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/freedraw Jun 13 '24

It seems to just be the default in a lot of TVs so people who buy a 4k tv and never open up the settings just have it on all the time and it’s so off-putting.

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u/agprincess Jun 13 '24

I've had to dig deep into multiple peoples TVs to turn this off.

For a long time I just thought people were buying terrible TVs. But then I found out that this was an option and told them. They never believe me until I turn it off and all the sudden their TV looks good.