How TV Works
The Illusion of Motion
Early Reseach: Determined that a sequence of still pictures, at [
18
] frames or more per second, could create the "illusion of motion".
Persistence of Vision
A
psychological
phenomenon
Phi-Phenomenon
A
physiological
phenomenon
Film uses [
24
] frames per second
Video uses [
30
] frames per second
(in the U.S.)