That ultra-smooth "soap opera effect" isn't your imagination—it's motion smoothing, and it's probably turned on by default. I'll show you how to turn it off.

Ever noticed that your TV picture sometimes looks too smooth — almost like a daytime soap opera, even when you’re watching a movie? That’s what people call the soap opera effect (SOE). It happens when ...

Motion smoothing has a bad reputation among most cinephiles, as well as many home theater enthusiasts and content creators. Also known as motion or video interpolation, motion smoothing is available ...