an advertising scam) is that it's supposed to create an intermediate position between successive frames - obviously it's debateable how well it might do this, and also can you see any difference anyway?.

It's basically just snake oil, and a waste of time and money - and most people seem to think it actually gives inferior pictures.
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Old 16-08-2008, 12:19
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It does improve the motion resolution though. Which is actually measurable, if you read the reviews at http://www.hdtvtest.co.uk/ they usually include it in their testing (for normal sets aswell as 100hz ones).

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