HDTV+Blu Ray=strange quality
June 18, 2010 6:04 PM Subscribe
Just purchased Samsung 1080P and Blu Ray system for a friend's birthday, but what's up with the picture quality? It turns familiar movies into what I can only describe as hi-res videos. All the "atmosphere" has been sucked out. I'm familiar with my 720P and standard DVD and it seems to be more "film" like. I've done all the adjustments that Sumsung offers, e.g. reduce contrast...still no good. Do I just get used to it?
May be unrelated, but if the TV was advertised with a 120hz or 240hz refresh rate it may be the dejuddering that you're noticing.
I have a 1080p Samsung with a 120hz mode that makes 24fps films look "video-ish." I generally keep that feature off unless I'm playing games or watching live events.
posted by EmptyK at 6:17 PM on June 18, 2010
I have a 1080p Samsung with a 120hz mode that makes 24fps films look "video-ish." I generally keep that feature off unless I'm playing games or watching live events.
posted by EmptyK at 6:17 PM on June 18, 2010
Best answer: I have a 1080p Samsung with a 120hz mode that makes 24fps films look "video-ish." I generally keep that feature off unless I'm playing games or watching live events.
Samsung's trade name for its interpolation feature is "AutoMotion Plus." Try turning that off.
posted by The Michael The at 6:20 PM on June 18, 2010
Samsung's trade name for its interpolation feature is "AutoMotion Plus." Try turning that off.
posted by The Michael The at 6:20 PM on June 18, 2010
I, for one, am a big fan of the look. I'm tired of being stuck with 24fps because "that's what we're used to". Watch Avatar (yeah, yeah, i know) with Automotion on and the effect is Unreal.
posted by Oktober at 10:36 PM on June 18, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by Oktober at 10:36 PM on June 18, 2010 [1 favorite]
Some movies have had their Blu Ray versions tampered with. A crime.
posted by cftarnas at 11:25 PM on June 18, 2010
posted by cftarnas at 11:25 PM on June 18, 2010
Oktober: "I, for one, am a big fan of the look. I'm tired of being stuck with 24fps because "that's what we're used to". Watch Avatar (yeah, yeah, i know) with Automotion on and the effect is Unreal."
I work with film postproduction every day, and I agree with you. What people call "video-ish", I like to call "reality-ish".
posted by Joakim Ziegler at 12:16 AM on June 19, 2010
I work with film postproduction every day, and I agree with you. What people call "video-ish", I like to call "reality-ish".
posted by Joakim Ziegler at 12:16 AM on June 19, 2010
Best answer: I have a Samsung 1080p HDTV. The Michael The is right--turn off the AutoMotion Plus.
posted by Prospero at 6:29 AM on June 19, 2010
posted by Prospero at 6:29 AM on June 19, 2010
I, for one, am a big fan of the look. I'm tired of being stuck with 24fps because "that's what we're used to". Watch Avatar (yeah, yeah, i know) with Automotion on and the effect is Unreal.
If the movie was shot by a competent cinematographer and not fucked with by the post production people, and viewed on a display that can actually DO 24fps, it looks fine.
What messes it up is too large of an aperture that misses too much motion (because the shutter is closed too long), post production done without knowledge of how 24p works, and displays that interpolate the shit out of everything.
posted by gjc at 7:27 AM on June 19, 2010
If the movie was shot by a competent cinematographer and not fucked with by the post production people, and viewed on a display that can actually DO 24fps, it looks fine.
What messes it up is too large of an aperture that misses too much motion (because the shutter is closed too long), post production done without knowledge of how 24p works, and displays that interpolate the shit out of everything.
posted by gjc at 7:27 AM on June 19, 2010
I have a Samsung 240Hz TV as well. Try changing the AutoMotion Plus setting or setting the TV to "Game Mode". The game setting will turn off any video postprocessing (since it can introduce lag, which is much more noticeable when you're playing video games).
posted by globotomy at 8:17 PM on June 19, 2010
posted by globotomy at 8:17 PM on June 19, 2010
Response by poster: I don't know why I went to my friends with supposed technical knowledge of everything HDTV, when I should've gone to AskMeFi in the first place.
The recipient of the TV is happy now. "Sherlock Holmes" in BluRay no longer looks like a video rehearsal.
I'm surprised that Samsung has control of Auto-motion Plus so tucked in deep in the menus.
posted by donp17 at 4:45 AM on June 29, 2010
The recipient of the TV is happy now. "Sherlock Holmes" in BluRay no longer looks like a video rehearsal.
I'm surprised that Samsung has control of Auto-motion Plus so tucked in deep in the menus.
posted by donp17 at 4:45 AM on June 29, 2010
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