Posted by Jeff on 10/11/06 17:21

Roderick Stewart <escapetime@removethisbit.beeb.net> wrote in
news:0gppi297qtc9tkdgk0oou6s9n8s9junqn5@4ax.com:

> 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.
>

A "smart" high def TV would be able to change the frame rate to match
what you are watching. There is no reason a digital TV couldn't
generate its own scan frequency without relying on the frequency of the
AC supply like analog does.

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