What is the benefit of 24fps vs. 60fps?

[Bobby Henderson]

Yeah, the 24fps cinema mode is like a direct 5:5 pulldown. The 24fps cinema mode is different from the Motion Flow mode which interpolates in between frames. That effect is good for video-based content, particularly sports. I think the Motion Flow mode makes movies look very strange and video-ish -sort of like a movie being jogged in fast forward mode even though it is playing in normal speed.

[newt07]

Originally Posted by Bobby Henderson

Yeah, the 24fps cinema mode is like a direct 5:5 pulldown. The 24fps cinema mode is different from the Motion Flow mode which interpolates in between frames. That effect is good for video-based content, particularly sports. I think the Motion Flow mode makes movies look very strange and video-ish -sort of like a movie being jogged in fast forward mode even though it is playing in normal speed.

I don't understand. I thought refresh rate meant nothing in the computer world. What I mean is that LCD displays are 60 Hz, right? But 60 Hz doesn't actually tell you have fast a pixel can change. Response time is suppose to be what we're looking at. So a 60 Hz display at 24 fps by just changing the pixel 24 times a second. It's not like the LCD runs on alternating current. It runs on direct current.

I guess what I said is wrong. So does this mean that LCD monitors, for computers that is, also have the same problem where 24 or 25 fps in a game would produce some judder?

[timer00]

Actually my just purchased Sony KDL-40V3000 up to the XBR5 support 1080/24.

http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/...categoryId=563

Just look at the short specs on V3000, W3000 and XBR's.

The PS3 at least has a "Automatic" mode for displaying 1080/24 which can be set under "BD/DVD Settings" on the PS3. Just look for the 1080/24 option. That way it'll display 24 for blu-rays and then 60 or whatever else for everything else.

Last night I watched "The Invasion" (a entertaining movie at least) with decent picture quality in 1080/24 and it looked very good at 24fps. It was different from the normal Blu-Ray experience at 1080i/60 on my old Panasonic 30" wide-screen TAU.

[Knight-Errant]

Yeah 24p definitely has a different quality to it. I think it's a more natural motion judging from what I've seen.