With 60hz sets, you can evenly devide televison (30 frames per second) and video games (sometimes up to 60 frames per second), but not film. Film is 24 frames per second which does not fit into 60. In order for it to display on a 60hz, it has to go through a process called "3:2 Pulldown", which you can learn more about online. Basiccaly it gives some frames more time than others to get up to 60fps to match 60hz. It usually isn't all that noticable (if done right), but it can produce some problems, and if compared side-by-side to a 120hz, the latter looks smoother.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
PeterAudio7 @ Jan 3rd 2008 12:31PM
With 60hz sets, you can evenly devide televison (30 frames per second) and video games (sometimes up to 60 frames per second), but not film. Film is 24 frames per second which does not fit into 60. In order for it to display on a 60hz, it has to go through a process called "3:2 Pulldown", which you can learn more about online. Basiccaly it gives some frames more time than others to get up to 60fps to match 60hz. It usually isn't all that noticable (if done right), but it can produce some problems, and if compared side-by-side to a 120hz, the latter looks smoother.
120hz: divisble by 30, 60, and 24.