What Goes Into a Great HD Picture?
The most important thing to remember as you read this article is that there are many factors involved in developing a great HD picture. These testsalong with a set’s ability to produce black, the actual contrast ratio (the ratio of black to white), the color accuracy, and moreall play a part. The tests performed here are important, but they only represent aspects of each TV’s overall performance. You should not judge a TV based solely on these tests (or any single aspect of performance). I tested all 74 HDTVs for two important criteria. I measured each display’s ability to deinterlace 1080i signals and also sought to learn whether these displays could convert film-based content (24 frames per second) to the HDTVs’ display rates without losing detail. (Usually this was 60 hertz, many new120-Hz sets arrived too late to be included in this roundup.) The results can help guide you as you purchase an HDTV, but I must emphasize that not all of the passing sets looked great and not all of the
