Is motion smoothing good?

The frame interpolation motion-smoothing features perform is ideal for panning shots in sports, and very quick cuts back and forth with live video. It isn’t making film or TV content look unnatural, it’s simply evening out and improving the potentially jerky feed you’re watching.

What is smooth motion?

For years, new TVs have come with a feature called frame interpolation, or motion smoothing, enabled by default. By creating new frames in between the ones encoded in the movie, it makes motion clearer. But it also imparts an almost artificial look, as if the movie were shot like a soap opera on cheap video.

What is smooth motion rate?

Motion smoothing is the process of inflating a film’s framerate by artificially adding frames. Most movies are filmed at a rate of 24 frames per second (fps), while HD TVs often have a refresh rate of around 60 fps. Yet when your TV tries to compensate, it can make the movie look a little too smooth.

Is motion smoothing good for sports?

Why does HDTV look fake?

The soap opera effect is actually a feature of many modern televisions. It’s called “motion smoothing,” “motion interpolation,” or “ME/MC” for motion estimation/motion compensation. Some people don’t notice it, some don’t mind it, and a few even like it.

Why does my TV judder?

Judder Effect When your LCD TV tries to play back a movie that was shot at 24 frames per second, it must convert the source material to playback at the faster 60 frame per second speed in a process known as 2-to-3 pulldown. This literally slows down each frame, making the resulting video look choppy instead of smooth.

Why do I need motion smoothing on my plasma TV?

It was actually first introduced to make up for the inability of most LED and LCD TVs to reproduce moving images without some degree of bluriness or image trailing. But the motion smoothing feature has made it onto plasma TVs as well, and it’s usually turned on by default.

What does motion smoothing do to a movie?

By creating new frames in between the ones encoded in the movie, it makes motion clearer. But it also imparts an almost artificial look, as if the movie were shot like a soap opera on cheap video. So cinephiles—including many here at Wired —have raged against this feature for years, to the point that it’s become a meme starring Tom Cruise.

How does standard mode work on a Panasonic plasma TV?

In the old days, the brightness and contrast used to be cranked so as to make the set look good on a showroom floor but not so good in the subdued lighting of the home. In newer sets, particularly newer Panasonic plasma TVs, standard mode is set up to use the least amount of electricity.

What happens when you turn on Cinema mode on Panasonic Viera?

The result is a dull, lifeless picture in “Standard” mode. The good news is that you can switch the TV over to “Cinema” mode, and get a picture that is not only brighter and more dynamic, but also closer to professional standards.