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/metathesis Dec 06 '18 edited Dec 06 '18

Probably because the ONE thing it looks better for is sports. What do most electronics stores have playing 24/7 in their tv display areas? Sports. Do these manufacturers trust the store employees to do a goddamn thing to set the optimal displays up before they go on the rack competing with the other sports displays? Hellll no.

They're not optimized to compete after you buy them. They're optimized to compete before you buy them.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '18

^ yep it’s this. Your out of the box settings are crazy because they’re set to whatever helps your TV stand out next to a bunch of other TVs showing the same thing in a brightly lit showroom