Official Panasonic DMP-BD60/80 Owners Thread - Page 6

This is great news that more members understand the benefits of 24p playback!
Its easier on the eyes to view smooth motion rather than the judder/jerky motion induced by legacy 60Hz playback.

Even better having variety of stunning playback options creates a choice for what format to purchase or just rent. To keep costs manageable, I read the both the low and high rated reviews at Amazon to complement the professional reviews.

Hate is way to strong of a word for me to use.
I don't enjoy seeing the blur of pixels changing state even in the top rated JVC front projectors. After you don't see the degradation then its too easy to see!

Its a scientific fact that twenty-four frames a second is inadequate to recreate believable fast motion without assistance. Was it was selected in the 1920's? Would there be objection even if filmmakers were to increase the frame rate? I think so!

I say down with blur and jerkiness artifacts in motion pictures. Just because we are used to seeing it, does not make it right. Education take time so patience is required. But not to worry as the long term outcome is guaranteed as an many player (read Panasonic) and display manufactures strive for 1080 lines of clarity in every frame.
I saw the original Godfather and The Robe on blu-ray using my BD-35 set to 24p, then being upsampled to 120Hz in the display. It was stunning seeing such color, detail and all the 1080 resolution. The many positive attributes of the film-look were still intact and made for one thrilling viewing experience.

Technically speaking, the pixel-perfect motion processing allowed the high ANSI contrast to be maintained, providing a natural 3D effect especially during motion.

Convert is as bad as "assume". So too is down-sampling from the native resolution of your display like HDCP does.

Its ok to repeat frames if by the same amount. A 120Hz display repeats each 24Hz frame five times. However a 60Hz display repeats the first frame three times and the next frame only twice. This is what causes the judder or a jerky motion artifact when something moves on the screen.

A more intelligent way is to data-mine the successive 24p frames to create new intermediate images. Sophisticated image processing detects were the moving object is currently located on screen and where its going too. The displays high-seed firmware calculates the rate and direction. Its called a vector in mathematics. For a 120Hz display four intermediate way-points are created along the way. From a high level point-of-view, its that simple. Hope this helps. Purists hate the newfound clarity.