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There are some televisions that have the ability to interpolate a 24fps format and produce an apparent higher frame rate. Watching sports on these televisions i
by mberning 16y ago
There are some televisions that have the ability to interpolate a 24fps format and produce an apparent higher frame rate. Watching sports on these televisions is great, but I tried watching Iron Man on one and it made it look like an after school special. I believe this is colloquially know as the 'soap opera effect'.
Google for 'samsung soap opera effect'.
- zephjc 16y agoMy new TV does that - it came with the mode enabled, and when I watched an HD movie off Netflix, it seemed very odd and low-budget - this soap opera effect - until I realized what was going on with a second movie doing the same thing. It's definitely jarring and everything looks, ironically, like it was shot with cheap cameras.
- MikeCapone 16y agoHave you tried getting used to it? Does the effect go away with time or is it forever burned in your brain?
- AJ007 16y agoI watch everything like this on my Samsung television (this is a 2009 model so I assumed nearly all new TVs have interpolation+high refresh rate.) My favorite is watching old movies on bluray, combined with this it is like you are actually there.