Digital Home Thoughts: Trusted Reviews: Toshiba REGZA 37WLT68 37in LCD TV Reviewed

"With Toshiba’s M100 system the core principal is the same; scanning the picture 100 times a second rather than 50. But here, with LCD being a largely flicker-free technology, the reason for doubling the scanning rate is actually to counter the problems LCD traditionally has showing rapid motion. The thinking being that adding extra frames of picture – which is effectively what 100Hz processing does – will make motion across the screen look smoother and sharper...It’s a supremely well-connected TV too, giving you not one, not two, but three HDMI inputs...these HDMIs can take premium 1080p content as well as the customary 720p and 1080i options. However, the HD support only goes so far; the screen isn’t a ‘full HD’ 1,920 x 1,080 model, instead ‘only’ carrying the normal 1,366 x 768 pixel count."



I suspect this is going to be the next trend in HDTV marketing: "1080p Compatible". Lower-priced 720p panels, with the ability to "accept" a 1080p signal over HDMI. Consumers may be a bit disappointed when they get their "1080p Compatible" set home, only to discover that they're about a million pixels short of a 1080p picture. The HDTV waters are murky, make sure you know what you're getting.