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by: davidevans000 October 30, 2012 1:58 AM PDT

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new HD Tv's RIDICULOUS video effect

by davidevans000 - 10/30/12 1:58 AM

Hi,

I love movies and progressive frames (instead of interpolated), but all new HD tv's seem to have these huge refresh rates that completely ruin any movie experience. I can't watch movies on those TV's, it just looks like amateur videos with that fony motion "smoothness".

Anyone knows how I can avoid these ridiculous new trend that now seems to be standard without having to buy an old 100hz model? I ask this, because I love the aesthethics of new HD tv's and I would love to have one, but I just can't watch movies on them... And a guy at a store told me that there isn't any way to turn off that motion smoothness on the tv's, one just have to live with it...

Any suggestions? I was thinking of buying the Samsung 5500, it doesn't have the huge refresh rate and it still looks good!

Thanks!


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new HD Tv's RIDICULOUS video effect

by 3coursedinner - 10/30/12 4:53 AM

In Reply to: new HD Tv's RIDICULOUS video effect by davidevans000

Are you talking about watching movies through a cable or sat box, over the air antenna or DVD or blu ray player?
Anyway, I can't recall seeing any postitive reviews of HDTV's when testing the 240 refresh rate (called the soap opera effect because the content looks like it was shot on video tape). Most people I know who have a HDTV with 240 capability use 120
If you like the Samsung -- pull the trigger and get it. I don't know if it is an LCD or plasma HDTV but you may want to look into plasma.


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Removing the soap opera effect

by davidevans000 - 10/30/12 6:59 AM

In Reply to: new HD Tv's RIDICULOUS video effect by 3coursedinner

Thanks! I was inclined to get a LED, maybe the Samsung 5500, but I was browsing through the forum and I realized the new HD Tv's have the option of turning off the "smoothing" effect (on Samsung it's called the Motion Plus). What does this do exactly? Does it make the TV work at 100hz? I tried it on a store and the image was much more natural with the motion plus off...

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100Hz would be a non-Canadian system?

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 10/30/12 8:14 AM

In Reply to: Removing the soap opera effect by davidevans000

I know PAL is 50Hz and the scan is doubled in some HD sets to 100 Hz so I'm left to guess the location as well as a little about the issue.

Yes, so far all sets that do this smoothing have an OFF setting.
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