24p Help

[keyzone72]

I have a Yamaha BD-S2900 blu-ray player that goes to a Pioneer Elite Pro-111FD that both support 24p. When I read about "24p," I admit, I didn't really understand the benefits. This is one of those things where most people won't notice a major difference. Here's what I determined:

I played one of the Austin Powers blu-ray movies with 24p disabled on both the blu-ray player and plasma TV. When the movie starts and the animated title ("Austin Powers") scrolled upwards towards the center of the screen, it was definitely shakey and jittery. It wasn't so bad that I thought something was broken. And I think many people might not of even noticed, but it was definitely not smooth.

Now......

I then swithed on 24p on both my blu-ray player and plasma TV and watched the same scene again to see how that scrolling movie title behaved this time. This time, the "Austin Powers" title scrolled up to the center of the screen with absolutely no shakiness or jitter. It was silky smooth and much more pleasant to watch.

Although the purpose of watching movies is not to focus on reading and analyzing the text that comes onto the screen, it does help us better understand how much smoother things can look in a movie when played back on a player and TV capable of supporting 24p.

Based on this analysis, I can only assume that movies filmed in 24p that have scenes with alot of motion (waterfalls, car chases, battle scenes, etc..) will benefit from being played on a home theater system that supports 24p.

Hope this helps.......