1080/60P or 1080/24P on Panasonic DMP-BD35

[Shawnn]

Today I put in new Panasonic TH-50PZ80 Plasma and a Panasonic DMP-BD35
Blu-ray disc player. The Plasma will do 1080/60P and 1080/24P. The Blu-ray has an option to turn on 24P. Do I want to turn on 24P and why would I want 24P on or off.

[P Smith]

Why ? Because movies produced in 24 fps format.

[Alebob911]

24P is what the film industry uses for their stuff. Setting it to the 24P makes the movie show without "jitter" I think. Not 100% sure on that. I set my PS3 and LG players to 24P and get a Great picture. Sorry not that much help. I do know 24P is what Directv uses for their 1080P on demand.

Today I put in new Panasonic TH-50PZ80 Plasma and a Panasonic DMP-BD35
Blu-ray disc player. The Plasma will do 1080/60P and 1080/24P. The Blu-ray has an option to turn on 24P. Do I want to turn on 24P and why would I want 24P on or off.

[IcedOmega13]

24P is what the film industry uses for their stuff. Setting it to the 24P makes the movie show without "jitter" I think. Not 100% sure on that. I set my PS3 and LG players to 24P and get a Great picture. Sorry not that much help. I do know 24P is what Directv uses for their 1080P on demand.

Today I put in new Panasonic TH-50PZ80 Plasma and a Panasonic DMP-BD35
Blu-ray disc player. The Plasma will do 1080/60P and 1080/24P. The Blu-ray has an option to turn on 24P. Do I want to turn on 24P and why would I want 24P on or off.

I myself have a 61a750 with a samsung bd player. switching between 24/60 to me personally makes not a noticeable difference to bother either way. From a videophile stand point I would think matching the standard would makes things smoother since its Native to the original film. Who knows. maybe it will be one of those 720p / 1080i debates.

[Shawnn]

Thanks for the help, I guess I will leave the 24P option on and I wll give Panasonic a call and see what thay have to say about that option.

[BattleZone]

Movies are shot on flim at 24 frames per second. The DVD standard didn't allow for 24 fps because no TVs at the time supported it. But Blu-Ray does support 24p, and many newer, higher-end TV models have a 24p refresh mode by running the panel at a refresh rate that's a multiple of 24, and repeating frames by the same multiple. This allows the TV to display nearly identically to what you'd see in a movie theater, instead of the "judder" that is an unavoidable artifact of converting a 24 fps source to display on a 60 Hz refresh rate TV.

Here is a list of all known TV models that can properly support 24p (there are many more models that can accept at 24p signal, but still convert the signal to 60i/p due to the TV's fixed 60 Hz panel; those aren't listed):

http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=5155

[RBTO]

You won't be able to use 24p unless your display supports it and even then, you won't notice that much difference unless you look very closely at moving (panned) scenes. I have a great display system but decided to leave the 24p option off on my BD-35 player just for convenience (no need to switch it each time I load a disk) and the video is excellent anyway.