The only good thing about 24p is that these 120Hz TVs happily convert it to 48fps. How they then update the screen smoothly I do not know, nor care, but it looks infinitely more pleasant than 24fps. I hate going to the cinema now, its juddery, blurry and too dull. I really do not understand cinema purists as in my opinion, modern HDTVs are far superior, much more comfortable on the eyes.
Sure, there are artifacts as inventing none-existent frames can never be perfect, but at 24fps there is such drastic differences from one frame to the next that I feel dizzy and you can't make out the detail in the scene anyway (this is at the cinema as well as HDTV). The higher the frame-rate, the smoother the transition, the more detail you can perceive. There is even talk of Hollywood adopting 48fps as soon as its cost effective to do so. People forget, 24fps only exists because it was the worst frame-rate they could get away with, it was about money, the cost of film, how quickly the camera can expose the film, it was NEVER about being the best frame-rate for human viewing. Just like how MP3 is "good enough" for most people, its not ideal by any means, as is 24fps.
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The only good thing about 24p is that these 120Hz TVs happily convert it to 48fps. How they then update the screen smoothly I do not know, nor care, but it looks infinitely more pleasant than 24fps. I hate going to the cinema now, its juddery, blurry and too dull. I really do not understand cinema purists as in my opinion, modern HDTVs are far superior, much more comfortable on the eyes.
Sure, there are artifacts as inventing none-existent frames can never be perfect, but at 24fps there is such drastic differences from one frame to the next that I feel dizzy and you can't make out the detail in the scene anyway (this is at the cinema as well as HDTV). The higher the frame-rate, the smoother the transition, the more detail you can perceive. There is even talk of Hollywood adopting 48fps as soon as its cost effective to do so. People forget, 24fps only exists because it was the worst frame-rate they could get away with, it was about money, the cost of film, how quickly the camera can expose the film, it was NEVER about being the best frame-rate for human viewing. Just like how MP3 is "good enough" for most people, its not ideal by any means, as is 24fps.