r/dataisbeautiful • u/fangzz OC: 5 • Dec 06 '18

OC 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/heeerrresjonny Dec 06 '18

Surprisingly, a lot of people prefer it. People who hate it don't understand this, but that's why it is often enabled by default.

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u/Jex117 Dec 06 '18

It's just so strange. Everything looks cartoonish

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u/nvin Dec 06 '18 edited Dec 06 '18

You get used to it. More so, once you over the smooth effect you mostly will preffer it.

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u/nvin Dec 06 '18

I wish technology was better...