Depends on the size . I usually plan start thawing 48 hrs before I plan to eat . <| sep |> I ' m still waiting for any legitimate argument besides my candidate lost as to why we need to reform the Electoral College . Take CA out of the results and Donald won by a sizeable margin . Take NY out and the rest of the US voted for him pretty significantly . Should two states really hold that much sway in any given election ? It ' s not like all over the country most people wanted Clinton , the democrats lost a lot of very important and traditionally blue states and swing states . <| sep |> It ' s not like you can enable backlight strobing to decrease motion blur and ghosting or anything . Try it out and you may like it a bit more . The colors are washed out but for $ 180 if an ips 144 hz monitor could be had , I ' d jump on it just like this deal .