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A controversial subject: Seeing movies at 30fps (AKA The Soap Opera Effect)

posted 6 years ago by fabian5003 (63)
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Does anybody here, by any chance enjoy watching movies at 30fps? Some modern TVs will let you achieve this by activating some feature (in LG TVs the setting is called TruMotion). Under this configuration movies will look as if they were low budget.

I love watching movies with this setting on, specially horror and sci-fi movies. I know most people can't stand it while others can't even notice the difference.

And please don't attack me if you don't enjoy watching movies like this. I am fully aware the norm is to watch a movie as it was intended by the filmmaker, but there's something I find appealing about seeing films like this.

[–] StoneKeeper (27734) 6 years ago

Hate it with a passion!!!

[–] fabian5003 (63) 6 years ago

Stone, how could you say that?? :( I've played your guess-the-movie games, remember? [sad5]

[–] StoneKeeper (27734) 6 years ago

Before I realized I could turn the option off in my settings, I was gonna return my TV because I thought that’s how 4K looked. I honestly could not watch one single movie without hating it because of the look. I even thought that I would stop watching movies when all the TVs would be like that and I was very discouraged. For me, this option should not be called true motion but “how to make a masterpieces a crappy movie”