What do you play WipEout HD on?

[Sausehuhn]

So if my TV has 60Hz, does that mean it refreshes the input video 60 times in a second? So, theoretically, videos with 60FPS on a 60Hz TV change images 1:1, don't they? That, consequently, means that if I had a 100Hz TV with videos running at 60FPS I could not see any difference to the 60Hz TV, as, even though the TV refreshes faster, there is nothing more to refresh?

Or do I totally mix things up? I just would like to know how it works

Or, next thought, do 100/200/whatever Hz TVs show the change itself of the frames more fluently? … if that makes any sense

[diddymal]

Nah you're on the money. the FPS your TV shows is governed by whatever it is feeding it the image. So a DVD running at 60fps on a 100Hz TV will only have 60 frames shown per second, while your TV will simply show you duplicate frames every so often.

[mic-dk]

Yep, you got it right

[NeilSmith]

Samsung LE40A656; http://www.ngbconsult.co.uk/gallery/...g_Le40A656.jpg

[alka16r]

isn't your picture too small...?

[Sausehuhn]

Question:

I have a 22" 1680*1050 Pixel monitor with HDMI input.
What do I get? 720p (1024*720) stretched to fit the screen size? Black bars? 1080i (1920*1080) cut at the edges (yes I would like that most)?

[eLhabib]

720p upscaled, unfortunately. 1680x1050 is such an idiotic resolution really...

[Connavar]

PS3 + 46" PLASMA (panasonic I believe) + 5.1

[yeldar2097]

well that's not fair...

my sound is good i think...(meridian dsp5500 + sub) but the TV is too small

i want a cinema for wipeout...mmmmmmmmm

[Sausehuhn]

720p upscaled, unfortunately. 1680x1050 is such an idiotic resolution really...

Cool stuff that is … not. So is it stretched then? 'Cause 1680*1050 is 16:10 which is – oh surprise – not 16:9. Or do I get black bars? I have an 19" also, which has 1280*1024. Black bars there on top and bottom?

[eLhabib]

Depends on the screen, but on most of them you can defy the stretch (which is usually default) in favor of some fancy black bars

[Aeroacer]

I got a 97" 1080p front projection screen with a Sony 5.1 digital surround system.

[DrMannevond]

Sony Bravia 40" 1080p with a fiber-link(can't remember what you call them) to my PC with a cheap-ass Creative 5.1 surround system (but the sound is actually pretty decent!). Machine Gun by Noisia sounds glorious in 5.1!!

[DISRUPTOR]

42 inch sony bravia.

[IDReaper]

Samsung Syncmaster 940MW 19" LCD 16:10 Aspect Ratio

Due to the aspect ration of my screen everything is warped and appears taller and more narrow. Not good

[blackwiggle]

You can change the screen size in HD's game options so it won't look stretched out.

[afatsuoM]

So if my TV has 60Hz, does that mean it refreshes the input video 60 times in a second? So, theoretically, videos with 60FPS on a 60Hz TV change images 1:1, don't they? That, consequently, means that if I had a 100Hz TV with videos running at 60FPS I could not see any difference to the 60Hz TV, as, even though the TV refreshes faster, there is nothing more to refresh?

Or do I totally mix things up? I just would like to know how it works

Or, next thought, do 100/200/whatever Hz TVs show the change itself of the frames more fluently? … if that makes any sense

You're right, but not completely. The TV's that display at 100hz/200hz also use a technique to "calculate" the frames between the duplicate frames. So the chip in the TV actually creates new (non-existing) frames to make the picture look smoother.

I saw a Sony display at a local store showing a 60hz, 100hz and 200hz TV next to eachother. They were displaying the same 60fps input signal. The image was a newspaper moving back and forth really fast. The text on the newspaper was not readable on the 60hz TV, but clearly readable on the 200hz TV.

This technique works really well for movies (much smoother image), but there's a catch when playing games. The chip that calculates image enhancements, takes few extra miliseconds doing this. This means that the image is not immediately displayed. Now all TV's have this so-called input lag. But the more techniques used to enhance the image, the longer the lag is. The technique described above creates extra lag (but the image is smoother).

In games like WipEout, this extra lag is really annoying. So it's best to turn off these techniques while playing fast-paced games like WipEout. Most newer TV's have a special game-mode in which only the basic image enhancements are enabled.

In short: 100hz or 200hz TV's are great, but don't add anything for games like WipEout.

[Jguesty94]

50" Plasma Pioneer (here). A great TV, but it doesn't half give off a lot of heat, makes the whole room hot.

Or 32" Sony Bravia, which is sadly 1080i

[Sausehuhn]

I have a surprisingly good image here on my 22" HP Screen. I'm testing it with a mate's PS3 right now. Seems like it cuts out the edges, as I get 1080p on it Sadly I only have the Motor Storm Demo to test it, which only features 720p.

[z1r0rEi]

46" SHARP Lcd Tv 1080p & 37" SHARP Lcd Tv 1080p