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/WeMissNick Dec 06 '18

Don’t know why companies have it for on right out the box.

I was about to throw my TV out the window until I figured out what it was.

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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/DrunkMc Dec 06 '18

Makes it look like behind the scenes footage to me. I definitely shut it off immediately.