JVC's new 32 and 37-inch LCD TVs with fast 120Hz refresh

She ain't the prettiest girl on the block but she sure is fast! JVC just announced their intent to bring their previously Japanese-only, 120Hz Clear Motion Drive LCD TVs to these United States. That's 120 frames per second, son -- the original frame plus a new, interpolated frame -- which is about double the rate of your typical, god-fearin' LCD panel. The result? A brighter, smoother picture offering a significant reduction in ghosting. The $2,700, 37-inch LT-37X987 and $2,000, 32-inch LT-32X987 bring ATSC/QAM/NTSC tuning, a 1366 x 768 native resolution, JVC's fifth-gen D.I.S.T upscaling tech, 6-millisecond response time, and plenty of the ol' in-and-outs including 2 x HDMI inputs, 2 x component inputs, 2 x S-Video inputs, a 15 pin D-Sub PC input, optical digital audio out and audio output. Expect the 37-incher to drop in August with the 32-incher set to roll in October.

[niknik @ Jun 30th 2006 11:25AM]

Wow, if that indeed does interpolate HDTV content it would be a step in the direction I hope thing would take - higher refresh rates for video.

Every time I watch a pan at 24/25/30fps... argh. With the advanced codecs we're getting, we should be able to interpolate nicely into higher refresh rates - even if captured at lower rates.
Ideally, we'd get captures at 50 or 60 progressive.
ok, I'll be flamed by all the film purists saying they love the "film" look at 24fps. But remember that was selected mainly because... film costs money. Going digital, they have a lot more options... and you could still get a "reduce to 24fps" if needed.

(and get rid of interlaced content while we're at it ;)

[YTC @ Jun 30th 2006 2:30PM]

It will be interesting to see these driving video content - at trade shows they have been scrolling static pictures so that they do not have to deal with how to drive video (60 fields) at double the rate.

Of note, the Japanese market would definitely not be using 120Hz (double the current 60Hz), as they are on PAL - it would be 100Hz (double the current 50Hz).

[neXus @ Jun 30th 2006 2:47PM]

Will they be shipping to Europe anytime soon?

[Jacques67 @ Jun 30th 2006 6:13PM]

YTC: Japan's mains are 100V and support both 50Hz and 60Hz devices. They choose 60Hz for their television and are thus on NTSC (NTSC-J, to be exact. Different gamma I believe).

[Kamus @ Jul 1st 2006 5:57AM]

"The result? Less blurring, flicker, and a brighter picture with fewer ghost images to boot."

You got it all wrong, LCD's don't actually have a refresh rate. what this means, is that 30 fps, 24 fps, and 60 fps material can be displayed with out jittering, which is an awsome feature if you ask me.

[GhostDoggy @ Jul 1st 2006 8:52AM]

How do you test the validity of their claims? Its one thing to accept a signal, and yet another to display it. BTW, JVC's LCoS, which is not the subject of this announcement, often takes in the 60-Hz signal and when sent to the imager sees the imaging system doing double-duty because of the state-decay of the LC needs to be 'refreshed'. I wonder if they managed to take this LC-control system and export it to LCD systems. Can this think also do 48, 72, and 96 Hz as well.

[DCGaymer @ Jul 1st 2006 9:12AM]

But can you game with it....a 6ms response time isn't so bad for such a large screen. Anyone know?

[HeroreV @ Jul 1st 2006 10:07PM]

Less flicker? An LCD with a response time of an hour would still have absolutely no flicker (unless caused by the backlight). What the hell happened to engadget?