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		codelikeawolf 22 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Stranger Things creator says turn off “garbage” se... It's called motion interpolation, but a lot of TVs call it "motion smoothing". It artificially increases the frame rate. I don't really know how to describe it, but I find it a little disconcerting and I immediately turn that feature off when I buy a new TV. It almost makes the motion look more "real life" in a bad way.

sevensor 22 days ago [–]

Ah, thank you. I’ve seen that, and it’s horrible!

ChoGGi 22 days ago | [–]

It's called that from 90s soap operas using cheap 60 Hz video cameras instead of film.

sevensor 22 days ago | | [–]

That totally makes sense; in fact my gut reaction was “why does this look like it was shot on video? I could swear this show used to look better.”

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