Dear Sony,

(see lift out brochure in today's Courier Mail if you have).
Your add for the 200HZ Bravias is full of marketing lies.

A) You are confusing refresh rate, Hertz, with Frames Per Second (FPS). You think you'd get this right it being the crux of the technology for the advertisement.

The two have nothing in common. 50HZ does not = 50FPS. It's akin to saying 200HP = 8litres/100km, or 20kg = orange.

B) Therefore everything else is incorrect. The figure comparing the difference in images between 50hz and 200hz is incorrect. There will not magically be more frames of the ball as it moves. The frames aren't there to begin with. They never existed when the footage was captured at ~24 FPS. End of story.

C) The second diagram shows 5 frames. The first is labelled 1/200 sec, the last 2/200 sec. There are three in the middle. We can count. What you have illustrated here is 4 frames for each 1/200 sec, or an 800hz system.

Your sincerely,
Sick of this bull****.

It's a PHONY!

PHONY are THE most overated, overpriced gear EVER.

Most folks that buy PHONY wouldn't even take the time to read the phony blurb - let alone discern the inaccuracies. People buy PHONY because it has a nice obvious PHONY badge that all their PHONY luvin friends will notice..

Stay away unless you have more dollars than sense.

hmmmmm.... and yet i have always been told that watching television makes you stupid

getfunky said...

It's a PHONY!

PHONY are THE most overated, overpriced gear EVER.

Most folks that buy PHONY wouldn't even take the time to read the phony blurb - let alone discern the inaccuracies. People buy PHONY because it has a nice obvious PHONY badge that all their PHONY luvin friends will notice..

Stay away unless you have more dollars than sense.

Not true. Sony makes awesome amps, they are solid units that keep going. Sony also makes great projectors for home theatre. Once I win lotto I'm gonna get one. Till then I'll keep using my cheapo data projector at home.

If I get bored enough there's a new Sony Centre up the road from me. I might go in and ask a salesman how 200hz makes 4x the frame rate.

"So the movie was 24 frame/sec and now it's ...96!? Hang on... 96? You said this was 200hz!"

Could be fun.

On further reading, the Bravia seems to do post processing between frames.

www.sony.co.uk/electronics/support

Sorry but as a repairer, Pioneer dont get my vote either lol. For value for money vs quality in the LCD range, we find that the new Samsungs are hard to beat.

When it comes to home theater I cant really say I like any of them. They are all over rated, poorly designed (from a service point of view) and way too expensive for what you get. The current Harmon Kardon range are ok but nothing to write home about.

DL said...

On further reading, the Bravia seems to do post processing between frames.

www.sony.co.uk/electronics/support

OK... after (actually) reading that I may have to go and see for myself.

OceanBlue64 said...

Sorry but as a repairer, Pioneer dont get my vote either lol. For value for money vs quality in the LCD range, we find that the new Samsungs are hard to beat.

When it comes to home theater I cant really say I like any of them. They are all over rated, poorly designed (from a service point of view) and way too expensive for what you get. The current Harmon Kardon range are ok but nothing to write home about.

Dont be sorry mate , i dont like pioneer either. i heard that samsung are now making the pioneer tvs?

Most equipment is not built from a servicemans P.O.V. im a mechanic and not a day goes by where i say why the fk did those idiots put that there in the way of that.

Yep Japanese cars are the worst for that.

My hiace is an absolute Moll to work on. luckily it hasnt really fkd up yet. ( note to anyone who knows me and my car - the recent fk up Re diff mount was my fault , van meets rocks = realignment of diff )

Fast jap cars. . . mmm i like

My mate has a Series 5 RX7 13b turbo intercooled , very quick.

My dream car is a Series 8 RX7 Twin turbo blah blah.
Would have one now but i hardly fit in it let alone windsurfing gear!