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Re:Sony and LG stop making 3D TV sets by coldtea on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @01:01PM (#13473781)
>If you had grown up watching 60fps movies, and then someone released a 24fps movie, you'd complain that it looked rough and jittery.

Not really. It's not just some historical accident why we ended with 24fps (or close) and not 50fps or 5fps or such.

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Re:Sony and LG stop making 3D TV sets by nradov on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @08:34PM (#13477642)
It was a historical accident, in that 24fps was the cheapest frame rate that looked decent on the equipment at the time. Film stock cost money, and cameras and projectors that could reliably handle higher frame rates were more expensive. If the motion picture industry was starting from scratch today but with all of our modern equipment then I'm certain the standard frame rate would be higher.
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