motion smoothing

In 2018, Tom Cruise and director Christopher McQuarrie appeared in a social media video during the streaming rollout of “Mission: Impossible: Fallout” asking viewers to turn off motion smoothing when watching the blockbuster at home.

Motion Smoothing: What It Is and Why Filmmakers Hate It Wilson Chapman 2023

The more accurate description of this "feature" is motion smoothing, though it's also called motion interpolation, motion estimation or motion compensation. Every TV manufacturer has their own name for it, but it usually has one or more of those words in the name.

How to Disable the Annoying Soap Opera Effect That's Ruining Your TV See full bio 2023

While renting an airB&B I was flipping through the channels and found Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. The motion smoothing setting on the tv made the movie look super cheap to the point of being distracting.

LPT: The effect that makes TV look like a trashy soap opera is called "motion smoothing" and can be turned off in your TV's settings. detrimentaloptimist 2025