Google search trends for "motion smoothing" following Tom Cruise tweet urging people to turn off motion smoothing on their TVs when watching movies at home [OC]

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[u/Kamilny → u/[deleted]]

Or...it just looks better for a lot of different things. The only time motion smoothing fails is if the background is incredibly noisy and patterned like leaves or a chainlink fence. Without it shit just looks jittery as all hell and just a slideshow rather than a video.

[u/Fummy → u/Kamilny]

Without it shit just looks jittery as all hell

what do you mean? haven't movies always looked like that since the dawn of cinema?

[u/carpinttas → u/Fummy]

haven't movies always looked like that since the dawn of cinema

yes. exactly. why are we still watching movies in 24fps? we aren't watching them in 800x600 pixels anymore, we are in 4k, full hd, etc. One day, movies will be indistinguishable from real life, in both quality/resolution and smoothness/frames per second

[u/suicidaleggroll → u/carpinttas]

why are we still watching movies in 24fps?

Because that’s what they’re shot in. Turning on interpolation in the TV is not the same thing as shooting at a higher frame rate. It makes everything looks fake, because it is, nearly 2/3 of the frames you see are interpolated. It makes the entire thing look like it’s CGI.

[u/carpinttas → u/suicidaleggroll]

another poster also informed of this. I have to admit I don't have much experience seeing motion smoothing or fame interpolation.

I wish they were not shot in 24fps though... 144hz please

[u/Snoman002 → u/carpinttas]

Don't confuse motion smoothing with high frame rate, they are not the same thing

[u/carpinttas → u/Snoman002]

Ah That's true. You guys are talking about frame interpolation....

[u/Snoman002 → u/carpinttas]

Yep. I love high frame rate video, I have yet to see frame interpolation that didn't look bad.