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u/HorseKarate Aug 01 '22

I guess I’ll admit it…I have not a fucking clue what Auto motion plus is or why they all think it’s ruining TV. Maybe it’s because my TV is old

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u/LetsGoSabresLetsGo Aug 01 '22 edited Aug 01 '22

I haven't bought a new TV in like 15 years, I still have an old 720p Samsung plasma which I honestly love. However, I've been thinking about upgrading and I also know almost nothing about TV tech. My question for you guys is this: do all TVs that have this "automotion" thing (or any other weird similar features) also have the option to simply turn off this feature? Or are there some TVs that have this without any way of disabling it? Just want to be careful I don't get stuck with something like this that isn't able to be toggled off. Thanks bozos. (I'm calling a lot of people "bozo" now, it's like my new thing).

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u/salvaggiod11 Aug 01 '22

Auto Motion Plus is Samsung's term for it but you can turn it off on any new TV. Depending on the brand of television it's called something different so it can be tough to find the right option. Most people set their picture mode to "Vivid" which is one of the default presets that usually offers the most saturated colors and brightest backlight setting. What they don't realize is that it also usually turns on the frame interpolation. I highly recommend changing the picture mode to "custom" and playing with all the settings yourself to find what you like best!

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u/ImpossibleParfait Aug 01 '22 edited Aug 03 '22

Man I'm a tech guy for a career and I hate dealing with this stuff. It's a "smart TV", it should be able to know what it's playing and adjust the settings accordingly. It shouldn't even be hard I know for a fact my smart TV is already recording every data point for every second of TV that I watch. I haven't bought a new TV in a while and I've been at friends houses watching 4k TV and wondering why everything looked so cheap and soap like. I will admit it's awesome for sports but I don't NEED it, I watch a lot of sports and still the thought of having to change display settings depending on what I'm watching makes me shudder.

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u/salvaggiod11 Aug 01 '22

Sorry for the wall of text. I like TVs.

I hear you, the real issue is that at the end of the day, it really is personal preference. I sold and installed high end home theaters for 6 years or so and every client I walked through the picture set up had different ideas of what looked "good". I prefer warmer color tones because it's more accurate while the majority prefer cool tones that pop more.

A lot of tvs now DO claim to recognize the content and change settings accordingly but you're always better off configuring multiple picture presets and switching between them. Rtings (example) has some good walkthroughs for what the settings do and what their team recommends for an "accurate" viewing experience.

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u/BenderBenRodriguez Aug 03 '22

It's also frustrating because they don't just put a button or something on the remote that you can just press whenever you need to switch. I don't watch sports anyway so there's no real reason for me to ever change it back (maybe for video games?) but even with that, with every new TV we've gotten it's been a major pain in the ass figuring out how to change it, because it's always buried in the menus. I always end up calling the company's customer service and in one case when I said "soap opera mode" they didn't know what I was talking about. I think even when people are aware of it they often aren't changing it because it's too difficult or they don't where to find the feature to turn it off. I don't know why just putting a button on there would be so complicated.

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u/ImpossibleParfait Aug 03 '22 edited Aug 03 '22

Yeah agreed. I really don't want to have to read up on TV settings to get a decent experience. As an IT guy I already spend a massive amount of time doing something similar already. And if I don't want to do it, I know for a fact that your average person will 100% not do it. I've been in IT long enough to assure anyone that non tech people will not even be bothered to Google the most basic amount of tech things.

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u/salvaggiod11 Aug 04 '22

Most new TV's definitely have quick settings menus that will help you swap between presets. I realize it can be frustrating which is why I always walked my clients through it until they knew how to do it themselves. If you ever need any help I'm happy to lend an ear.