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Michael Desjardin

How important are TV refresh rates and how high do you really need?

Sony TV connected to PS5 with Ratchet & Clack on the screen .

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.

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