120hz Monitor with BlueRay Player... TV vs Montior.. Differences?

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So probably a dumb question but I've Googled and haven't been able to find a straight forward answer to my question. I do use my computer/xbox for gaming but not frequently and most games and machine power I would have would most likely not go over 60fps. So not thinking about 120hz monitor for gaming. However, I see TVs in the store all the time and can see a noticeable difference in quality between 120 and 60 in them (same on monitors?). I'm in need of a second monitor for my office and thought I might use the monitor with a blueray player and or plug it into my Uverse receiver (it will as I understand it work with a monitor as long as it is HDCP compliant) as well as my PC. Would a 120hz LED computer montior (using the same input from blue-ray player or UVerse receiver) be comparable in visual performance as a 120hz LED TV?
 
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TV's use motion interpolation, monitors are true 120FPS. If you plan to game you cant use the '120Hz' feature of a TV because it creates input lag, you'd need to activate 'game mode' which disables the effect and brings it down to true 60Hz. For movies a 120Hz monitor would have no benefit what so ever over a 60Hz display, as 99.999999999% of movies are shot at 24FPS.

If you actually like the motion interpolation effect, then a TV is the thing to go with.
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TV's use motion interpolation, monitors are true 120FPS. If you plan to game you cant use the '120Hz' feature of a TV because it creates input lag, you'd need to activate 'game mode' which disables the effect and brings it down to true 60Hz. For movies a 120Hz monitor would have no benefit what so ever over a 60Hz display, as 99.999999999% of movies are shot at 24FPS.

If you actually like the motion interpolation effect, then a TV is the thing to go with.
 
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If you see a difference it's not because of 60/120Hz screens, it's because one TV is better than the other. Blu Rays display at 24Hz. If you want to watch a lot of Blu Ray movies look for a screen that has a dedicated 24Hz mode. Most TVs use what's called 3:2 pull down to display movies - http://hometheaterreview.com/32-pulldown/ - which introduces judder.

A TV would absolutely give better quality than a monitor. Monitors have little to no video processing built in in order to reduce input lag as much as possible. TVs have lots of image processing built in which increases input lag but gives substantially better image quality.

Obviously there are good monitors and crap TVs. But that's a good general rule.



 
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Which is horrible. Movies looking smooth is a bad thing. It's known as "The Soap Opera Effect" and ruins the original look and feel of the movie.

 
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