Why 60 specifically? (I’m aware of some good reasons, of course, but always good to examine the assumptions and question the goal. Europe was at 50, we have som

Why 60 specifically? (I’m aware of some good reasons, of course, but always good to examine the assumptions and question the goal. Europe was at 50, we have some US movies at 48, TVs and some games are now going to 120. Should 60 really be the goal?) One reason 24 is still here is that there’s been a lot of howling and complaining whenever people try to use high frame rates on movies. A lot of people didn’t like the 48fps Hobbit movies because of the high frame rate (and surely not because of the many boring orc battles). It doesn’t help that the “experts” with strong/loud opinions tend to be older people who prefer the old low FPS style. But, quietly and surely, things are trending in the higher frame rate direction. As the young people become accustomed to it with online video and TVs that interpolate by default, and the old people who prefer 24fps become the relative minority of the market, the standard will swing.