Which would be the preferred setting for my Region - 1080p/50hz, or 1080/59.94hz, or 1080p/60hz?

[firoze]

I have a Apple TV 4K 2021.

I am in India where the Video standard is PAL/50hz.

My TV is a 50” Plasma 1080p.

Considering that I watch content mostly on Netflix, Prime, YouTube & Disney/Hotstar, which would be the best setting - 1080p/50hz, or 1080/59.94hz, or 1080p/60hz?

I have enabled Match Frame Rate and Dynamic Range on the ATV.



My confusion arises because although I am in India where the Video standard is PAL/50Hz, I presume most of the content on the mentioned apps would be broadcast in either 1080p/59.94Hz or 1080p/60hz. Am I right? I am aware that Match Frame Rate & DR will override 1080p settings, but I believe some apps or some content would ignore the Match FR/DR settings. Hence my question.

Any helpful info would be welcome. Thanks in advance.

 

[waw74]

you've done it correctly.

most mainstream video apps should respect the match setting, so the videos you watch should playback correctly. Most TV/movie content is normally in 24 or 25hz unless you go to HDR, but sometimes even that is 24. But even on the same streaming service, different titles will be in different rates.

you can try to figure out what rate most of the videos you watch are and set the main settings in the video app to that. This will make the blackout/flicker on the TV when the signal type changes happen less often (Your TV will drop out for a second or three when you start or stop playing a video, or if you've paused a video and the screen saver kicks in)
the easiest way to do this is just to pay attention to how often that flicker happens and try a different setting if it happens often.

There's another way to figure out what frame rates are being played, but it depends on the brand as to if it will be helpful or not. Your TV's remote should have an info button or similar , and that should show a pop up on the tv screen about the video signal coming in. My old Panasonic plasma would show the frame rate, the new LG does not.

you can also enable the "developers hud" on the aTV, but it's a little more involved - instructions here


BUT.... after all the work of figuring out what frame rate you watch most often, all you will have accomplished is possibly reducing the times you see the blackout when the signal changes on playback start/stop, you can't eliminate it entirely since every show is different, Just pick a setting and forget about it

 

[firoze]

Thank you for your helpful reply. Just for my understanding, if most content is at 24/25Hz, what are the 50/59.94hz/60hz for?