# techno geeky people help 60hz vs 120hz

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**Created:** [November 23, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/techno-geeky-people-help-60hz-vs-120hz/255719 "2010-11-23T19:03:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 7:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/techno-geeky-people-help-60hz-vs-120hz/255719/8 "2010-11-24T07:07:41Z")

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> [@Luxury SUV?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/luxury-suv/37276/147):
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> It’s mostly hype, NTSC content is only 30fps anyhow, so the same frame is repeated twice per second on a 60hz TV and four times per second on a 120hz TV. Blu-ray is 24fps, though, so the same frame is displayed for 2.5/s on a 60hz and 5/s on a 120hz TV.
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> Long story short, LCD’s picture sucks no matter what, but the only time you will have problems with an LCD refresh rate being too low is when the frame rate EXCEEDS the refresh rate, or the response time of the LCD is slow… regardless, Plasma \> LCD any day of the week.

While I agree plasmas are much superior when it comes to responsce/refresh… and technically Plasmas should be the better option, i just dont see it… Some plasmas look fucking amazing… but i still dont think their quite there yet with a good high end LCD

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