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<blockquote data-quote="Lightning303" data-source="post: 1163384" data-attributes="member: 97876">Just recently bought a new TV, and had to look into some of the stuff discussed here. First of, all tvs nowadays support 50hz as well as 60hz input. Generally a TV gets a 60hz rating if it is sold in a ntsc country, like USA, and a 50hz rating for a pal country, like Germany. It's just that different countries are used to different values. Both versions however support both rates. This also means that a 120hz TV will support 100hz and vice versa, however these are normally not the input rates. So you won't be able to set you pc to transmit a 1080p 120hz signal, just a 1080p 60hz signal and your TV will then show that at 120hz. Or 24 at 120. Your calculations about multiples are therefore not necessary. 24hz or 23,976hz is another story, though nowadays pretty much all models from the big 4 support these refresh rates as well. Motions plus or motion flow hz numbers are just marketing numbers, and describe the frequency with which some of the filters of the TV work and don't correlate to the panel refresh rate, the company's just want to fool you into thinking it does. 4k vs 1080p, at least in the 6000 Samsung series a 4k TV means a 50/60hz panel and 1080p gives you a 100/120hz panel. As I don't have any 4k material and don't see me getting some in the next few years I went for a 1080p TV (Samsung j6250 (6300 in the us)). For reviews of current models I found <a href="http://www.rtings.com" target="_blank">www.rtings.com</a> to be very good and helpful, they give clear answers on the panel refresh rate, if and how 24p is supported, the input lag if that is of interest and much more. They also give a recommendation on how to set everything up to get the best picture quality. Hope I was able to help.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lightning303, post: 1163384, member: 97876"] Just recently bought a new TV, and had to look into some of the stuff discussed here. First of, all tvs nowadays support 50hz as well as 60hz input. Generally a TV gets a 60hz rating if it is sold in a ntsc country, like USA, and a 50hz rating for a pal country, like Germany. It's just that different countries are used to different values. Both versions however support both rates. This also means that a 120hz TV will support 100hz and vice versa, however these are normally not the input rates. So you won't be able to set you pc to transmit a 1080p 120hz signal, just a 1080p 60hz signal and your TV will then show that at 120hz. Or 24 at 120. Your calculations about multiples are therefore not necessary. 24hz or 23,976hz is another story, though nowadays pretty much all models from the big 4 support these refresh rates as well. Motions plus or motion flow hz numbers are just marketing numbers, and describe the frequency with which some of the filters of the TV work and don't correlate to the panel refresh rate, the company's just want to fool you into thinking it does. 4k vs 1080p, at least in the 6000 Samsung series a 4k TV means a 50/60hz panel and 1080p gives you a 100/120hz panel. As I don't have any 4k material and don't see me getting some in the next few years I went for a 1080p TV (Samsung j6250 (6300 in the us)). For reviews of current models I found [URL="http://www.rtings.com"]www.rtings.com[/URL] to be very good and helpful, they give clear answers on the panel refresh rate, if and how 24p is supported, the input lag if that is of interest and much more. They also give a recommendation on how to set everything up to get the best picture quality. Hope I was able to help. [/QUOTE]

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