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Decades of TV being filmed on cheap(er) video cameras that had lousy picture quality but captured at 60 fps vs. film that looked beautiful but only captured at 24 fps has taught people that blurry smeary motion is the ideal.



I used to think that but now I’m not so sure. Yeah 24fps is bad for panning and sweeping movements, but….

There is something about 24fps that I believe may have something to do with how the eye or brain works that makes viewing more immersive. Perhaps it’s due to historical cultural reasons, but I’m not sure that totally explains it.

FWIW I play valorant on a 390fps monitor so I am not a “the eye can only see 60fps” truther.


24/30fps looks dreadfully unnatural and distracting to many people though. It’s almost painful to watch on larger screen sizes.


If it’s blurry or smeary then your TV / source is doing it very wrong or just can’t keep up or is too low resolution / lacks quality upscaling.


It's blurry and smeary in the movie theater. You just can't capture fast motion at 24 fps. Once you train yourself to look for it you will never be able to stop seeing it.


Oh sorry you mean it’s blurry and smeary at 24 fps in the cinema! Yes I agree. Sorry I thought you meant that higher frame rates looks blurry.




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