I missed the time when there was Auto1/Auto2 setting. My first Sony TV was the W905, and for Film Mode it has only Off/Auto.
Dare to explain what that "adaptive prediction" actually should be doing, or what this "motion smoothing" should do in detail? For me this sounds like a "decision helper", not like something that is actively doing something.
From my W9 I know that when feeding native 24p content, the panel is driven in 96Hz mode and frames are shown with 4:4 pulldown. I can't see how any additional "motion smoothing" should fit into that? (Apart from MotionFlow interpolation, of course.)
Hmm. Could it be the older models did not have a 96Hz panel mode but only 120? Also, did these models have a MotionFlow mode "True Cinema"? Yes/No? If not, perhaps the old "Auto1" setting has been migrated into this one?