[sopclod]

I think this is one of those things that's been dealt with a million times but I didn't really know what to search for.


I was over at a relative's house and they have a Samsung LCD television of recent vintage (I have no idea what model, it's about 42"). We noticed that everything looked like it was live, even old movies. It looked like someone was standing next to the camera man with a consumer camcorder when they filmed each scene and we were watching that instead of the real film.


I'm guessing it's related to frame rate but I'm not sure. I found the effect quite unsettling and it makes me even less enthusiastic about LCD's than I already was (still hanging on to my "standard def" crt).

 

[drshady]



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Originally Posted by sopclod /forum/post/15404571


I think this is one of those things that's been dealt with a million times but I didn't really know what to search for.


I was over at a relative's house and they have a Samsung LCD television of recent vintage (I have no idea what model, it's about 42"). We noticed that everything looked like it was live, even old movies. It looked like someone was standing next to the camera man with a consumer camcorder when they filmed each scene and we were watching that instead of the real film.


I'm guessing it's related to frame rate but I'm not sure. I found the effect quite unsettling and it makes me even less enthusiastic about LCD's than I already was (still hanging on to my "standard def" crt).

It's probably because it hasn't been properly calibrated. Check out http://www.imagingscience.com/ and get a pro in you area to come out and fix it or if that's to expensive for you get the ISF/Monster calibration wizard on their site.


Good luck

 

[omeletpants]

Turn off AMP

 

[Tree Dude]

That was a a 6+ series Sammy with the auto motion plus (120hz) turned on. It can be turned off. I hate the effect as well, but many love it. Don't let it turn you away from LCDs though, it is a completely optional feature.

 

[TygerClaw]

Having AMP turned on does benefit when watching Sports like Football.


It gets rid of motion blur during fast moving scenes.

 

[sopclod]

That sounds like the ticket. I won't be over there again until next Christmas; it's good to know that's just a particular feature on a particular brand. Thanks for the swift non-flaming replies.

 

[TVbc]



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Originally Posted by sopclod /forum/post/15404668


That sounds like the ticket. I won't be over there again until next Christmas; it's good to know that's just a particular feature on a particular brand. Thanks for the swift non-flaming replies.

actually it is a feature of probably all lcd's with 120 hz refresh rate. it is an added processing feature called by different names by different brands. samsung it is AMP. sony it is motionflow. etc. some really like it. some really hate it. there are generally several degree settings as well as off.

some of this processing is done better than others. sony is generally considered better than samsung, e.g.


TVbc

 

[Trek7300]

This effect has been nicknamed "the Soap Opera effect" because soaps are videod at 60 fps and have a "smooth" quality to them. Acutally, any live TV like newscasts are the same way.


Movies, and some nighttime shows (Seinfeld, Friends, I Love Lucy, - maybe more) are shot on film at 24 fps and have a characteristic film look.

 

[TygerClaw]

There are people that like it and people that don't. If your a film purist and want to see the films the way they were meant to be seen, They would have those features turned off, But if your someone that wants films to appear more realistic, then you would have it turned on the high setting.