Can anyone tell me what the refresh rate is of this TV?

[Lawrence Everglades]

Its a Sharp 15AV7U, and can't find out anything about its latency/refrsh rate/response time. At least I think those are the correct terms. Its an American TV, and the Sharp website claims they can only answer questions about a product distributed in your region.

I've searched the internet with no luck so was wondering if anyone knew.

I remember in an article on HDTVs in Edge a couple of years ago they advised that something below 16ms was necessary for games, but 8ms was prefferable. Seeing as this is only a small, cheap set I haven't got my hopes up.

Just to be on the safe side, can anyone give their experiences of TVs with a slower response time than 16ms when running games? How was it? I think I'll be running a NES, SNES, Genesis and in the future intend to include a 360 and PS3.

Also, (first off apologies for the long post) will I be safe (in terms of picture quality) running the said older consoles through an LCD. Its standard definition, but I seem to remember reading that older consoles are "alergic" to these new TVs, but I don't know whether it was talking about LCDs in general or more spacifically HDTVs.

Thanks

[EvilBoris]

I couldn't find any info about it anywhere.
Why is it you want a 640*480 set so much anyway?

[andrewfee]

http://search.sharpusa.com/search/?sp_i=1&sp_q=LC-15AV7U&sp_a=sp10009e61&sp_k=All+of+Sharp&sp_m=0&sp_f=ISO-8859-1

The specs don't seem to mention anything about response time, so I imagine it'll be at least 16ms.

It will only work with NTSC, so no broadcast TV on it, and a 640x480 screen won't look great with the 360/PS3.

LCDs don't handle old systems all that well, so you're much better off with a portable CRT to be honest. (and it will probably be a lot cheaper)

[Lawrence Everglades]

EvilB: Its just that a set with a higher resolution will most likely be more expensive, and HD is only really worth it if you've got a big enough TV to appreciate it imo. With 640x480 the consoles will be outputting at the native resolution of the TV so there'll be no need for up/down scaling, making the picture look its optimum (at least I think I got that right).

Andrew: The TV will just be used for games, so no problems there. But I have found it difficult to find a small CRT with progressive scan. Since finding this site and reading about it, the flicker and instability of my current CRT is really bugging me (and the fact its picture is deteriorating). I also remember in that article about an external adapter box thing for the older consoles to make them look fine, but they said it would set me back around ?150. But that was a couple of years ago, so the price should have come down.

Ah, maybe I should just go for a standard CRT, it would be alot easier eh? (at least I hope)

Crikey, never knew buying a TV could take so much thought. Will be worth it though

Thanks again for your help guys, its much appreciated.

[IanE]

Really you want 720 x 576, standard PAL widescreen, doing it over an LCD isn't going to matter too much anyway, as that one doesn't look too impressive to me. Just go for a decent widescreen CRT (unless you really want 16:9).

[Lawrence Everglades]

CactuarC: I thought 16:9 was widescreen? Either way, i'm not really bothered about the aspect ratio. 4:3 seems fine because most games output at that and a widescreen one will cost more.

Hm. I found this, but am skeptical because its so cheap. The other TVs of a similar type from the big brands are way more expensive. Saying that, other sites I have found have it for sale for up to $400. It doesn't have prog scan though.

http://www.world-import.com/c21-rf80s.htm

[mt50]

Hm. I found this, but am skeptical because its so cheap. The other TVs of a similar type from the big brands are way more expensive. Saying that, other sites I have found have it for sale for up to $400. It doesn't have prog scan though.
http://www.world-import.com/c21-rf80s.htm

how come your looking at TVs for the US when your in the UK(so your location says)
if your worried about the whole PAL/NTSC thing then don't be most tv's from the last 5-10 years will display both pal and ntsc just fine.

this TV is a good one for the money-

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5291883/Trail/C%24cip%3D1500006565.Sound%2Band%2Bvision%3EC%24cip%3D1500006586.Televisions%3EC%24cip%3D1500006587.LCD%2Band%2Bplasma%2Btelevisions.htm

£199 for a 19inch LCD with component/DVi and VGA
ok so its 16:10 not 16:9(will have a tiny black bar at the top and bottom) but i don't think you will find any LCD better for the money. will be great for the PS3 and 360. you could even use it on your PC if you wanted.

[Lawrence Everglades]

Thanks mt, that telly is looks like a very good prospect actually. I didn't know most handled NTSC (and I guess I have my priorities in the wrong places ie native resolution).

I think I'm sorted now with that Samsung model.

Again, thanks for all your help it has been much appriciated.

Cheers