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LCDs to get faster refresh rates

February 27, 2007

PC World: The coming months will see an emphasis on 100Hz and 120Hz technology, which allows displays to refresh their pictures much faster, resulting in crisper images. Most displays currently refresh the picture either 50 times per second (50Hz) or 60 times per second (60Hz) depending where in the world you live (different regions use different color formatting.) That rate is fine for most images, but when it comes to fast moving shows like sports events the images can appear blurry. Doubling the rate at which images are displayed, to 100 or 120 frames per second, makes for a better, more high-definition picture.

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