18-08-2023, 11:16 AM
There really are some botched conversions and upscales out there, I sometimes even wonder why they bother doing it seeing as it wasn't made in HD to begin with. Though only this week I saw someone complain that BBC4's repeats of I Claudius aren't in HD, it's as if some people automatically expect HD now, even from decades old content.
I think the 24p thing is because, for some reason, many American TVs and players don't accept 25/50Hz content (even though the reverse isn't true with 30/60Hz in 50Hz countries, and we have plenty of 60i blu-rays (and some DVDs) of US content in the UK), and the distributor decides to just have one Blu-ray master to use worldwide rather than create separate ones for North America and elsewhere. I think some Doctor Who blu-ray releases converted to 60i rather than 24p, but it's still much the same thing in only wanting one global master.
I think the 24p thing is because, for some reason, many American TVs and players don't accept 25/50Hz content (even though the reverse isn't true with 30/60Hz in 50Hz countries, and we have plenty of 60i blu-rays (and some DVDs) of US content in the UK), and the distributor decides to just have one Blu-ray master to use worldwide rather than create separate ones for North America and elsewhere. I think some Doctor Who blu-ray releases converted to 60i rather than 24p, but it's still much the same thing in only wanting one global master.