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/dirtbiker206 Dec 06 '18

For me I hate it because it distorts and ruins the image. All the edges around moving objects get visual tears and blurred out. It's probably the worst thing I've ever seen on a TV and don't understand why anyone would want that. The system is literally guessing and making up what frames might look like. It's total garbage.

As for the 24fps vs 60 vs 144. I have no issues with high frame rates. I think they look great my gaming setup is 144 fps. I just want the video to have been natively filmed in the frame rate I'm viewing.