It's worth noting that any *film* based material does not benefit from a 60fps format. For 60fps they just do 30fps and throw each frame up twice. In terms of compression, this saves droves, especially when you're talking about the lower resolution of 720p vs. 1080i.
Of course, anything actually filmed at 720p/60, like sports (has it actually been verified they do sports at 60fps? I never checked) you are talking about more compression. But that goes back to your point about reference frames.
It's too bad there are these 720p stations when 1080p has basically become the defacto standard for HDTV displays.
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I'm betting you're right about the 720p thing.
It's worth noting that any *film* based material does not benefit from a 60fps format. For 60fps they just do 30fps and throw each frame up twice. In terms of compression, this saves droves, especially when you're talking about the lower resolution of 720p vs. 1080i.
Of course, anything actually filmed at 720p/60, like sports (has it actually been verified they do sports at 60fps? I never checked) you are talking about more compression. But that goes back to your point about reference frames.
It's too bad there are these 720p stations when 1080p has basically become the defacto standard for HDTV displays.
-Pie