What kind of Television do you have?

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Originally Posted by jimhelm

I'm about to pull the trigger on a 60" LED TV. Got it pretty much narrowed down to this one:

It is really an LCD TV. LCDs are backlit by LEDs. Since LEDs sound higher tech, they call it an LED TV. A true LED TV means an LED for every dot on the screen.

Other technology is plasma. Now losing sales to LCD screens.

Two key factors to any LCD TV. First is the viewing angle. Most all have excellent viewing angles compared to a decade ago. Simply walk to the left or right until the picture degrades. That is the viewing angle.

Second is persistence. Often stores will display their 'test' programs by using slowly moving items. Persistence means a world fast sprinter running across the field as a halfback instead looks more like the Flash (from comic books).

A higher refresh rate means the TV can better follow the world class sprinter. However view it yourself to learn if your eyes and brain work too fast for that screen.