1080p and 120hz

Have you recenlty purchased, or watched a new HD image on a 1080p 120hz television?  It looks so real its fake, right?

There are some super technical answers to this question involving recorded frame rates, play black frame rates, etc. 

Its true, this high motion high deffinition stuff is really, really realistic.  And you don't like it!  Well I hope to help you understand whats going on, just a little bit.

Movies are shot on film or digitally, but they use a special setting on thier camera to capture frames 24 times per second. The number 24, remember that...

Generally tv shows and other broadcast contect are captured with cameras at a frame rate of 30 times per second.

Your new tv is producing these frames equally, so thats why you see a difference between your way too real movies, and your awesome HDTV content.  Sports and other high motion video benits greatly from this new 120hz option, our HD movies today do not.  It allows us to see in such great detail that it ruins it a little bit.  I am betting this will change in hollywood as time goes on.  I have found a couple of really neet "internet discussions" that reveal a lot of light on this subject, so if you are still confused and want more info I gladly give you these two nuggets of info:  HD Ruins Movies and 120hz explained.

Hd Ruins movies is a lengthy discusion but there are some really good posts, and 120hz explained is good raw information.