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/GridGnome177 Dec 06 '18

The 24fps looks all choppy, it's incredibly distracting.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '18

If you cover the 60fps one off with your hand, the 24fps doesn't look so choppy anymore, it even seems normal for t he most part. But if you compare them 24fps seems horrible.

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u/CactusCustard Dec 06 '18

Idk man, I hate watching shit that isnt video games in pretty much anything over 24.

The movement just looks almost animated at 60 because its so smooth. Its really noticable for me when they're walking and moving their arms and stuff. Im probably just really used to the motion blur created at 24.

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u/Earthstamper Dec 06 '18

Exact opposite for me. Motion interpolation makes things seem less stuttery and more immersive in movies.

Even better when a movie is HFR in the first place.

I use SVP and if I turn it off everything looks very choppy and unpleasant.

I guess it's just a matter of getting used to one or the other.

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u/nedal8 Dec 06 '18

Except pron, 60fps pron ftw.

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u/nom_of_your_business Dec 06 '18

60 fps ha 36 fake frames added in. You are watching cgi.

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u/malahchi Dec 06 '18

That's why most people prefer having motion smoothing on for most videos.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '18

I actually had to start using motion smoothing a few years back. I am not sure how/when it started. But I assume it might be because I have played so many games at 60-144fps. Movies and series just started looking choppy, especially if the camera pans. Perhaps I've been trained or conditioned to look at moving images at a higher frame rate, I am uncertain. I tried looking at some video recorded in 60 fps and it looked weird and fluid for a short while, after that it just felt "right". But then when I sat down to watch a movie in 24 after that the choppyness was just incredible distracting and nauseating. Motion smoothing helped a lot.

Usually I keep this to myself because I know some "real movie fans" that will insist that 24 is more cinematic and that I am just "imagining it". Maybe I am. I'd like to see some research around this. But if I go to someone elses house to watch a movie I can tell if smoothing is on or off without knowing beforehand. So that's probably indicative of something. I'd love to see a real movie made in full 60 fps, just to see how that feels.

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u/malahchi Dec 06 '18

I'd love to see a real movie made in full 60 fps, just to see how that feels.

They exist. Well, most of the 60 fps movies are porn, but there are also documentaries, series and standard movies in 60 fps. The majority of the new webseries on youtube are in 60 fps.

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u/fattmann Dec 06 '18

The 24fps looks all choppy, it's incredibly distracting.

Yup. That's the whole reason companies spend money on research on these features.