http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/ Engadget Comments for LG's THX-certified LH90 LCD HDTVs now shipping in US http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/Jul 22nd 2009 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/Jul 22nd 2009 4:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/Jul 22nd 2009 4:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/
I purposely put carp though...]]>Jul 22nd 2009 4:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/Jul 22nd 2009 4:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/Jul 22nd 2009 4:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/Jul 22nd 2009 5:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/Jul 23rd 2009 4:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/
Other than that, looks awesome.]]>Jul 22nd 2009 4:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/Jul 22nd 2009 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/Jul 22nd 2009 4:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/Jul 23rd 2009 10:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/Jul 22nd 2009 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/
http://www.hemagazine.com/node/THX_Certified_Video

http://www.hdtvetc.com/education/thx-video-certification-explained.php]]>Jul 22nd 2009 5:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/Jul 22nd 2009 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/
Actually, THX 1138 should be the viewing requirement...]]>Jul 22nd 2009 11:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/Jul 22nd 2009 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/Jul 22nd 2009 4:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/Jul 22nd 2009 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/Jul 22nd 2009 4:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/
Why 240Hz? So they can charge $500 for $100 worth of hardware. ]]>Jul 22nd 2009 4:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/
I want to know if thats how people see it or if my head is just messing with me....]]>Jul 22nd 2009 4:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/

that'd be the THC actually ....
]]>Jul 22nd 2009 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/I'll SHOW YOU. I'LL SHOW ALL OF YOU.]]>Jul 23rd 2009 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/Jul 22nd 2009 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/Jul 22nd 2009 4:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/
Whatever happened to that in theaters anyway? We use to see it all the time. Now we don't even seen their logo in theaters anymore.]]>Jul 22nd 2009 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/Jul 22nd 2009 4:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/
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This is the first LCD with thx certification, so last years panasonic plasmas don't change the fact this is the "first".
And besides paying THX money to slap it onto the box, what your really paying for is THX mode, which like on the panasonic plasmas do a really good job of giving a near calibrated look to the tv automatically.]]>Jul 22nd 2009 4:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/
The damn glossy bezel sucks. It reflects everything, distracting and annoying.]]>Jul 22nd 2009 5:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/Jul 22nd 2009 5:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/
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24hz is not the same as 24 frames per second. The human eye perceives as little as 18 FPS of "motion picture film" as fluid only because of the blur effect inherent to capturing motion on film. Digital creations don't have this blur (exception some of the recent generation), so you need more FPS to trick the eye/brain into thinking something is moving.

Even at 60fps the brain of most people will perceive 60 still frames then go "oh, wait, this stuff is supposed to be moving and I don't want to be confused, so I think it's moving". Up the FPS to 120 and it's easier for the brain to convince itself of movement. For me, anything under 60FPS gives me headaches, at about 120 I'm good for a few hours, at 180 (my old Viewsonic 21" would do 1600x1200x32bp@188hz) and I was good for 12 hours and more. Notice I mostly talked about FPS, not hz.

The hz rating of a analog set has always related to how many times per second can the ENTIRE screen be refreshed. FPS is directly relative to the media source (film, cgi, etc.) as those images are "chunked out of time when imprinted". Analog displays "paint" from the top to the bottom of the screen X times per second to give you a hz rating. Ok, some displays split the screen in half horizontally, but you get the idea. So, a faster refresh means the eye/brain sees less "painting". You'll understand what I mean better if you find a TV show there they pan the camera view across a TV showing a flickering/scrolling image. It's out of sync with the recording camera.

Now, and this old school LCD tech that really annoys me has become ignored. LCD/Plasma screens refresh ratings aren't equiv to analog tube displays. Most LCD/Plasma screens only change specific pixels which need changing. The whole screen is not changed X times per second. Rating a LCD as 120hz is MARKETING mumbojumbo. The truth is that an LCD pixel can go from one state to another in a specific amount of time. You might say that each pixel can change at 120hz, but even then, some manufactures rate based on on/off, off/on/off, on/off/on, etc. The all fudge the numbers to make us want their product.

Lastly, you will never truely have more frames displayed than the source was created with. You're DVD is only going to give you 24 distinct frames on your 120hz screen. Sure, each distinct frame will be shown for five times the length of time, but it's the same frame.

However, if you talk about computers, many can push out a true 120FPS for a given resolution, bit depth and content. Put that out to your 120hz digital display and you would see all 120 frames per second. Depending on which pixels need changed, you might even be able to push a 240FPS game to a 120hz screen and not lose any "frames".

I have read lots of research over the past 30 years regarding this. No one can really agree. But it comes down that the average person can notice a difference between analog images at roughly 20fps, 30fps, 60fps, 100fps, 120fps, 180fps, and many others up to about 4000fps. Beyond that rough number, nothing seems better. How that would translate to hz, well, only you can say based on what you see.

Oh, one other important fact. If you're pushing and image designed for 60hz to a 240hz display, that display has to use processing power to "build" the missing images (or repeat if you will). Many people have noticed lag in games because of that. Some have "game" mode to help, but since everyone implements it differently, your mileage may vary.]]>Jul 22nd 2009 10:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/

Other than that, nice.]]>Jul 23rd 2009 6:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/version, though I certainly didn't pay $3200! If you're not afraid
of internet buying, you can get it for under $2400 from at least 2
places I know of, including the place I got mine from.

I wasn't actually aware this thing was THX certified, but that's cool
I guess. Just another marketing label though, really. If you ask me,
the best thing about THX is their trademark sound that plays before
some movies and when my TiVo reboots. If you have good speakers, it
can shake the room. :) Other than that, it's more a selling point
than a real technological benchmark.

This really is a good TV, I'm glad I waited for it instead of picking
up the thin Samsung edge-lit LED LCDs that were in stock at Best Buy.
It was a little nailbiting to buy something like this sight-unseen
since nobody had them in yet, but I'm glad I took the chance.

BTW, don't fret too much about the bezel. It's a pretty big bezel,
true, and it is reflective, but it's also not flat. It's actually
contoured, so you don't get direct reflections like a mirror. And
the screen is NOT reflective at all, which is really really nice in
my opinion.

Anyway, from someone who owns one, I have no reservations
recommending this to anyone who isn't dead-set on plasma. It's
nearly as good as one for contrast ratio, black levels and motion.
Better than most any other LCD I've ever seen anyway.]]>Jul 23rd 2009 12:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/Jul 23rd 2009 8:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/lgs-thx-certified-lh90-lcd-hdtvs-now-shipping-in-us/
Ok.

First of all... All of you guy]]>Aug 17th 2009 6:54PM