3:2 pulldown? What the heck is that?

[Wingznut]

I see it listed as a feature on some HDTV's, but what is it?

 

[Aves]

http://www.projectorpeople.com/tutorials/pulldown.asp

http://www.dvdfile.com/news/special_report/production_a_z/3_2_pulldown.htm

 

[Mrburns2007]

Movies have 24 frames a second while TV's have 60 Interlaced fields, so they take 12 frames and 3x them and the other 12 frames and 2x them, that's how they get to 60 fields. HDTV's will take the 60 fields and convert them back to 24 progressive frames if they have the electronics.