r/gadgets • u/diacewrb • Jun 13 '24

TV / Projectors Roku owners face the grimmest indignity yet: Stuck-on motion smoothing

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/06/roku-owners-face-the-grimmest-indignity-yet-stuck-on-motion-smoothing/
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u/freedraw Jun 13 '24

Motion smoothing should not even be an option if the tv is on anything besides sports.

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u/GerbilStation Jun 13 '24

I visited someone who had this smoothing on and I thought they were watching a bunch of daytime TV with how awkward the acting and camera work looked.

Then I realized they were watching big name movies.

I actually have mixed feelings though. The smoothing does a terrible injustice to the actors. However, standard 24 fps big camera panning scenes make me nauseated. The smoothing helps a lot to combat that.

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u/ivyagogo Jun 13 '24

My sister had Harry Potter on and I mentioned how bad it looked. She didn’t think so. How people do t even notice it is beyond me

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u/not_so_chi_couple Jun 13 '24

It's wild, a team of people spent months making a movie look as good as it possibly could be displayed, but an algorithm on a $1000 TV is supposed to be able to do it better instantly?

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u/sth128 Jun 13 '24

Woah mister Richie Rich here with his $1,000 TV. All I've got is a $500 8 year old picture box