Why does 60 FPS video look so strange to people who aren't used to watching it?

[VG Docs]

I've seen 60 FPS video of games, and at first it looked strange - even though I'm very used to 60+ FPS gaming (which tends to come with PC gaming ). Also, everyone I've shown 60 FPS game videos to (Through Twitch and the very few 60 FPS videos out there on Youtube) have had a similar experience where it just looks "weird" instead of "smooth" like you would say with gaming. You'd think if you played (for example) Titanfall at a consistent 60+ FPS, then immediately watched a 60 FPS video of Titanfall, you'd visually see pretty much no difference. Yet, what I'm referring to is when someone does this and sees that the 60 FPS video looks strange in some way. 

 

Is this because people simply aren't used to 60 FPS videos at all? 

Is it because of differences with the video itself (affecting the video in some other way indirectly, whenever it's running at 60 fps)?

Am I just an anomaly and most people and their communities don't actually experience this?

[Aniallation]

I can barely tell a difference between 30 and 60FPS, since I'm used to a 30Hz monitor

[The Crazed Child]

The high frame rate is overwhelming for console gamers. That's why.

[Enderman]

Thats because twitch and youtube compress the videos, making it look a bit like motion blur, which you would not see while playing the game.

[VG Docs]

Thats because twitch and youtube compress the videos, making it look a bit like motion blur, which you would not see while playing the game.

Oh, really? So would it still look strange if you were to record the video at a crazy high quality and play it back in the OS with a video player? I've never actually tried that considering I mostly upload to Youtube, and they still haven't fully supported 60 FPS videos ... Does anyone know anything about that yet? They showed like, very few videos to show 60 FPS on Youtube back in the summer, and I haven't heard anything about full support since. O:

[_ASSASSIN_]

Probably just the basic principle of seeing something you've never seen before.

[Enderman]

Oh, really? So would it still look strange if you were to record the video at a crazy high quality and play it back in the OS with a video player? I've never actually tried that considering I mostly upload to Youtube, and they still haven't fully supported 60 FPS videos ... Does anyone know anything about that yet? They showed like, very few videos to show 60 FPS on Youtube back in the summer, and I haven't heard anything about full support since. O:

I have recorded videos at full quality and played it back in the OS. It looks exactly like I was playing the game.

After uploading it to youtube, it looks different.

[Aniallation]

You use a 30hz monitor that's hilarious it's 2014 what cave are you living in.

4K TV

[VG Docs]

4K TV

Why not save up for a 4k tv with a higher refresh rate instead? I had no idea they even sold 30 Hz 4k TVs.

[sqwidee]

makes sense. My monitor is 60Hz so when I see 120 fps on a 120Hz monitor it looks insanely good, also when I have to lock things to 30 Hz it looks gross. It all has to do with what you're used to.

[Aniallation]

Why not save up for a 4k tv with a higher refresh rate instead? I had no idea they even sold 30 Hz 4k TVs.

My dad bought it for me, I didn't have a say in it, but hey, it's better then no TV.

 

It's the 39" Seiki

[VG Docs]

makes sense. My monitor is 60Hz so when I see 120 fps on a 120Hz monitor it looks insanely good, also when I have to lock things to 30 Hz it looks gross. It all has to do with what you're used to.

Pretty much everyone here is used to 60 FPS & 60 Hz. My uncle was the only different one, with a 240 Hz TV

[Aniallation]

you disgust me

Calm your tits

My dad bought it for me, I didn't have a say in it, but hey, it's better then no TV.

[Markyod]

I can barely tell a difference between 30 and 60FPS, since I'm used to a 30Hz monitor

30 fps looks choppy as fuck to me.

[VG Docs]

30 fps looks choppy as fuck to me.

I used to be totally fine with playing games at 20-30 FPS until I got this 6950 and was able to truly experience 60+ FPS. Now, I'll turn down settings if I'm lower than 50.

[Aniallation]

Pretty much everyone here is used to 60 FPS & 60 Hz. My uncle was the only different one, with a 240 Hz TV

240Hz TV is just frame interpolation. It's not real 240Hz

[VG Docs]

240Hz TV is just frame interpolation. It's not real 240Hz

Maybe, but frame interpolation on my 60 Hz TV makes it look 60 FPS (At least with the video player and codec I use).

[MajorChipHazard]

I've been playing 60 FPS games for years, and I still am with my 980 getting constant 60 FPS in all games.

 

However, whenever I go and look at one of the 60 FPS Gifs on say, the PCMR subreddit or something, or one of the very few 60 FPS youtube videos...

I looks, weird to me.  It looks way smoother than I perceive games.  I've taken multiple tests online where you have to select the 60 FPS video compared to a 30 FPS one in a side by side comparison, and get 10/10 every single time.  

 

Idk.  Maybe it's something to do with frame timings on a webpage compared to frames generated in real time in a game engine or something.  No idea.  All I know is it still looks weird to me.

[Yoinkerman]

No idea I've never experienced this phenomenon.

[SkilledRebuilds]

Depends on how much 48-60fps+ content you come across in your daily wouldn't it..

Doesn't look that weird to me, watching many Titanfall 60fps streams.

 

Most PC enthusiasts will be used to 60fps display fluidity and when seeing 60fps video footage it can look mostly normal..

(Unless going from a few minutes of 30fps video to a 60fps video straight away, or your never seeing 60fps in gaming all the time, are used to 30fps, and then see 60fps footage)