Why is TV 29.97 frames per second? - Neatorama

Have you ever wonder why in North America at least, TV is set 29.97 frames per second? Matt Parker of standupmaths took a look at the historical quirks that gave this "disturbing" result (for North Americans... while in Europe it's a comfortable 25 fps)

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Then there is the odd ball PAL-M, using the System M that most NTSC is based on (where the 525 line, 30 fps comes from), but the PAL color encoding. So it is basically a hybrid, with 29.97 fps, 525 lines, but doesn't have tint control like NTSC. I think it was only used in Brazil.

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Love the Droste effect on the pic!

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Europe learned from our mistakes. We didn't.

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NERRRDS

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Now, I know why there's NTSC and PAL. But that number is slightly annoying.

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It's sad that they had to invent fantasy video retouching software because real video retouching software couldn't live up to their impossibly high standards. :D

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very cool. I know nothing about photo-shop and the like. are those tools and touch-ups actually used in such software (for pictures, not video), ie that easy? I wonder if the video production involved real touch-ups like make-up, lighting, etc.

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