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by mvanbaak 474 days ago
And there you are, watching a movie on that 120p+ tv. You do k ow the movie is only 24p right?
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I also (hopefully) don't have to interact with any UI while the movie is playing, but if I did, I'd want that UI running at 120hz. Maybe TV streamers will start advertising 120hz output soon. Maybe I should just replace my streamer with a spare PC that can output 120.
> Maybe TV streamers will start advertising 120hz output soon.

120 Hz won’t make a difference on a TV box, imo, as abysmal state of their UI is far greater of a problem. High refresh rate is nothing when a transition takes seconds and when scroll is jittery even by 60 Hz standards. :(

Movie cameras have something called "shutter angle".

A computer UI is basically a movie with 0 shutter angle, which looks super jerky at low framerates.

While 3:2 pulldown isn't atrocious, a 120Hz screen does have the advantage that it's a simple multiple of 24 fps, which can't be said of 60Hz.