
Of all the logos, numbers and initialisms on the side of a TV box, the spec I’m asked about most often is refresh rate, i.e. the set rate at which a display refreshes itself per second. Without a refresh rate, an image wouldn't change on your screen — which, you know, would pretty much defeat the purpose of owning a TV.
The first thing you ought to know about a TV’s native refresh rate is that there are, currently, only four varieties of TV: 60Hz, 120Hz, 144Hz and 165Hz.