Two TV settings you should change right now

Before I do anything else with a TV, I make a few key adjustments. But why? Let's take a look at picture presets, color temperature, and motion processing, and why I insist on using certain picture modes and turning certain settings on or off.
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00:00 Intro
01:16 Preferred Picture Temperature
03:07 Why I Turn Off Processing and Motion Smoothing
03:47 The Dreaded Soap Opera Effect
04:53 Why You Should Watch Things The "Way They Were Intended"
06:34 Final Thoughts
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[@Caleb_Denison]

Wow! I had no idea so many people preferred motion smoothing! Keep the comments coming! Also: do you prefer the way a movie looks at the theater, or on your TV at home? Let us know!

[@JoelsterG4k]

I know right.? Lol, I saw that back when I reviewed the Samsung KS8000, I love going to the movies for the big experience, especially the Dolby theater, the sound and picture is amazing but I also do enjoy the comfort and the projector I have at home.

[@zima0704]

I get it’s know as the soap opera effect... but I see it as if you are watching a movie through a window more realistic and immersive I feel like I’m there... but to each their own. Lol

[@mohammedibrahim42]

Well done dude you are amazing 😁

[@braulioribeiro5798]

Motion smoothing looks more life like. But I understand the appeal for the cinematic motion

[@anonymous007advice]

Proper motion smoothing makes a movie pop, thats why even LG started including it in their Movie Picture Settings. I hate the Judder & Choppiness you get especially with an OLED that needs the help. For me a Calibration is just the start...then you start learning what the featured do on your expensive tv. I stopped listening to all the purists when I played around and saw the improvement with my own eyes. Calibrators will tell you that isn't the directors intent. Some died before my tv was even made... But regardless, if they wanted it to look bad in motion....i do not!

[@RaspoutinesGhost]

Behind the scenes sounds like something I would enjoy.

[@cliffbooth7075]

Cardinal Pell calls it behind the cloak.

[@crimesforkibble6912]

I need this guy to come over and balance the settings on my TV because I obviously have no idea what the hell I'm doing

[@scotts1356]

I'm RIGHT there with you...my friend!

[@neilgibbs3880]

I’m with you guys. I’ve absolutely no idea what this stuff is. I turn on the TV, watch stuff then turn it off. Until I watched this I had no idea I was doing it all wrong. 🤣🤣🤣

[@tankbulldogge8639]

Yeah, I like to think I know what what I am doing & understanding so I start digging in. Then all of a sudden my wife is like ( What are you doing ? ) by then I am like, trying to make the TV look better. then she is like ( ok sure ) now my shit is all messed up I have all the settings all over the place. arrhhhgggg!!!!!

[@draintheswamp1588]

@@tankbulldogge8639, that's a good & funny story. In settings, you can just reset it to default and that will remove all evidence that you messed it up, -:)

[@mimi1568]

Until I watched this video, everyone on my TV looked like a corpse! Still looks pretty bad but at least nobody looks like they came from the morgue.

[@edwardwilliams2438]

Why can't I buy a thousand dollar TV and not have to be a Phd in color systems? In the old days we opened the box..unwrapped the cardbord and plugged it in and turned it ON. Complications are making ordinary life unbearable. I still use an old tube monitor set just to overcome the "hype" of HD,Organic, 4k,5k and on and on. Thanks God for MeTV in black and white. I know..I'm an old foggy! Like your channel,regadless of my venting...Kudos!

[@johnk3852]

I really like your content, find it extremely helpful. One recommendation - recap your points at the end with specific settings. Like some of your other content, I had to watch this 5 times to understand what exact settings you were talking about and then find them on my TV. I'm likely not the only one, but I tend to flip through videos pretty quick, trying to get to the main points. Not trying to be an annoying critic - I really like your stuff - just think this would be extremely helpful for many of us.

[@hkk584]

Agree with John.

[@iusoloman1527]

Also agree with John

[@Alacritous]

It can be different for every TV model and brand. You just have to look through the settings on your TV to see where they put it.

[@kayang1165]

Agree

[@Evil_Genius_888]

Yes. I would like more behind the scenes stuff. The more I understand the why and how the more informed I feel.

[@throughsoul]

Great. You just broke my record of 866 days without Tom Cruise. Thanks a lot.

[@terminatorfan1898]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@williansinacio8977]

Weeeeee

[@F_T2D_Drew]

🤣

[@DsLmaNiaC]

Rofl.

[@brittanygarrison8030]

Now that was funny

[@owenoatley1331]

Been watching a lot of your videos, and several other youtubers in my quest for a new TV. I just got my A80J Wednesday and the first thing I noticed was how many things I watched looked choppy. After messing with motion settings and turning this setting up my eyes were suddenly pleased by the smoothness of the picture, which finally proved what all the reviewers said about how good Sony is at motion.. Today the youtube algorithm presented me with this video and I am pleased to see I am not alone in the comments that many people also feel the keeping motion settings on or cranked up takes away the distraction of choppiness. I get why you would turn this off for performance testing, but when it comes down to relaxing and watching TV. I want to be immersed and not distracted by these types of issues. I want my TV to look good to my eyes and not a single one of my friends or family will ever notice how much of a purest I am when it comes to TV settings. I use these videos to help me understand the upsides and downsides of these settings and what they do, then try them for myself to decide what stays or goes.

[@Nyle95]

Which setting do you have motion smoothing on? And do you have any other options turned on?

[@GanymedeXD]

They are a really good inspiration … but what they miss is a key factor … personal preference and individual perception … most ‚perfect‘ settings I changed straight away … and my TV Service Team stopped offering high end calibration services as the response from many customers came … brilliant perfect settings, but I do not like it … I prefer smoothness on and some reality creation on as well on my 83“ A90J … looks so much better and soap opera effect it does hardly produce … to get this you need to mess around hard with the settings. In the end perfect is the way we like it … and this only we can calibrate … inspired by such clips here …

[@gulshanbatra7611]

impressive... the clarity, the citations added to the narrative, and the examples included - all were very helpful. Thanks!

[@DireNeeds]

I have an LG 42" that we bought many years ago. I wasn't happy with it but I was the only one in my family that was having issues with the TV until after a few years of dealing with it I learned about True Motion. I turned it off and it was like watching a totally different TV and a more enjoyable experience.

[@ivovachkov5992]

Hey Caleb, thank you for everything you do! Yes, please, a behind-the-scenes video on how you test would be great!

[@mrbunker9155]

Fantastic information thank you. You mentioned doing a whole video on your calibration and setup of the LG OLED C1. That's a fantastic idea and you should go through with it.

[@drschwartz]

I used to hate motion smoothing, however with new TVs (at least with Sony), I feel the technology has advanced enough for it to actually be an enhancement, at least in the 'Low' setting.

[@nucks4cup75]

Thanks Caleb. Yes these tutorial type videos are a breathe of fresh air. Absolutely I'd be interested in more how to's, behind the scenes, tutorials, calibration tips for both TV as well as audio. Also I know you're main focus is on the TV's and with all the new stuff coming in 2021 it takes alot of your time, but I'd love to see maybe a collab with some other reviewers in setting up some amazing home theatre setups. I have watches your videos for the past few years, but I'm not sure how many others at digital trends i could name. I'd love to see a project your all contribute to. I mean the whole chibang. Including the TV, the premium audio options, maybe even the lighting choices, remote choices, smart home integrations. Maybe change your set. You've used the same TV stand and speaker setup forever. How about some wall mounted setups? I do love those KEFs but we never hear about them or any other audio options. What about expanding from TVs to projectors and screens as well? Home theatre space is about to explode after everyone's been home this year. And we've all simply scratched the surface on what's available. And group projects always seem to help channels expand so much faster than just going it alone. Look at MKBHD. He's done so good with his honest reviews, but he has gone to a whole new level with his expanded projects the past few years. Just some thoughts for you. Great work as always.

[@weekendwarrior8334]

I would really like to see the review process. It would also be helpful if you could list the settings in the comments section that you select for the reviewed TVs.

[@ForceFreeTrainergirl06]

Exactly. I've just commented thaet if he could summarize at the end of the video it would make it much easier to understand

[@darlingtoncd]

I agree👍 It's very much a personal choice but personally I don't like 24fps, it's blurry choppy and in some scenes - down right ruins the viewing experience. It feels that we're being *told* that 24fps is best for cinema...unfortunately not for me.

[@kevindudley9617]

I used to always cut off motion smoothing completely off in the past. Since I got a TCL 65R655 very recently, however, I do like keeping motion smoothing set to low when watching movies. When I use the low motion smoothing setting in conjuction with HDR/Dolby Vision dark, it removes judder without making anything look unnatural to my eyes. When I turn the motion smoothing off completely, the 24p judder is just too noticeable particularly during panning shots.

[@colssonford326]

WOW! Excellent explanation of soap opera effect! I have always hated that look and didn't know what caused it. I thought it had to do with film versus video.

[@eyeshezzy]

Yes we do want more behind the scenes and why did you stop reviewing speakers and home theater systems?

[@rjw705]

I also wonder why soundbars are always mentioned when there are nice KEF speakers in the room!

[@chance3771]

I would like to see you calibrate budget TVs. I agree with you when you said in previous videos that people who buy budget TVs are unlikely to pay for calibration, but I think it would be useful for people to know things such as the differences in SDR and HDR peak brightness between budget, mid-range and high-end TVs.

[@JayBirdNJ.]

I agree. I have a $350 Hisense and it doesn't have some of the features this guy is talking about. I don't even have the "smoothing effect" or " soap opera effect"... I just want a true HD look on all my channels.

[@George196207]

Sadly not much on TV that is worth a high end TV !

[@vinniethefinger7781]

@@George196207 Isn't that the truth. On another note, two movies were made using Vista Vision. One being The Searchers with John Wayne. I have an old, failed Samsung design and no real HD or UHD cables but yet, you can almost count the grains of sand on the ground. So why do I need a $3000+ TV? That's the question that I've been battling myself over.

[@totalplonker824]

Whether if I'm watching on my inexpensive bedroom TV or on my living room OLED TV, watching movie nowadays... especially original content movies on the streaming platforms with it's out of focus backgrounds and blurry edges. As soon as I identify it I'm immediately aware the actors are standing in front of a green screen which immediately distances me from the movie. Thank god I've got music to fall back on 😊

[@oldtimer99]

I might be off but a final summary of your choices at the end but be really helpful. Thanks

[@jak7859]

very rarely comment, like or even get to the end of these shows, but must admit that I found this particular one interesting and informative. I have liked it and subscribed

[@emmanuell9753]

This was probably the most interesting video I’ve ever seen out of a TV reviewer. Yes keep them coming

[@MichaelAlderete]

This is a great introduction to a series. One thing I might suggest, and maybe something to go along with your behind the scenes, is to be more specific about _exactly_ what settings you're recommending changing. I'm sure it's second nature to you at this point, you've been deep in the settings trees of a hundred TVs, maybe a thousand times. Most folks (or at least I) don't have nearly that familiarity, even with our own TV sets. Whizzing through the settings in this video, I can't even tell which settings examples are from an LG TV (my own TV brand) vs. the others. I can never remember what LG's proprietary motion smoothing setting is called, or what all of the different levels mean or do. You've _forgotten_ more about TV settings than most of us will ever know. So, when making recommendations, it's worth being _very_ clear, at least for the top TV brands. Or at least slowing down the action and cuts in your video, so we can see what you're doing. You obviously can't do it for every single TV brand and model, but when there's commonalities across models within a brand, or maybe for the top rated or top selling models, it would be really valuable. Thanks!

[@colonelquickshifter6534]

I brought x95j and arc sound bar during Black Friday - I am in love !!! True love 🥳

[@erod6468]

I love motion smoothing. Looks even more true to life. I don't know about y'all, but I don't see my life in frames. Looks so much better, almost like looking through an open window.

[@Lilrockerdude13]

When the 4:33 mark hit, you know everyone that used to get down on some Young and Restless when they go visit grandma was like "DUDE Victor is still alive!!!"

[@jasonkeenan4154]

Man, I really felt this comment. Grandma was always on some soaps.

[@alfredtaylor1076]

OMG yes! That dude has been a staple in my life and I've never once sat and watched a single episode.

[@billyg8614]

Very informative Caleb; Thanks! Motion Smoothing (turned on by default) on my 2018 LG BX 65” Oled caused a halo effect around people/objects with complex or dark backgrounds. Once turned off, this problem went away.

[@petersonfamily6223]

Yes behind the scenes, please. Because every brand labels its controls differently it is difficult to know what to do. Add in all the videos out there making various picture settings recommendations and it can become an endeavor, to say the least.

[@pluto517]

Definitely! An inside look at the review and testing process would be interesting.

[@AllenJWard]

Yes please. An in depth series on calibration would be appreciated.

[@mv4919]

Absolutely. A full hr of setup, including 7.1 surround, would be amazing. Covering everything: placement, color calibration, killing pre-sets, trade-offs (e.g. motion blur vs. sharpness), setting up sound NOT With my receiver instructions, maybe even saving 2 settings -- one for sports, one for movies; one for day, one for night, one for yourself, and a super-bright one for morons, etc. Finally, motion smoothing is death. But so is jitter and judder. I always turn motion control off, but too many tvs still struggle with interpolation and motion. I find myself battling the deep recesses color and white color in order to make up for the necessary oversaturation and contrast. I will say,, it's fun to stay up late when visiting my parents, adjusting all the settings,, and seeing how long it takes one of them to say 'they must have updated our software again, because this looks great.' As in, blacks and whites suddenly have wrinkles. Definitely the Bold and the Beautiful, for me.

[@GanymedeXD]

I wonder what this is useful for … its also about personal preference and subjective perception … a lot of ‚best settings‘ recommendations look awful … I had TV s professionally calibrated … it just did not fit with the way I and many people subjectively like it … my TV Team stopped offering a high end calibration service as subjectively too many people feel differently … so working this out yourself with some inspiration is the best way forward. I tried it with family and friends and the ‚best settings‘ for the individual TV often led to the result ‚who messed up the TV settings‘. Especially switching smoothing and reality creation off led to protests. Has nothing to do with morons but that everybody perceives it differently based on personal liking and a different perception.

[@fletchy88]

@@GanymedeXD nah. Just nah. Morons 100% If they had a single clue about the technical aspects.. they would change.... Like we all do .. when we learn something deeper about a subject.

[@richardwagner8775]

Yes on the behind the scenes testing you do. I love techy stuff, even though I am not an Electronic Techy. Good job Caleb.

[@tofuprius3384]

Before I got a new TV I was 110% sure motion smoothing was evil and deplorable (exaggerating of course). But after using it for just a day, I’m finding I have a hard time enjoying 24fps content without at least some smoothing. The choppiness is just an eye-sore a lot of the time.

[@darlingtoncd]

I agree👍 It's very much a personal choice but personally I don't like 24fps, it's blurry choppy and in some scenes - down right ruins the viewing experience. It feels that we're being *told* that 24fps is best for cinema...unfortunately not for me.

[@briank10101]

24fps was a compromise in the infancy of the movie industry for the equipment of the time. Liking it nowadays is like lighting your home with candles - it brings a feeling of nostalgia. Black and white movies were also an early limitation so should we turn off color?

[@RH-nk7eo]

24fps is for old folks. Everyone has 60hz screens as a minimum now. Welcome to the future.

[@kennypowers1945]

@ML_Patarnot with motion smoothing. It’ll make you movies 60fps

[@mikecoshan3752]

When I first got my Panasonic Tv I googled the model and found the custom calibration settings for it which improved the picture quality immeasurably. It was a bit of a pain to go through it all but totally worth it in the end. Great video by the way 👍

[@jGRite]

All this video did is made me miss my grandma. She watched a lot of soaps, but Bold and the Beautiful was her favorite.

[@chzulfiqar3028]

Thoroughly brief almost great work keep it up awesome content

[@DJPieter79]

Thumbs-up for behind the scenes and yes i also hate the soap opera effect. I do prefer a cooler white setting than a warmer one. Just my personal preference. My tv has a blue light filter which i can put on low med or high so low works great to make it a bit warmer but not too warm for my taste.

[@chrisrobinson7728]

Thank you thank you thank you, I had no idea the motion smoothing was messing up my viewing experience so much! I tried switching off the motion smoothing while I was watching a nature documentary, and the difference was incredible. The scene showed a butterfly sat on a wild flower, with motion smoothing on, it just swayed gently in the breeze, but when I rewound and watched the same scene with motion smoothing OFF, the butterfly was clearly making tiny little twitches with it’s wings, to keep itself stable on the flower, a detail that was previously completely lost! 🥰👍🦋

[@MrDinodane]

Also I love the soap opera effect lol. It's always on for me. I also prefer 60 to 120fps over 30fps which is probably why I hate the way movies look without smoothing. Iam glad all these tvs have options for everyone. I LOVE THE TECH in these new tvs.

[@michaeldawson6565]

I've always liked the cool color over the warm

[@sindiego69]

Happy I found your channel… not product selling but information oriented..😎👍😎👍

[@Wes10design]

Oh man, a behind the scenes would be awesome and if there's any more detail you can give about at-home calibration with limited tools that would be excellent! Another thing that could be nice is your preferred settings for flagship TVs.

[@Hartfeltet]

I switched to movie mode some months ago. It took me a while to get used to white being kind of yellowish, but I really enjoyed it after getting used to it. Colours seem more realistic and it's easier on the eyes, especially in the evening.

[@robotpicnic6508]

It is accurate only for film and some television productions. Everything else, 0 white balance is much more accurate.

[@W2IRT]

22 years as a motion picture projectionist, running 35mm and 70mm prints at 24fps, and I can say without hesitation that I'll take high frame rates any day of the week. 24fps was the standard because the entire film industry was set up for it originally. We are now free of that limitation thanks to the industry going all digital, but for whatever reason, Hollywood insists on keeping the look of a technologically inferior process. Film was a magnificent medium, but the relatively low frame rate (actually 48 images per second, because shutters are double-bladed) was for backwards compatability. If the scene is lit properly, and the DoP understands what they're doing, it can be incredibly immersive (Douglas Trumbull's Showscan process was magnificent, for example). I have a 120 Hz OLED and I'll take as much smoothing as I can get.

[@charlesbeeson4598]

I don't see the point in having these flash tvs then making it work like the old inferior ones.

[@George196207]

Same way they now can't turn down the music sound track to be lower than the dialogue ! Incompetent sound tech or just trying hard as hell to sell the crap music they blast over the actors .

[@Sordatos]

Exactly, is just that we culturally relate 24 fps as "movie feel"

[@victorbitencourt9481]

24fps in movies is also because editing, not just tradition. it's easier to edit individual frames when there are less of them. so we stick with the least fps possible while it's high enough to maintain a convincing sense of motion

[@vitorfernandes651]

You are confusing this setting. If the movie is filmed in 60fps then it’s great to watch. But we are talking about smoothing of a picture that was originally 24fps and make it 30 or 60fps. It will look unnatural and wrong. If you have a 60fps movie on a 60fps tv then you don’t need any smoothing again. It’s always a useless setting that needs to be off

[@KevIn-qc4dr]

Love your videos. Keep up the great work!

[@alexandrumihalisnicolau5231]

Yes yes I want to see behind the scenes of how a TV is set up and how the picture settings are chosen

[@JudgeSim2]

gone are the days i watch movies in laggy blurry 24fps. ty motion smoothing

[@coffeelady4967]

I didn't understand most of what you said, but, you must be a good teacher because I'm going to ask my son to change my picture settings just like you said. Thanks,

[@MaxFlight86]

Brilliant video! I have liked and subscribed solely based off of this video 😁 I can just tell you have the content I enjoy watching 👌

[@Criticalhitkoala]

0:29 - It's a Brett Favre type situation. Name is spelled one way but said another. Great points in this video, thank you for posting it.

[@nac5000]

I love the motion improvements they are all activated on my LG OLED and Samsung. even for gaming! everything is so smooth without flickering

[@doogie812]

I was a TV man back in the late 70's early 80's. The soaps were great for TV setup. Once leaving TV service for computer service I was addicted to the ABC daytime line up. I had two Sony AV-3600 VTRs cascaded to to record Ryan's Hope, Once Life to Live & half of General Hospital. It quickly became apparent that this was to much TV to catch up on over the weekend.

[@TalesOfTheBarkside1]

I just tested my new Samsung TV Q60A as I watched "Back To The Future". I turned off the motion smoothing, a few minutes later I turned it on. And, wow! I prefer the motion smoothing ten times more, you could see the finest of details, like when Lorraine stepped back from kissing Marty, you could see the subtle blush points on her collar bone. I haven't seen any other movies yet, I just bought the TV, but I prefer keeping it on for all programs as of now.

[@LuisTheImpalerGaming]

Well, I love the "soap opera effect" but in some movies. Mostly movies from the 30's through the 70's. Including TV shows. It's like giving them a form of art life, when I showed my wife her favorite movie Back to the Future in full 60fps. She was so happy cause she kept saying during the movie is like I'm there with them filming the movie. Is a new experience, and watching cartoons like Tom & Jerry of the 70's is so beautiful how that animation still looks so well done.

[@claudehaussmann3892]

Ty Sir, I do enjoy your informative videos and refer to your suggested settings as well as you reviews. Subscribed, I am. Ty

[@bmell1252]

Yes, behind the scenes! That sounds great! I’d love to see that. 👍👏👏👏👏😁✌️

[@rey746]

Of course I would like to see a behind scene videos of how do you prepare everything for the review excelente video🔥👍

[@joeynunez5614]

I have the TCL R635 and whenever action smoothing is off, it feels so juddery and I hate it. I always keep it on low so it adds some “soap opera effect” but not much and it seems to work great and I enjoy how smooth movies and shows are. Having it on with Dolby Vision really blows my mind.

[@keyser456]

We hosted a party for New Years and dug out Rock Band 2 for PS3 and all the instruments. We had a blast but the screen kept stuttering which was throwing everybody off (that and the copious amounts of alcohol, but I digress...). I looked it up later. It was the stupid judder reduction / auto motion plus stuff on the TV. Once I turned that off, now it's completely smooth. Great video! Thanks for the info!

[@RARA64HUNNID]

absolutely LOVE motion smoothing. never even remotely considered buying a tv until the technology was made available in 2008. i will never go back to cinematic.

[@enhncr]

Motion smoothing is A MUST !!!!

[@DiegoLopez-sk2kp]

So a warm color temperature and no smoothing. I'll be sure to set this up later this afternoon to test it out. Thanks for these kinds of tips! Keep em coming.

[@UltraCasualPenguin]

Or precalibrated color temperature if there is like Expert 1 on Sony TVs.

[@ChrisBrown-jt7dg]

Behind the scenes , YES that would be GR8 I also find warm is best viewing

[@KelpPardue]

I just got the Sony A90J and it’s incredible!

[@rikshithshetty8136]

Behind the scenes is a great idea. I love the settings you mention in your reviews, as it has helped me steer my wife and in-laws away from the soap-opera effect (absolutely despise it).

[@i4NiLeon11]

Soap opera effect is actually amazing for gaming. This is the only place that motion flow was explained properly. Thank you. You got a like. FYI, you should make a separate video for gaming explaining why its good for gaming.

[@Daniel_WR_Hart]

One issue with motion interpolation is that it increases the pixel response time, but BFI is not as bad, and not all games require quick reactions anyway

[@mr.mephistopheles2497]

Thank you man. I am a man far removed from the industry that I used to dance in. Make more of these. Cheers

[@drifter_77]

Motion Smoothing is awesome, it just takes a bit to get used to at first, but once your eyes are used to it everything looks so much better.

[@OldForrester]

Not a fan of frame interpolation, but love high frame rate. Hobbit in the theatre at 48fps was unreal!

[@UxCANxDOxIT]

By unreal, I hope you mean, made the movie look super unrealistic, suspension of disbelief goes out the window, you can literally see each special effect, because movies aren't meant to be played like soap operas or like your iPhone videos.

[@SuperSy99]

Its look like shot in iphone.cinema is dead for higher fps,its like watching behind the scene

[@GenusSuperius]

@@SuperSy99 So we deteriorate the fps to a point where we can barely make out what is happening in fast-paced scenes? If we adjusted recording techniques and post-processing to suit higher frame rate capture then it wouldn't look like it was shot on a phone or behind the scenes. The fact that you associate higher frame rates with amateur recording is a symptom of your conditioning which is a result of, ironically, low industry standards, as well as tradition.

[@arthurketch2981]

I like my TV in Vivid/Dynamic mode - colours pop way more and I don't like the warm colours of Cinema mode

[@kenb9762]

Im not a fan of the late stage jaundice skin tones when set to warm. How is that reference accurate?

[@Talia.777]

@@kenb9762 My Question too... 🤔

[@miller2167]

Dude dont know what hes talking about or his eyesight is messed up from the floor up one hahaha cuz all other settings other than vivid on my vizio is awful I keep it on vivid 24/7. Believe that and I'm like you man warm colors is awful my opinion ima go look elsewhere for rv reviews this guy is off a little needs go to an eye doctor or somethin

[@ktolwal]

i prefer the warm jaundice color because it filters out blue light, so that i can protect my kids eyes

[@suzihazlove4979]

Me too. But it hurts my eyes

[@christiandehlinger3731]

I am a 42 year av guy and the first place I saw this was actually a Philips plasma. Setting up, it was some Bruce Willis movie and I said, "is this program the making of the movie?" I commented that everything looked like the local news, like a soap opera, the more we watched. I am sure I was one of many speaking the same sentiment.

[@stephenmeinhold5452]

i am new to the smart TV thing and you have helped me a lot in chosing the the right TV and setting it up and you are right about motion smoothing it takes away from the impact of a movie or TV show and sometimes they move weidly like they are in one place then suddenly they teliport. but I like a clear picture with colors that are realistic but still bold without blooming, i dont care if its scores 10 out of 10 on the ricter scale. on the TV i have a 75" LG nanocell, movie mode looks awfull like there is a red haze or filter over the whole imige. i have my overall setings to be warm and thats fine, so i dont get whats going on they seem to be overdoing the redshift.

[@rogerr7856]

Movie mode on my tv is like they had a stocking over the lens when filming, dynamic is like I'm right there seeing it with my own eyes. Turned off ambient light detection because it kept dimming screen every time there was a flash on screen.

[@lol3ndir]

Same

[@geteronly1]

I always love soap bubble effect i duno why, just like how i always prefer video games in 60fps over 30fps (and i pretty sure i will prefer 120fps over 60fps)

[@PizzaPowerXYZ]

The thing is your TV can't show 120 fps The 120 fps is just interpolation nd it isn't great

[@colssonford326]

You definitely will prefer 120 as fps stands for "frames per second" meaning the screen refreshes 120 times every second. So, as action takes place, motion taking place in increments (frames) of 120 times per second is much smoother than 60, 30, etc. Think of a stop motion picture 🤔

[@christiandehlinger3731]

I do a quick setup for all my clients. Generally warm temp or the low warm if it looks better. Many times custom settings if available. I take all the color out and make the best black and white picture I can make, then bring the color up to a natural level.

[@MrSpinteractive]

Thanks a lot for the clarification!

[@greattantrum523]

Ever since I have seen motion smoothing I loved it. It made everything look more lifelike. How they are adding frames is not what is important but how it is displayed. If it looks smooth as butter then that is all I care about. I am coming from a generation were movies and TV viewing has always been 24fps or 30fps. Seen stuff at a faster smoother frame rate is a non brainer to me and a nice upgrade to the motion viewing. Why deny that? We might as well play videogames at 24-30fps and call it quits there but we don't, the same should be applied with movie watching. Give us the higher framerates. As for the color issue I see your point about getting that warm look but it gives it a more "Sepia" style of brightness, for me I tend to like the brighter bluer color spectrum. Whites look more, well white. Say no to yellow snow and falling pee.. I mean rain.

[@zybch]

But what you're seeing isn't what was shot. Its a processor engineer's rough interpretation, a three-quarters fake image (assuming a 30 to 120 interpolation). Now actual HFR is fine, its what was shot, the detail and temporal quality are still intact, something that 'smooth'motion is incapable of preserving.

[@greattantrum523]

@@zybch Again, understanding the technical of how smooth motion works is interesting but not that important as long as it works and looks good. The end result or how it is displayed is what is important. It is good enough to were I don't mind the shortcoming artifacts, they are not bad enough to bother me. Like I said, smooth motion makes movies look more lifelike that's what is important and why I have it turned on.

[@MixelsLab]

@@greattantrum523 this is an odd take to me, because cinematic and life-like aren't the same thing at all.. Having smooth motion doesnt inherently improve a movie experience, and decreases the picture quality around edges particularly.. Games are a different thing entirely because often you are supposed to "be" there, and higher fps means better responsiveness.. But it's good there are options. :D

[@wallywatching]

Yes, I hate “soap opera” effect. It makes everything look like Days of Our Dreary. Also, yes to some behind the scenes stuff.

[@StrandgaZt]

It's fine put it slightly up.

[@brianwest1026]

Love motion smoothing!

[@joshuachin]

Love the idea of behind the scenes. Go for it!

[@BLT-70s]

I actually really like motion smoothing. Always have. Yea I know, I’m definitely on the minority team, but being a full time motion designer (and gamer), there’s just something to be said about seeing buttery smooth imagery move on the screen with no distracting jitter. It’s so therapeutic to me, and it’s why I still love CRTs to this day. That said, I don’t have a problem with cinematic 24fps, as long as it has true motion blur (inherent in the film from the camera) that helps to offset the fewer frames. Just my humble take.

[@kurtdewittphoto]

Motion Smoothing is fantastic in nature documentaries and stuff, but for films it completely ruins the mood for me.

[@agnidiptahomroy8656]

You don't belong to the minority category who like watching 24fps movies at 60fps, it's the majority of the population that likes it, only so called TV enthusiasts, who term themselves as so called picture purists are the ones to dislike them, the ones who comment do not belong to the majority of the population. In fact I love this Black Frame Insertion tech.

[@Sam-jx5zy]

I am on the same team. I have heard it a million times and watched a lot of highly detailed explanations by those 24fps vieophiles. But when I try it I hate it without motion smoothing (clear setting) in almost all content. I only ever had one TV 65" oled so I have no clue what others are like. I am not a fan of classic movies regardless of framerate.

[@bigpatt8372]

I'm more confused than befor I watched this.

[@detailsmove]

phenomenal breakdown

[@dustballz6717]

You just blew my mind with the 📺 tech dump. Now I need my remote to go to settings 😆. Good informative vid.

[@brickviking667]

Your initial question about whether we'd like to see behind-the-scenes footage? Yes please!

[@timmyinthewell1]

To my eyes the "warm" setting always makes the whites in the picture - not look white.

[@claireredfield4842]

yup I like my whites on the blue side as they look brighter, the cinema yellow whites just look dull and unpleasing.

[@richardaileen5842]

Caleb; Yes I would love to watch behind the scenes and learn more about the best settings for my tv

[@goranpavkovic]

Great tips...thanks man

[@imperialexecutioner]

Would love to see a video about the pros and cons of HDR. Seems like it causes lots of problems with making darks too dark. My old plasma TV, while not 4K, doesn’t have this issue of needing to change settings depending on what you’re watching.

[@ghaushahinfinity4910]

I still have a plasma tv; wonderful tv. And I use it with soundbar and subwoofer. Just perfect.

[@barbaramay5048]

My story's 😅.. brought back some fine memories Sir👍..Thanks for the memories ❤️

[@ElectronicazMusic]

Great video! Thanks.

[@MamdouhKaldas]

Thank you for your amazing reviews! I got a new U7H after watching your review and I love it. I just have a problem with it when watching sports where I notice some pixelation around fast moving players or objects. Is that a fault in the TV or something I can fix by changing settings?

[@jbcool]

in the video he talks about turning off motion smoothing, but watching sports it helps to have it on because objects are moving so fast on the screen.

[@MamdouhKaldas]

@@jbcool thank you for the reply. I Had it on initially but that is causing some strange effect around fast moving players which is very annoying.

[@jesse-mg1hx]

I feel like a lot of people have written motion smoothing off because their experience is based off it's initial technology and they've been screaming from rooftops on how bad it is to this day, technology has improved so give it a chance cause I actually love it.

[@phroskies]

I dunno. I have a 2010 samsung led and because of it i love smooth motion

[@jesse-mg1hx]

@@phroskies that's good to know someone enjoyed it around that time cuz I had a vizio at that time and the motion smoothing was terrible haha

[@phroskies]

@@jesse-mg1hx vizio has always had a problem with it i believe. Even now it is among the worst for all tvs, but dont quote me on that.

[@godspeedmaximus]

I hate it just as much as before

[@danshimandle1938]

No it is garbage and it still looks terrible

[@janbrewington7771]

Yes would be interested

[@LastsailorEgy]

A very informative video, I wonder about the filmmaker mode though

[@keoki101]

I like the soap opera effect on all content I watch

[@phil9256]

@@steadyone2227 Same. In fact I watched a King Kong on HBO Max and I was concerned because it didn't have that soap effect. I always thought that it meant the native 120hz I have on the tv was working. To me it just looks smoother.

[@Travguy33]

Can you explain the difference between cinematic movement, naturel and smooth motion? Does one give you less of a soap opera effect? Which is the best one if you do have that option enabled?

[@keoki101]

@@Travguy33 @Travis Fitzpatrick to my knowledge cinematic mode is meant for movies at 24fps(which does the least), natural is 30fps, and smooth motion is 60fps(which does the most) with AI injected frames to achieve the smoothest motion the tv can handle. The more modern the tv, the better it can achieve this.

[@martheunen]

Unfortunately I sometimes have to use motion interpolation to combat 24p jerkiness. Trying to find middle ground between no/less 24p jerkiness and some artifacting and no/low soap opera effect is the only thing I'm slightly disappointed in since I got my Oled TV. Here's hoping TV tech fixes it in the coming years and that my wallet will allow the upgrade once it's available...

[@XxAtomic646xX]

just need a tv that lets you fine tune motion smoothing, instead of just a low, medium, high, off toggles

[@myhighest1]

First of all thank you so very much for the information you solved my problem ❤ Yes please show us the behind the scene of how you test thank you again ❤

[@ForGoodnesSake]

Unplugging it worked for me. Thank you!

[@AnthonyL0401]

Snob :)

[@E_Stew]

I've always called the "Soap Opera" effect the "Stage Effect" because it makes everything you're looking at on the screen appear as if it's a stage play. 😖🤪

[@DavidrKun]

Personally I kind of like this effect on 4k. Makes it looks super sharp. But I understood for other people.

[@ryanwilson5936]

So, like real life then? Honestly, I assumed that was the goal of display manufacturers. To create the most realistic image. Like ten years ago there was an LG tv at Walmart that was playing the first Avengers movie. The images legitimately looked 3D without the glasses. It was the only tv there that looked that. It was crazy. I have yet to see a tv like it since. Personally, I like the effect.

[@thenonexistinghero]

Which is more realistic, since it's filmed.

[@thenonexistinghero]

@L. Kärkkäinen Ah yes, leave it to the elitists to argue that 24 fps is better than more fluidity and realism.

[@KEVBOYMUSIC]

@@ryanwilson5936 What I want is for my TV to most accurately display the image that is given to it. I don't want the TV to make up frames that weren't there to begin with for whatever goal you have. Creators could make their content at whichever frame rate they want, but they choose a frame rate for a reason. Personally, I watch a director's film because I'm interested in seeing what they have to show me, I'm not going to second guess their decision. Again, I want my TV to display that content as accurately as possible, nothing else.