So my TV blew up last night, and I need to replace it. I've got a standard HD TV so I'm looking at upgrading to a 4k.
After spending about an hour looking at reviews and Google I'm still confused about all the techy stuff.
In particular, should I care about the motion rate? The one I'm looking at is 50hz (which I understand is the common rate for UK broadcast). Presumably, if I hooked a console into it it would limit the FPS to 50, which isn't ideal but I could live with it.
But then I've read contradictory stuff about it from folk online, some saying 50hz leads to dropped frames and screen tearing etc. I'm sensitive to juddering and screen tear (my wife never notices it, but it bugs me!) - I'd rather get a smaller TV or one with fewer features to avoid it. But then others seem to be saying that the numbers don't really mean much and even upgrading to 100hz won't necessarily avoid that.
I don't have a big budget so some compromise is inevitable and I'm ok with that. If I can find a shop nearby with demo models I can go check it out, but I'm more likely going to have to buy online just on the basis of reviews and features etc. So any advice from tech savvy watchers gratefully received! Thanks in advance.
After spending about an hour looking at reviews and Google I'm still confused about all the techy stuff.
In particular, should I care about the motion rate? The one I'm looking at is 50hz (which I understand is the common rate for UK broadcast). Presumably, if I hooked a console into it it would limit the FPS to 50, which isn't ideal but I could live with it.
But then I've read contradictory stuff about it from folk online, some saying 50hz leads to dropped frames and screen tearing etc. I'm sensitive to juddering and screen tear (my wife never notices it, but it bugs me!) - I'd rather get a smaller TV or one with fewer features to avoid it. But then others seem to be saying that the numbers don't really mean much and even upgrading to 100hz won't necessarily avoid that.
I don't have a big budget so some compromise is inevitable and I'm ok with that. If I can find a shop nearby with demo models I can go check it out, but I'm more likely going to have to buy online just on the basis of reviews and features etc. So any advice from tech savvy watchers gratefully received! Thanks in advance.
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