What are Frames Per Second
What are Frames Per Second?
When you are looking to upgrade your T.V. you will notice that there are a lot of options when it comes to Frames Per Second. For a lot of young buyers out there, you might not know what frames per second. There are also a lot of misconceptions revolving around FPS, and the viewer such as “The Human Eye cannot see past 24 fps” which is an outright lie.
Frames per second are the amount of frames that a screen can emit at any given time. In the past when we were watching films, the standard was 24. This means that you used to watch 24 frames of pictures, per second. This stimulated movement in a way that was achievable for the time while also being efficient and pleasing to the eyes, though other cameras captured at 12, 18, and 30.
The standards of FPS
Right now there are three/four standards of frames per second in the industries.
24/30 – The film industry will regularly film at 24 frames per second solely because that is what they have been filmed at for years. This gives most movies that ‘authentic’ film look. However, some films are making the changes to HDFR or High-definition frame rate. Notably, the Hobbit was the first to shoot their complete series at 48 FPS which showed increased fidelity to a fault. The criticism of the first movie revolved around the 48 FPS being so good that they could tell when something was fake because it lacked the quality of real things like people.
60 – 60 FPS is the standard for most triple A video games and is being adopted by most sports channels. Most sports channels and their HD channels will now feature 60 FPS as it maintains a higher quality and sharper image for the viewer. Atop the sharper quality it also helps people on the field tell when something is on the line or not and is used for referee calls.
120 – 120 FPS is the standard for high-competition eSports. People in the industries such as Counter-strike will play with 120 FPS on to make better snap judgments. This can be very demanding and is not usually used for the casual viewer. For the most part, all Samsung TVs are equipped with a smart viewing option which overlaps dual 60fps refreshes to simulate 120 fps.
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