In explaining 24 frames per second versus 30 frames per second or 60 fields per second, you just need to let them know that films are made at 24p and video is 30i/p. To get a film to 30 from 24 you need to do a 3:2 pulldown which means repeating fields which causes a light lack of smoothness. To most people it’s unoticable but for an enthusiast it’s very important.
I can explain that to my dad.. I can just say, ‘this is the bset picture you can get’ and he’ll agree.
I’ve gotten him to upgrade his PS3 to the latest firmware, which gives far more accurate whites/blacks... Now.. That is hard to describe.
A lot of this is subtle. The 24p is especially so. I think 3:2 pulldown on my samsung DLP is pretty darn good for now.
I expect to upgrade it to a bigger, dynamic LED based DLP by 2010 :) native 24p heh..
For now I do love my 1080p content and display, even thought it’s not 24p native :P~~~