XxEvil AshxX Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 I have two Samsung televisions that I have Xboxes hooked up to; my One X is on my 40" no-frills 4K Samsung, and my launch XBO is on my 7-year-old 1080p Sammy in the living room. All this talk of "120 fps" on the next gen systems got me thinking back on my older tv. My 4K is a 60Hz tv, so no fun with that one, but I remembered that my older one was supposedly higher than that, so I looked up the model number and apparently its refresh rate is 240Hz? Is that because it's a 3D television (to show 2 frames each at 120Hz?) Does that mean that I should technically be able to play a game like Dirt 5 at 120 fps? Or is this refresh rate only available in 3D mode? I've never really been a tech nut on the television side of things so I've never actually put much thought into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedarkstark Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 Games will most likely have a capped framerate. 4k-30fps, 1080p-120fps. And yes your old TV should do 120fps @ 120hz , but you might have latency or ghosting issues depending on what type of TV and how old it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 For a TV I don't see the point in going 240Hz unless you're going to turn it into an HTPC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimpleG Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 You need to check to see if the TV is doing 120 natively or thru motion smoothing , if its the latter then it wont be 120 and is terrible to use while gaming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XxEvil AshxX Posted September 21, 2020 Author Share Posted September 21, 2020 3 hours ago, SimpleG said: You need to check to see if the TV is doing 120 natively or thru motion smoothing , if its the latter then it wont be 120 and is terrible to use while gaming. Yeah see that's what I'm wondering. I have the motion smoothing turned off and have the xbox input calibrated in game mode. I just don't know if the tv is always set to refresh at 60Hz cuz I literally don't have anything else to try it on. I guess it'll be a fun experiment when I get my Series X. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cusideabelincoln Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 It is most definitely not an actual 240 Hz; and most likely not even 120 Hz. They are just processing and inserting extra frames in between the source's framerate (which will be 24 fps or 30 fps for movies/TV), but most likely can only display at 60 Hz. Best look up the model number and find a review or find the tech sheet to be absolutely sure what it can do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 It's probably the dejuddering or trumotion or whatever samsung calls it. If your TV has a game mode it usually disables it which would mean your TV doesn't do 120htz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbob42 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 I imagine fake ass TV bullshit refresh rates have done damn near irreparable damage to the concept of high refresh rates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 22 minutes ago, Xbob42 said: I imagine fake ass TV bullshit refresh rates have done damn near irreparable damage to the concept of high refresh rates. Plasma TVs were advertised with 600hz refresh rates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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