Sentence examples for hertz from inspiring English sources

A number of countries (Japan, for instance) have one part of the national grid working at 50 hertz and another at 60 hertz.

Dr Dellwo found that the actor's fundamental frequency went from 120 hertz to 170 hertz when disguised.

This increases the screen's frame rate from the 60 hertz (Hz) of conventional television to 120Hz and even 240Hz.

Nor will the investment needed to turn Japan's dual electricity supply (with one half of the country receiving power at 50 hertz and the other at 60 hertz) into a modern smart grid.

A few manufacturers have begun offering sets with refresh rates of up to 480 hertz, with 960 hertz on the horizon.

With television screens refreshed at a minimum of 60 hertz in the United States (and increasingly at 120Hz and even 240Hz for LCD sets, and higher still for plasma panels), couch potatoes find the jerkiness of film an unacceptable annoyance.

Wojtek Gwiazda of the RCI Action Committee, a ginger group, says politicians think short-wave sounds an old-fashioned way to spend taxpayers' money.Even aficionados accept that the glory days are gone: political freedom and new technology means listeners have more choice now, while local rebroadcasts and internet streaming give foreign stations more hum for the hertz.

This increases the screen's frame rate from the 60 hertz of traditional television to 120 hertz and even 240 hertz.

The result runs at six hertz, about a millionth of the speed of a typical laptop computer.

Mains electricity in America is supplied as alternating current at 60 hertz.

It has simply become yet another feature built into television sets (like LED backlighting, 240-hertz refresh rate, local dimming and Wi-Fi connection to the internet) that consumers are happy to have, provided they are not expected to pay a premium, and the special glasses are thrown in free.