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Re: LCD's suck

#191506
From: Folk
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:01
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On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:59:01 -0700, "goPostal" <agutgopostal@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>
>"§ï×darts" <sixdartsREMOVE@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
>news:Ku-dnTIuaaAsya3XnZ2dnUVZ_rCdnZ2d@giganews.com...
>>
>> On 10-Jun-2009, Folk <Folk@folk.com.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm not sure that Hz relates directly to refresh rate.  My LCD has the
>>> ability to run at either 60 or 75Hz.  If I run at 75Hz UT still shows 
>>> that
>>> it's running at 60FPS?
>>
>> Your monitor might accept 75 input and then convert it.  I've read about 
>> it
>> some.
>>
>> I think the 120hz LCDs are supposed to act more like a CRT with refresh
>> being tied to hz.  At least, that's what the marketing stuff looks like.
>> LCDs really don't have a "refresh" rate, though.  The science is different
>> than a CRT because it's all about the response time of changing the color 
>> of
>> each pixel rather than the speed of drawing lines across a screen.  -  The
>> marketing stuff does seem to indicate that you should be able to acheive 
>> 120
>> fps with vsync on in some games...  but honestly, Folk - I haven't tried 
>> one
>> myself, so all I can go by is what I've read.
>
>Seeing may very well be a different thing too. I'd check one out at the 
>electronics store first, just to be sure. 

Good info guys.  Thanks for the feedback.
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