Instructions: Overclocking an HDTV to True 120Hz

Talk about overclocking displays at a higher refresh rate. This includes homebrew, 165Hz, QNIX, Catleap, Overlord Tempest, SEIKI displays, certain HDTVs, and other overclockable displays.
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Instructions: Overclocking an HDTV to True 120Hz

Post by Chief Blur Buster » 04 Jan 2014, 22:49

The Blur Busters HOWTO for this, is located at:
HDTV Refresh Rate HOWTO: True 120Hz from PC to TV
Blur Busters wrote:Purpose: Use TV as a 120Hz computer monitor. Smoother motion and less input lag.
Supported Displays: Several models including Vizio, Panasonic, etc. See comments.
Higher success rate for Active 3D HDTV’s (the type that use electronic shutter glasses).

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Some HDTVs have an undocumented ability to accept 120Hz from a PC.
Many TV’s do 120Hz internally for a different purpose (e.g. motion interpolation, active 3D). These TV’s support the dot clocks necessary for 120Hz because active shutter glasses 3D @ 60Hz (frame-sequential) use a similar dot clock frequency as 2D @ 120Hz.

It is important to note not all televisions can be forced to accept native 120Hz via external connections through refresh rate overclocking. A successful HDTV overclock to 120 Hz will result in 50% less motion blur compared to 60 Hz. Some models that do 120Hz internally (e.g. Motionflow, 3D) can also accept 120Hz externally.

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