i think it needs to be 24 or 30 fps. Even with all the filters on the video seems too smooth? i dunno,(reply>), Actually, it should've been 25fps (for broadcast television in the UK),(reply>), Really you need to go down to 240p to get the hard core NTSC or PAL effect. 480i is really two fields of interlaced 240.,(reply>), Both 60i and 30p have advantages.  When viewed on a screen which shows each frame continuously until it is instantaneously replaced with the next, 30p is probably better for most purposes.  When viewed on a CRT, however, 60i will cause far less eyestrain than 30p unless one is using insanely-long-persistence phosphor (which the Compaq computer did, btw).  Having the timing with which different parts of the display are captured match the timing with which they are displayed will generally yield better results with moving objects than would capturing 30 complete images per second and then displaying the image as 60i, but capturing full images will allow speed adjustments and time reversal effects look better.<br><br>I don't think video cameras captured even and odd scan lines at different times because the designers particularly wanted them to, but rather because it was technologically easier than doing anything else that could yield acceptable playback quality.,(reply>), Eye-opening information! Thanks guys.<br>:o,(reply>), rgbii you're right in a technical sense. I was responding to arkonomus's comment from a perceptual point of view, when he said the video looked too smooth. The point is that with 59.94 fields per second, the picture is updated with new information every 1/59.94 second and it absolutely SHOULD look smooth. In general, VHS (at least if recorded from TV or a camcorder) is low resolution and distorted, but smooth. Which is ironic considering that even though we have amazing video resolution and color clarity today, smooth video (aka "60FPS") is seen as a novelty on YouTube, the medium that is replacing TV. All the while, the film industry is still to this date fetishizing 24 FPS, lest a movie look like a cheap TV drama. Not everything is getting better over time.