With a whole host of new technological advancements being developed everyday in the television market, LCD TV manufacturers are feeling the heat and stepping up their efforts to speed up their product’s refresh rate. In recent years there has been much talk in the industry about 120Hz, 240Hz and even 480Hz which would mean better fast-motion scenes. In the past, there have been concerns raised about LCD TV’s response time. Depending on the image, LCD TVs rely on flexible pixels which allow a varied amount of light to pass through. As a result of this quicker refresh technology the infamous LCD comet-like tail which was common in fast motion images in sport and video games has now gone.

Response time is typically measured in milliseconds, however there is no specific industry standard way of measurement; a common response time for modern televisions is 2-9 milliseconds. However due to the inconsistency in measurement across the industry, manufacturers use which ever unit that makes their product seem faster to the consumer. But such are the speed of today’s panels response time is no longer an issue due to faster refresh rates. Functionalities that generate frames of content based on the nano-interruptions to the source material have been introduced by most LCD TV manufacturers. The feature uses algorithms to evaluate a group of adjacent frames and sense where moving objects may be in a milliseconds.

A standard 15 inch LCD TV with a 120Hz refresh rate displays twice as much image per second. A top of the range Samsung LCD TV is really setting the tone for the rest to follow. Samsung have announced their plans to release a 70 inch 240Hz 3 LCD panel. It will have 800 million pixel resolutions. It has been suggested that their new models will be implement 480Mz displays. If you’re not completely certain which LCD TV to buy either talk to a tech-savvy friend or do a bit of internet research.