120Hz monitor for macbook air

Hi I was planning to buy the samsung 3D 23" Full 120hz monitor (LS23A750DS) to connect to my MBA late 2011, it has a displayport and an HDMI cable, does the mac support 120hz, I've been searching around and people say no but that is like 2 years ago so I want an updated answer. And if it does what cable should I get to connect to the monitor?

As the signal is digital your TV will be seen by the MacBook as 1080 PAL or NTSC with no options to change the refresh rate, but will work fine. We use a similar model as a presentation screen.
As it turns out a LS23A750DS really is a monitor and not a TV (I initially thought it was a TV too).  So it may be that the EDID info sent from the monitor to the computer may (or may not) include refresh rate options.  That is why I couldn't definitively say whether such options would be presented by the Displays preferences.

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