HDTV Displays Get Faster and Sharper

While 1080p HDTVs seem to be in everyone's portfolio at CES this year, three companies have announced another advance that should make for even better TV watching: refresh rates for LCD HDTVs that are double what's available now.

Ever notice that when you go into a retailer that most of the TV sets, particularly the LCD HDTVs, show rather placid images of glistening flowers or beautiful people walking slowly on the white sands of some tropical paradise? The reason is that LCD has long suffered a kind of motion sickness when the action is fast. There is a bit of blur in even the best of them, though most people hardly notice.

By increasing refresh rates from their standard 60 Hz to 120 Hz, new sets from Philips, Samsung, Sharp and should all produce much clearer imaging, especially when the action on screen is very quick. All three companies expect to have 120-Hz products on shelves this summer.

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