[Ian Grey] "But the tapes aren't shot at 23.98/59.94 they are shot at true 24fps using the 60hz option on the varicam unless im mis-understanding the way the Varicam records to tape. "
Sorry an assumption error on my part. You are correct, the content is 24.0 / 60.0 on the tape.
and that is even worse for you-
"Wouldn't the deck be able to speed up the picture by 4.1x in order to create 25/50 on the output "
Because that is a Frame Rate conversion and most decks do not do that easily.
(it is easier task in 1080 since there are not any duplicate frames to deal with)
Those 24/60 dvd's will still play in a computer however.
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