Rumour: 400Hz TVs coming in September

8. Tweakers.net is a Dutch site, not German.

7. cool. Thanks for the answers mbb.

I guess to really test drive and see the difference, I'll just have to wait til one of my rich buddies buy one of these 400Hz badboys and sets it up to watch pay-per-view sports. Until then, if movies will pretty much look the same, and most cable hook-ups are going to be the same as well, I'd only be buying this to help boost the economy but not much more.

6. Will - less motion smearing in sports is the most succinct way I can put it. Really, when you boil it all the way down, that's what it's for. Having the 100/200/400Hz on during most movies will make them look a bit odd.

As for HDMI 1.4, these X00Hz motion processing engines aren't really connected to the original refresh rates of the HD signal. Also, none of the TVs currently available will support HDMI 1.4 at all, as it needs a new type of connector, so it's not an issue in practice. Similarly, the refresh rates of 4K and those giant resolutions won't make a difference to the average consumer because they won't be home standards for many years, if ever (we just don't have the communications infrastructure to support it at the moment)

5. maybe I'm missing the big picture here guys. Suppose I'm a big sports fan, watch a lot of cable TV in HD. If the signal is coming out at 720p, and the TV I have refreshes at 60 Hz and I don't see anything....where's the advantage in going to 400 or 600Hz? Plus I hear there's a lot of buzz right now about HDMI 1.4 going to monsterous, gargantuan screen sizes, displaying in 3D, etc...will these faster refresh rates support these new tech? Then there's the issue of legacy support since a lot of cable, Sat TV stations are already biting the bullet upgrading all their broadcasting hardware. How will a 400-600Hz TV make a difference? Really, not trying to be sarcastic; just wondering what all this techno-excitment buys me in real value to the avg consumer?

Will

4. Panasonic seems to want to join in Sony's "how many Hertz" number game: Panasonic is currently advertizing "600 Hz Intelligent Frame Creation Pro". If you look closely at the corresponding logo, you'll notice the affix "sfd" - this stands for "Sub Field Drive". Because of the way plasma screens display images, the individual pixels run at a rate of 600 Hertz. In practice, however, the TX-P 50 G 10 is a 100-Hertz TV. The "Intelligent Frame Creation" promises fluid motion.

3. Er, this article is about LCD TVs and not Plasma ones.the panasonic you link to is plasma. 400hz LCD TVs is pretty big news.not sure if its needed but this technology isnt around yet

2. Ha ha! you would think this site would do their research first.

1. There is a Panasonic 600 Hz TV already in the market. More info :

http://www.panasonic.co.uk/html/en_GB/Products/VIERA+Flat+Screen+Televisions/NeoPDP+TVs/TX-P50G10/Awards+%26+Test+Results/2121408/index.html?trackInfo=true