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Originally Posted by David Heath
That was what I meant. The frame rates currently practical with 1080p suit "film-look" (or "juddery motion", depending on your point of view), but not the smooth motion that such as sport really demands. For that you need 50/60 images per second, and whilst 1080p/50 is really what would be liked, practically it has to be 1080i/25 or 720p/50.
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Yes, sports transmissions are different, unless they want a stylised look. Soaps, being traditionally interlace on SD, may also go that route, as will many other general TV programmes, plus the news.