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    GADGET GURU

    Nov 26, 2019 4 minutes

    Q CHRIS TROTT, LOWESTOFT

    Will I ever need a 144Hz TV? What difference does it make?

    A White coat Guru here, with your spurious science report. ‘The human eye can only discern around 60 frames per second’ whine the naysayers, forgetting that the eye and brain are, in fact, in squishy organic harmony rather than quartz-clock activated machines. Yes, persistence of vision is a thing. We notice the jump from 25 to 30 to 50, and then again to 60Hz: while 144Hz content may not make such a marked difference, that’s not really the reason that higher refresh rates are a thing.

    It’s all about the persistence of the in betweens. A 144Hz screen can

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