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Sony KDL-50W829B Native Refresh Rate?

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So I just ordered my new TV, get it tomorrow :D Got it because it was one of the nicest looking TV's, Full HD, IPS or VA panel, 4x HDMI ports :P one thing I can't find though is the native refresh rate seen people say it's 100hz/120hz/240hz but can't find anything concrete on it.

Does anybody know, or can find out what the native refresh rate of the KDL-50W829B is? I'd be very grateful :) This is the 'B' model and is supposed to have a high native frame rate :S

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sony tv have a different rating for the refresh rate once it has x-reality engine AKA motionflow XR. I was told by a sony support staff back in 2006 that you need to divide that XR number by 2 so if it says XR 240 it is really a 120hz. If you don't understand this concept, don't be ashamed i don't either because sony has tvs with 960 XR.

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sony tv have a different rating for the refresh rate once it has x-reality engine AKA motionflow XR. I was told by a sony support staff back in 2006 that you need to divide that XR number by 2 so if it says XR 240 it is really a 120hz. If you don't understand this concept, don't be ashamed i don't either because sony has tvs with 960 XR.

Hmm then it would be 400 :/ and aren't LCD locked to 240hz? :(

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Hmm then it would be 400 :/ and aren't LCD locked to 240hz? :(

it would depend on the panel and the lighting used if i remember correctly. It was 2010 that had 480hz LCD monitors in CES

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Hmm then it would be 400 :/ and aren't LCD locked to 240hz? :(

According to Sony's spec sheet it doesn't take input higher than 60Hz which doens't surprise me.

No, 240Hz LCDs do not exist. The fastest production models are 144Hz and is only found on computer monitors. There are a few 120Hz TVs but they're pretty rare. The rest are lying. Talking about the refresh rate of the backlight instead of the panel, or else some kind of image processing which adds massive latency and destroys the look of movies.

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According to Sony's spec sheet it doesn't take input higher than 60Hz which doens't surprise me.

No, 240Hz LCDs do not exist. The fastest production models are 144Hz and is only found on computer monitors. There are a few 120Hz TVs but they're pretty rare. The rest are lying. Talking about the refresh rate of the backlight instead of the panel, or else some kind of image processing which adds massive latency and destroys the look of movies.

Thank you, would you have a link to the spec sheet so I can read it? :) I haven't been able, for the life of me, to find it :S

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Thank you, would you have a link to the spec sheet so I can read it? :) I haven't been able, for the life of me, to find it :S

It's under the "video signal" section after you click the link to show all specs.

http://www.sony.co.uk/support/en/content/cnt-specs/KDL-50W829B/list

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It's under the "video signal" section after you click the link to show all specs.

http://www.sony.co.uk/support/en/content/cnt-specs/KDL-50W829B/list

Hmm odd, all the reviews/product pages I've read say it's been update to 120hz. than the previous model :S wonder if they've just copied and pasted the spec sheet from last years model...

Anyway I can test the refresh rate, and should I contact sony to confirm? :)

I appreciate your help too, thank you :)

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