This is a question that has been at back of mind for the past 6 months, I’ve searched a lot but never once I did get a comprehensive answer to the question.
I would like it very much if someone explain me the exact reason why is it so?
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In film and digital video, we typically have each entire “frame” of footage recorded all in one piece and displayed all in one piece. 24 fps and 30 fps are pretty common.
On old analog TVs and video tapes, the picture was divided into horizontal lines, and only half of the image was recorded/drawn at a time… e.g., only the odd lines, and then only the even lines. These separate sets of lines that compose the frame are called “fields”. 60 *fields* per second was a pretty typical rate.
So basically, VHS/TV trades some vertical resolution for better fps.
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