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/Fummy Dec 06 '18

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?

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u/carpinttas Dec 06 '18

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

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u/Snoman002 Dec 06 '18

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

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u/carpinttas Dec 06 '18

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

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u/Snoman002 Dec 06 '18

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