What's a "frame" or "refresh" rate? Are they the same thing? Doesn't Blu-ray run at 24p? Will that even work on a 120 Hz LCD TV?
Posted: August 15, 2008
The answer to this question involves a bit of cinema and broadcast history, but we'll keep it short and sweet. In the good old days, before the advent of sound, motion pictures were shot and projected at approximately 16 frames per second (fps)—meaning that 16 individual frames of film passed in front of the lens, and were displayed on the screen every second. This was close to the minimum number of images needed for the viewer to perceive this quick succession of otherwise still images as an actual “moving” picture... read more.
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