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is it worth the extra $200 to get the 120HZ model?


im about to upgrade my entertainment center after a freak accident that left my 30\" CRT dead and DVD dead aswell. im getting a new center, TV and DVD Player.


this one is the 120 HZ model: http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product. ... d=10576665


and this one: http://www.walmart.com/Vizio-42-1080p-L ... ip/8477431

is the 60hz, is there any real visual difference? im considering getting a XBox 360 Elite aswell

What freak accident destroyed all that?

Get a Samsung. They may be a little more expensive, but you get a waay better picture and more run for your money. I suggest a Samsung 6 or 7 series LCD or plasma screen.

tunnelcat wrote:What freak accident destroyed all that?

a very old and very flimsy particle wood entertainment center

Zantor wrote:Get a Samsung. They may be a little more expensive, but you get a waay better picture and more run for your money. I suggest a Samsung 6 or 7 series LCD or plasma screen.

my late father's Vizio i and my family are very happy with, thus why im getting a Vizio

Vizio baby - ive got a 42inch as well. had it over a year now. Side by side vs. all the other big brands - it beats them handsdown.

AceCombat wrote:is it worth the extra $200 to get the 120HZ model

Yep. Sounds like the one I got, happy w/ it Don't have it hooked to any TV input tho, no idea how well the tuner works.

I would rather get a Samsung. Whenever I look at a Vizio next to a Samsung, the Samsung has a better picture.

Well, considering that 85 fps is the minimum for smooth gameplay, and since you're already spending hundreds of dollars on an HDTV, then I suggest that you not be cheap and spend the extra $200 for 120 Hz.

Neo wrote:Well, considering that 85 fps is the minimum for smooth gameplay, and since you're already spending hundreds of dollars on an HDTV, then I suggest that you not be cheap and spend the extra $200 for 120 Hz.

thats what i was wanting to know, thanx neo

Grendel wrote:

AceCombat wrote:is it worth the extra $200 to get the 120HZ model

Yep. Sounds like the one I got, happy w/ it Don't have it hooked to any TV input tho, no idea how well the tuner works.

well right now, i stream my TV with a TV Card on my PC. so im not even going to hook it up to the TV. just XBox 360, DVD, and possibly the PC for games

well i love this TV!!! got it yesterday!

At first I was wondering, \"where the heck is it?\" and then I took a closerlook a the big black area. (we have low res settings at work).

Enjoy it! It looks like it fits in that spot nicely, too.

Zantor wrote:I would rather get a Samsung. Whenever I look at a Vizio next to a Samsung, the Samsung has a better picture.

I suppose beauty is in the eye of the beholder. They had a Toshiba at sears next to a Vizio, Toshiba looked better.

But then i noticed that the Toshiba was directly connected to a BluRay player. The signal was not split 20 different times.

I asked they plug the Vizio up directly - and Man - it improved the picture SOO much better. The TV didn't look the same when you had the signal split to other TV's. It was a tad better than the Toshiba, and the Samsung they had on the other end of the room. But I suppose its all up to what you like best.

lol @ nice fit, only my index finger will fit between the wood and the tv on three sides

Is it open in the back, you need to ventilate those things.

Good point. It does get pretty warm.

yeah its got plenty of space on the back, im talking the three edges, front and back have at least a foot of clearance

That's good. The last thing you'd want is for your new toy to overheat and fry.

oo ^_^

Ace, would you mind turning that picture into a link? It's distorting the page. And what are you doing with a Nintendo Entertainment System still there? That should have been demoted to closet shelf status long ago. ^_~

HA!! yeah right, i love my NES, needs a new cartridge connector but it works

AceCombat wrote:HA!! yeah right, i love my NES, needs a new cartridge connector but it works

Here ya go ace
http://www.stupidfingers.com/projects/super72/

at one point i saw u can order them

btw if u ever wanna add me on Live im Ryoohk

Old school NES > Any console.

Eat it.

heh

Pretty sure that you need to have a 120Hz signal for a 120Hz TV to display it beyond the native 60Hz signal... I could be wrong... I don't have a digital cable box, just analog right from the wall jack TV on my (Samsung!) LCD TV.

I'm glad Ace didn't get a Samsung. My MP3 player from Samsung went nuts after only 1 year. And my friend went through 2 of its MP3 players in like 1 month because they wouldn't work properly. Not to mention that they make crap RAM. x_x

JM, TV in the US is 29.97 FPS to begin with (film is 24 FPS). 120 Hz TVs always display 120 Hz, but they interpolate the missing frames. So no, the source does not need to be 120 Hz for the monitor to still spew 120 frames/sec. But it should be able to support a true 120 Hz input from a PC or any other source that can do it.

Burlyman wrote:I'm glad Ace didn't get a Samsung. My MP3 player from Samsung went nuts after only 1 year. And my friend went through 2 of its MP3 players in like 1 month because they wouldn't work properly. Not to mention that they make crap RAM. x_x

sadly the HD Upscaling DVD player is a Samsung. ohwell