Posted by ~P~ on 04/12/06 00:10

Jeff - Flicker is a result of CRT technology, not of digital display
technology. 24 frames per second could be shown a 72hz, but it won't help
things at all. 60i HURTS things becuase of 3:2 issues with 24fps not
playing nicely at 60fps which results in poor video playback.

24fps... it's what you see in theaters (typically) it is what films are
shot at (typically)... it is the golden format for home theater buffs
looking for the perfect cinematic experience at home.

Movies SHOT at 24fps should be displayed no other way, and poor information
about flicker - which only pertains to CRT - is not accurate. I will
explain that further if you would like me to.

There are already displays on the market from Optoma (I believe) as well as
(I believe) the HP displays that accept 1080/24p. If you don't believe the
market will push for it and that we will see more products this year then I
suggest you wait and see. I fully expect this to happen and will happily
apologize for making a poor statement should it not happen.

Likewise, I will do the same should Blu-ray flop - but I don't expect that
either.

Blu-ray is taking target at the most serious videophiles right off the bat.
Those with disposable income and with the finest displays. That is their
marketing approach. They already have the masses in the bag with PS3 unless
something severe happens to crush PS3 sales. Where all this leads I'm not
positive of, but with a lot of studios only supporting Blu-ray and a ton of
hardware support, the industry has made it clear who they are behind right
now. Which would, at the very least, make me nervous about spending any
money on a HD-DVD player.


>No, actually, they likely won't. It is a dis-service to have a display
>accept 24p since it will result in far too much flicker if displayed
>directly. So, the display will have to do some sort of conversion to
>another frame rate. Since this is best done in the player itself--where
>it has access to the original data and can do it most efficiently--displays
>won't likely directly accept 1080/24p.

>In addition, since every player will have to output 1080/60i and there is
>*no* information lost in the 24p to 60i conversion (and quality is not
>noticably different), there will be no need for a display to accept 24p,
>since 60p is just as easy to do in the player and more useful for the
>display.

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