From: arg AT whangomatic DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk (Andrew R. Gillett)
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Subject: Re: Allegro and dirty rectangles and fps
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 19:10:58 -0000
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In comp.os.msdos.djgpp, Ludvig Larsson wrote:
> Well, you need about 24 fps to get something good enough to fool
> the brain, Film at cinema has a 24fps and Most european TV 25fps(IIRC).

I saw a post in another recently which perfectly explained why TV/film 
look so realistic even though they have a low refresh rate: motion blur. 
So in a game, you ideally want more than 40fps, as motion blur is not 
present.

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