LG's LH55 series of 1080p, 240Hz LCDs now shipping
By Tim Stevens 
posted May 27th 2009 6:36AM
posted May 27th 2009 6:36AM
Remember all those LCDs LG flooded us with at CES earlier this year? Another set of them is shipping, the LH55 models in sizes ranging from 37- to 55-inches. These don't have any of the fancy internet connectivity or wireless HDMI tricks offered by some of the company's more flash sets, but all offer 1080p resolutions at TruMotion 240Hz refresh rates, 80,000:1 contrast ratios, and other niceties like auto-calibration and Clear Voice II, which pledges to ensure dialogue doesn't get washed out by heavyhanded soundtracks. They're all Energy Star 3.0 certified, too, so you'll feel a little more green while watching that Discovery Earth Blu-ray on a television that's almost five feet on the diagonal. MSRPs range from $1,399 up to $3,899, so get bargain hunting.
The FutureShop where i work has had these for at least a month now. Overall the TV is pretty nice although it suffers from stuttering on higher motion. Even if it has 240hz the TV seems to slow down to a 60hz like television in high motion scenes. When it doesnt suffer from that slow down the TV has impecible smoothness in movement!
I would say that the difference between 120hz and 240hz is just like difference between 1080i and 1080p. Almost nonexistant. But hey, if they can charge more for it, someone will buy it. Not I.