Just when I thought television at 120Hz couldn’t be any better, they come up with 240Hz LCD TVs. Samsung and Sony are the current leaders in this race, but Sony has the head start by introducing the 200Hz+ TV first to market. In America, it looks like Sony Bravia 52″ LCD with 240Hz goodness is the unit they’re going to sell first. Since no one has actually got their hands on these sets for a more in depth review, it’s only a speculation how good they really are. The marketing brochure sure make it look good, but beauty is at the eye of the beholder. Personally, I think if I’ve enjoyed 120Hz TV, I wouldn’t make 240Hz a big deal. Unless it fixes the pixellation errors completely, I wouldn’t buy into it just yet.
Meanwhile, Sony is advertising the new 200Hz TV in Europe, using the new James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace, as the platform. Here’s the rather nifty ad featuring Daniel Craig being bounced off various debris.
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hi Rudy,
We still have an old CRT-type TV. I’ve been putting off getting a flat screen TV for a while now because the prices just keep coming down. Now I decided maybe I’ll finally get one for Christmas, and then I read this post! Now you’ve just given me a reason to keep waiting.
~ Steve (aka the trade show guru)
PS. I usually use IE6 because I’m used to it and all my bookmarks are on it. When I try to get to your blog now IE6 loads it, shows an error box (“Internet Explorer cannot load site”), and then says page not found. I got here this time with Firefox. Just FYI.
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Hi Steve,
IMHO, you can get the 120-Hz TV for less than $2000 now, so that should be a good enough upgrade from your ancient TV. The 240 Hz one will take some time to drop in price – still at $4000+.
As for the site loading problem: I think it might have something to do with the “Lijit” search widget I just installed earlier today. It may not be compatible with IE6. By the way, IE6 should die already. 😉
Hi Rudy, I had a Philips plasma for 7 years it had a lot of nice features like 2 tuner pip and split screen with lots of controls. I only got about 9000 hours out of it, 1/2 the the stated life so I won’t be going with Philips or plasma. I’m going with a 46 or 47″ lcd set and I think you’ve convince me to go 120hz vs 60, but I can get a 2nd smaller lcd for the price difference. Is there a brand you’d recommend and do you know of one that has 2 tuners.
Hey Joe,
I would recommend brands like Sharp, LG, and Samsung for affordability and quality. On a higher end, you can try Sony, Mitsubishi, and Toshiba.
You can refer to my previous post on 120 Hz TV recommendations.
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