Ahhh... The whole 24/30 frames per second thing is actually very simple and has almost nothing to do with the 1080i/p debate. What they do to convert movies to video is add an extra frame. (30fps / 6 = 5 24fps / 6 = 4) Every 4 frames, the frame is repeated. If you have an old VHS tape, watch it frame by frame, you will notice that every 5th frame matches the 4th exactly. You don't usually see this on DVDs since it seems someone was smart enough to NOT records this extra frame, and the machine repeats it. This essentially means that you can fit a movie that is 20% longer on a DVD than a TV show (at the same bitrate and all that.)
Sadly my TV only does 1080i, but so far I have no content for it. I am contemplating a HD-DVD player or a Blue Ray. Basically, the first one to $400 wins.
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Ahhh...
The whole 24/30 frames per second thing is actually very simple and has almost nothing to do with the 1080i/p debate. What they do to convert movies to video is add an extra frame. (30fps / 6 = 5 24fps / 6 = 4) Every 4 frames, the frame is repeated. If you have an old VHS tape, watch it frame by frame, you will notice that every 5th frame matches the 4th exactly. You don't usually see this on DVDs since it seems someone was smart enough to NOT records this extra frame, and the machine repeats it. This essentially means that you can fit a movie that is 20% longer on a DVD than a TV show (at the same bitrate and all that.)
Sadly my TV only does 1080i, but so far I have no content for it. I am contemplating a HD-DVD player or a Blue Ray. Basically, the first one to $400 wins.