Riddle me this... 120Hz LCD

[itsjared]

So my question is kind of hard to explain. When in Fry’s I am watching the display Blu-Ray playing and it’s Transformers (already a plus for me) and the picture just looks “real”. I feel like I am literally right behind the camera, like there is better lighting or something. It just looks like I can step to the side and see a different angle. I don’t know what this is. I don’t really see it too too much on sports but in Blu-Ray it is very noticeable. I also noticed it on Pirates of the Caribbean.
My question is this, Is this just the 120Hz or is it something else as well? I bought the Transformers Blu-Ray and played it on my 720p Plasma and didn’t see what I was seeing in Fry’s. And if it is the 120Hz, why can’t I see it on Plasma? Doesn’t Plasma go at something like 400+Hz?

[wafi]

Originally Posted by itsjared

So my question is kind of hard to explain. When in Fry’s I am watching the display Blu-Ray playing and it’s Transformers (already a plus for me) and the picture just looks “real”. I feel like I am literally right behind the camera, like there is better lighting or something. It just looks like I can step to the side and see a different angle. I don’t know what this is. I don’t really see it too too much on sports but in Blu-Ray it is very noticeable. I also noticed it on Pirates of the Caribbean.
My question is this, Is this just the 120Hz or is it something else as well? I bought the Transformers Blu-Ray and played it on my 720p Plasma and didn’t see what I was seeing in Fry’s. And if it is the 120Hz, why can’t I see it on Plasma? Doesn’t Plasma go at something like 400+Hz?

Yer not gonna get that "look" on plasmas mate! You need to change teams and go for a Sony or Sammy LCD..they come with these things called "motion enhancers"/"motion flow" which gives you that "soap opera" [not my words!] look. My Sony [60 hz] does the deed. I don't care for it, but my point is that you will get a similar look with an lcd thats 60hz as well.

[supercutz]

I think it is due to the 120Hz refresh rate as those are the only sets that seem to give that "soap opera" like look. That I've seen in stores, anyway.

[bluRazor]

Originally Posted by supercutz

I think it is due to the 120Hz refresh rate as those are the only sets that seem to give that "soap opera" like look. That I've seen in stores, anyway.

nope. it a processing effect. its just on the newer lcds which usually happen to be 120hz.