Posted by Roderick Stewart on 10/11/06 12:42

On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 07:55:32 -0400, "Joshua Zyber"
<joshzyber@comcast.net> wrote:

>What it comes down to is very simple. Neither PAL nor NTSC is perfect.
>Both have compromises. Viewers raised watching PAL material since
>childhood tend not to be bothered by the 4% speedup but are very
>irritated by 3:2 pulldown. Likewise, viewers raised watching NTSC
>material since childhood tend not to be bothered by 3:2 pulldown but are
>very irritated by PAL speedup.
>
>This is why both formats should be abandoned as quickly as possible so
>that true High Definition can finally take over.

And what frame rate will "true" high definition have in order to be
universally compatible?

24fps to be compatible with the cinema? 25fps to be compatible with
European television? 30fps to be compatible with American television?

Rod.

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