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2MuchMark · 06-06-2010, 08:19 AM

Hi,

This question is sure to sound very strange to some people, but here it goes:

Have you watched the Blu Ray version of Avatar on your 120hz+ LED Television, and noticed the "Soap Opera Effect"?

I was in a home theatre store the other day and checked out the new HDTV from Samsung. I forget the modem number, but it was a a super-thin TV with a 120hz LED Display.

I couldn't stop looking that this baby. It was showing Avatar, and it was the sharpest most amazing pictures I had ever seen. WOW! I said....

But there was more going on. The picture was beyond sharp. It was... weird...! I couldn't remember seeing so much detail in the original movie when I saw it in Imax 6 months ago. I could see every color of ever spec of dirt in ever pore of every actor's face. It was strange...

The "Soap opera effect" I'm referring to is something I can't really explain, but is described by others in the same way. The image somehow looked like I was watching a TV soap opera, shot on video, instead of a movie shot on film. There was a certain something to the image that I can't really put into words.

Anyway I did some digging and found that 120hz and higher TV's have an option known as Motion Interpolation Technology" to alleviate the video artifacts caused by content shot at frame rates that differ from the TV. (Movies are 24 frames per second, while TV is 30 and 60 frames per second), but I don't think this is what I am seeing.

Anyway, does anyone here have one of these TV's? Do you find that this issue distracts you from the movie? Or does it make it even better? While watching a few minutes of Avatar yesterday, I couldn't decide.

06-06-2010, 08:19 AM
2MuchMark Videochat Solutions Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 49,499	Question for LED 120Hz HDTV owners: "Soap Opera Effect" on the movie AVATAR Hi, This question is sure to sound very strange to some people, but here it goes: Have you watched the Blu Ray version of Avatar on your 120hz+ LED Television, and noticed the "Soap Opera Effect"? I was in a home theatre store the other day and checked out the new HDTV from Samsung. I forget the modem number, but it was a a super-thin TV with a 120hz LED Display. I couldn't stop looking that this baby. It was showing Avatar, and it was the sharpest most amazing pictures I had ever seen. WOW! I said.... But there was more going on. The picture was beyond sharp. It was... weird...! I couldn't remember seeing so much detail in the original movie when I saw it in Imax 6 months ago. I could see every color of ever spec of dirt in ever pore of every actor's face. It was strange... The "Soap opera effect" I'm referring to is something I can't really explain, but is described by others in the same way. The image somehow looked like I was watching a TV soap opera, shot on video, instead of a movie shot on film. There was a certain something to the image that I can't really put into words. Anyway I did some digging and found that 120hz and higher TV's have an option known as Motion Interpolation Technology" to alleviate the video artifacts caused by content shot at frame rates that differ from the TV. (Movies are 24 frames per second, while TV is 30 and 60 frames per second), but I don't think this is what I am seeing. Anyway, does anyone here have one of these TV's? Do you find that this issue distracts you from the movie? Or does it make it even better? While watching a few minutes of Avatar yesterday, I couldn't decide. __________________ Custom Coding \| Videochat Solutions \| Age Verification \| IT Help & Support www.2Much.net Last edited by 2MuchMark; 06-06-2010 at 08:21 AM..