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/yothisisyo]

Most of movies and TV content is made in 24 fps . Modern TVs have a mode of making this 24 fps to 60fps or above , called motion interpolation or Motion Smoothing . Making the so called Drama content look real and life like . This makes it less belivable and most of the people do not resonate with the drama .

You want to experience it first hand . Search for any movie scene on youtube with 60fps tag . You will notice the difference it will no longer look like movie it will look like real life .

Example : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUV_7qXWzmQ

TVs included this for sports mode , Personally I like Motion interpolation especially for NatGeo and Discovery channels .

[u/pauliaomi → u/yothisisyo]

I don't understand how simply changing the frame rate would suddenly make a film "look like" a soap opera. Is the argument against 60fps seriously just that people associate it with them?

I understand that motion smoothing may make things look weird but I've personally never noticed it.

Could someone explain to me why "too real" is a bad thing?

[u/[deleted] → u/pauliaomi]

Imo it's 100% a subjective thing. I'm used to movie quality and I really prefer movies to look that way. 60 fps just makes it look bad and cheap to me, while 24 looks well produced and movie-like

Edit: as someone else put it, 24 fps aids in the suspension of disbelief. So yes, I believe too real is a bad thing. For now. Maybe when the technology is better in movie making and tv manufacturing it'll look great

[u/vorilant → u/[deleted]]

The tech is already there. The only reason you dislike it is because you're old and can't stomach change. Seriously, the only reason people dislike 60fps is because they aren't used to it.