Soap Opera Effect Explained (Motion 4/5) - Rtings.com 

I almost understand this, good job.

I feel like a Pre-Algebra student who's wandered into Physics II, but other than that, I appreciate the thoroughness of the video. It's at least helped me determine that I don't like Motion Interpolation, so that is not a feature I will look for in a TV. :)

It's my favourite effect in games, it gives a "60hz" feeling. One question: is it possible to activate Motionflow in Game Mode on Sony LED and OLED tv's?

Seems like the solution is simple. Filmmakers need to shoot in higher frame rates. I would love to see the next Avatar sequels in true (not interpolated) 60fps 4K.

Hi Rtings I really like you channel and your website as well. I want to buy myself a new TV. I just send the LG 55uj6300 back to Amazon, because the blur really made me crazy. My main issue is blur. Since I dont have too much money, I was thinking of buying myself the Samsung 55MU8000. Will that TV satisfy me with the need of a Picture without blur, can you recommend it? So I basically just have to turn both sliders to max in order to get the least blurry picture, is this correct?

My samsung 4k tv have motion setting /standard /clear / smooth / custom which one good? Thx

Is this a solution in search of a problem? Years ago stop-motion animators at ILM created a technique to avoid the choppiness of their creations. By moving the camera as each frame was being exposed, the image would blur in the direction of movement. The human brain would smooth out the blur and fill in the blanks. The technique was called Go Motion. We don't need an algorithm to rework what the best filmmakers on the planet have deemed appropriate.

This is hands down the best explanation of soap opera effect. Well done.

Excellent reviews, this was very interesting. You guys are the best at these

what is the effect where some beards occasionally disappear (eg. 7:29) called?

SIMPLE: Interpolation looks really amazing for nature shows and sports programs. Really gives you a sense of being there. And I turn it off when watching movies.

I feel like I'm one of the few people that like to turn frame interpolation on for everything. I mostly watch animations, so it doesn't really look like a soap opera.

This is hands down one of the best video explaining motion interpolation! Thanks Cedric! I have the KS8000 and I find my self only use the motion flow option when watching nature documentaries. I'm going to try this on the 4K planet earth 2 when it is out by the 28th March

How did you lose and grow a beard so fast at the end of the video

The 2017 LG OLEDS are shipping this month! Hope to see a review soon, I'm really interested in the input lag numbers!

Tom Cruise Told me to turn this feature off. So I now must. 😎

So THAT'S what that effect is. I genuinely thought that things were moving by faster. I loathe this effect more than I can put into words. It gives me a headache and messes with my eyes. I just thought it was because the thing I was watching was moving at 60 FPS till I played back two videos, one with this effect and one without and they moved at the same speed and the one without the effect looked better to my eyes and didn't make my brain want to evacuate my skull. Thank you for explaining, now I know what this is and how I can avoid it.

Now I understand why my friends' big expensive tv always make stuff look terrible.

I think calling high frame rate content having a soap opera effect is not fair to native high frame rate content. People have been misled by the industry into assuming high frame content has a soap opera effect - it does not if the video was shot at a native high frame rate. I'm not sure it's even by accident either, as producing native 60hz or 120hz content is a lot more expensive to do, and non of the broadcast standards are defined at those refresh rates, neither are cinemas. However all modern TVs are, so we have to deal with judder and stutter... Standards are defined when cinemas used projector with film, so had a built in "black frame insertion" so motion was perceived to be smooth, and when TVs were CRTs which again fired electrons at phosphorous to make it glow for a couple of ms then it started to dim, having the same effect as projectors. Standards haven't moved on with the technology 90% of people use to watch content. Just seems absurd to me.

Forget 24fps and ridiculous 60fps video games. I prefer the silent movie era. 15 frames max or it’s crap!! Color TVs ruined everything! Less resolution and lose the HDR too. I want my busted black white tube back!

TLDR: Good for panoramic shots, Bad for everything else.

Soap opera effect causes beard lose!

When I saw a clip of Avatar on a TV with motion interpolation I went cross-eyed and got a headache. I don't think my brain can interpret over 60fps on a flat, digital surface without my visual cortex going all *Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn* on me.

Which setting is better for motion sickness? That's my main concern. Too much camera movement which is very popular these days, ruins the experience for me because I get motion sickness. would love to find a way to reduce that. So, on or off setting ?

its weird how some people cant see the artifacting around fast moving object when interpolation is turned on. I cant have it on because I just see blocks appearing over stuff, usually at the edges of the screen but whenever I ask anyone else if they can see what I'm talking about, they cant see it.

Why would anyone like or want the "Soap Opera Effect" for TV or movies? If you can't turn off motion interpolation, that is a deal breaker for me. On your reviews, you should say whether or not motion interpolation can be turned off as I have seen some, where it cannot.

Wow! Very nice video! Very good explanation.

I don’t understand what makes 24fps cinematic, is it that that’s just what we’ve been used to and anything different looks weird? If we were used to 60 decades ago, would we say the same thing?

It's good for 4k porn. I can confirm.

Basically switch on game mode or filmmaker mode to avoid the downsides

Why not record at 60hz and tv manufacturers woudn't have to resort to frame interpolation... I can't look att 24hz video without frame interpolation. i looks like stop motion to me. anything to get the frames up helpes.. reality don't have motion-blur on that we follow with our eyes

Hmm. I think this soap opera effect is good on games, but not good on movies.

I remember seeing a 4k tv for the first time at my aunt's house and watching a movie in it. It made me feel physically nauseous after an hour or so. It's strange how some people like the affect and it bothers others.

This video was very hard to watch not because is not well done or fake but because it showed me how wrong I was thinking that Motion Interpolation make the image better...

I love the effect. l call it the Digital effect though. For the picture doesn't look analog. I didn't get a Digital TV for analog picture. Just sayin.

can you please make a video on sony xbr930e

Please do a video like this for HDR!

Great video. However I always just turn that shit off. I think it's a waste of resources because he never makes the TV any better.

beard on. beard off. beard on...

ju-derrrr

LOL his voice has interpolation

To me the soap opera look has NOTHING to do with motion; It's about bad lighting. No matter what settings on decent quality LCD TVs I've tried it looks like "actors stomping around on a set" to quote another poster. Every filmed show (except animation) looks like this and it is NOT correctable with image settings. I suspect it's an inherent characteristic of LCDs and the motion interpolation explanation is a distraction encouraged by the manufacturers to hide LCD's weaknesses. Seriously, why would motion artifacts remind one of an 80's soap opera? The soap opera look is about lighting, not motion.

Just a shame there isn't more "Smart" features in our smart tvs such as a mode that keeps auto motion off for most content but enables it when it detects things like sport shown on screen. Having to manually change it is a pain but it's better to keep it off and switch it on when watching sport imo. Also newer Samsungs have incredibly low input lag (My TU8000 TV has 8ms) but you have to disable Game motion plus, alot of people don't search for that option and complain about the lag.

Is it a French canadian accent?

can you make another video to explain what you said in this video?

I hate 24fps slideshow!

i quite like it, don't know why everyone hates it so much

Great vid. I have a Samsung UE46D7000 in my living room and I've had it for over 3 years and love the "soap opera effect". I bought an LGUH661v for my man cave and tbh, I the SOE isn't as good as my 3 year old + Samsung. I'm selling it now after a year and buying another TV. Any recommendations on what I should look for to get the best Soap opera effect? Cheers.

Hey bro quick question. What's the best TV to buy with this smooth motion effect. I really like how it look like your watching a movie live. Saw my girlfriend TV and decided that I want one with that effect

Mega Man : But i know you still love pixels. imgur.com/uMtZkCM

Has anything changed since this was published? Have the algorithms/processors improved much?

24hz is a joke! One used to save money!

The main reason this was created IMO was the advent of 'smart tv's'. Meaning, at the time one would be exposed to poor video streaming sources which was most of the internet. You can see , most sports on youtube and similar sites is at 24-30 fps instead of 60. On DVD / bluray and even TV of decades back its no issue as the native FPS isn't changed. However on streaming its transcoded into 30 fps to save bandwidth and ensure compatibility with legacy players. This makes sports / news look like cinema; choppy , blurry etc. That is where this interpoliation comes in to play to 'fix' the low frame rate .

Dis guy as a tick fench haxcent.... tabernac!

What looks good to you is the best setting so ignore all these technical bullshit.

film makers should make more content with native 48 or above fps.

I hate this. It kills the movies. If the director wanted to shoot the film in 60 frames, he would.

Awesome video. Hopefully we get some new updates on stuff like this since we got BFI OLEDs now etc.

Good info. I was waiting for "le, le, le" at the end of every sentence, but got disappointed tabernak, esti.

What I wanna know, is why some shows will have that "soap opera effect" that I actually like... but other shows, sometimes on another channel, it won't have that nice super smooth look to it... matter of fact, it would start to jutter and shake a bit... Why??

Who also came here because Tom Cruise video?

I feel like theres gonna be an exam after watching this

Please tell me a tv that has this effect. I love it

"Soap Opera Effect" is the most lame nick-name ever given to a feature on a television. Frame-interpolation is the one of the best features ever created. I Won't Ever buy another tv or DLP projector without it. This feature has improved quite a bit since it's inception. Motion artifacts are minimal, and I would rather have minor artifacts than a juddery, blurry picture. In my opinion, People who say they "Hate It", for movies, have not given it a fair chance. I Own 35/70mm theater projectors and films, and 24fps is cool for film. Which was a compromise anyway to save expensive film. Fast enough for a watchable image, but not too fast to waste film. If the film industry shot at 48 frames or higher from the beginning, no one would ever have anything to say about frame interpolation. Even in digital film making, it's more of an economical choice than an artistic choice. I wish all movies were shot at 48fps or higher like Peter Jackson did with the Hobbit movies. Please do more Peter, then others will follow. But until then, I sincerely thank the ingenious Television engineers who though of it. Also, Please put 3D back into new TV's. I want a passive 3D OLED. Thanks for reading. P.S. Don't listen to Tom Cruise. He is a great, great actor, but in real life..........well...........er.............Scient..............um..........yeah.

interpolation really is no substitute for actual framerate and pure hz value. this is where monitors and video games have television beat. because although framerates look different in a game engine, its still allows for virtually limitless framerates on monitors with up to 240hz displays. and i mean TRUE 240hz. no interpolation needed to display all of those frames at once.

Why do soap operas use those cameras?

Basically you should buy a 120HZ TV.

Dear author, Please make an updated video. I suspect, things have changed in a while. =)

Q7 what a joke! first i was wondering if you got the right model for your review LOL Worse than the KS series then?! what can i say back to the drawing table samsung. you dont get my money this time

Wonderful explanation Congratulations on shaving, looks good

Just curious, is it the same feature available in some tv called memc.?

Your facial hair disappeared briefly towards the end!

I wish you would have show some real world content to compare SOE on and off in real time.

Excellent explanation. Hahaha you go from beard to no beard then with beard again, just like how you explain the process. Haha

At long last a video that really explains the opera effect. Wish I'd found it earlier! Thanks.

someone should start a GoFundme to buy Cedric a new t shirt :p

Lol, while watching this vid, I became obsessed trying to guess where this guy's accent is from. It kind of reminds me of Van Damme's accent.

horrific voice. holy smokes. get anyone else.

What about when I turn on motion blur on a game? Test it with Fortnite. Prob get a lot of views. I’m curious to if motion blur is good in the game settings. It does make it look smoother.

Bel accent québécois mon ami....

I'm having issues playing 25fps content on my H6400 TV due to unacceptable judder (it accepts 24p, 25p or 60p content). I have to enable auto motion plus, that ends up introducing artifacts on fast moving objetcs, but at least the content is acceptable. I believe this is more noticeable due to my TV having a 120hz panel alongside the power frequency in my country (60hz), but not sure.

Watched Troja on some shitty Panasonic Plasma (200 or 300hz) with that fucking function. The Movie looked like a B Movie ! Absolute horrible and cheap ! People moved absolute surreal and like cyborgs, they looked like cut outs that where glued on absolute cheap cardboard scenery.

I like the soap opera effect. I use it on all my movies, gaming and shows It's how i like it. Those who tell me wrong it's your opinion if you like it off that's fine as well. Some says it's not what the film makers wanted. Well it's my tv if it's enhancing my viewing experience I'll enjoy it how ever I want at the privacy at MY home. At least i can go see it at a friends house that has it off and not whine about it. Saying it makes them want to poke there eyes out. Or act like babies demanding that they remove it from all tvs. It's optional you literally have the option to turn it off. What gives you the right to want to take something optional away from others just because you don't enjoy it? If you came to my house and complained that i should turn the feature off. I would send you home because if it was vise versa i wouldn't bitch about it.

Yes screen Daddy 🥵

The biggest thing that baffles me w this effect are the folks who don’t notice anything different when it’s turned ON 😂🤦‍♂️. There’s nothing more obnoxious than going to a friends house or your parents house to watch a good movie and they have this setting ON. Totally ruins the movie and takes away any cinematic feel of the movie. Looks like it’s all “behind the scenes” images.. what’s even more annoying is when you attempt to talk to them about it to turn it off just for the movie and they claim that it looks great and say “welcome to UHD bro” 😂🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️. How can people think this effect looks good at all?

Kinda funny when you search "Soap opera effect" You get a bunch of 30fps videos instead of 60 fps showing examples.

Good news is that you can disabled 90% of the gimmicks and useless shit TV manufactures waste money on to create better marketing. Bad news is that there are some 10% that you can't touch unless in the service menus =/

Is this guy a viking?

KS8000 isn’t a 120hz pannel! Well at least mine isn’t.. Hooked my Series X to it and it says 120 isn’t supported. So I bought a LG CX.

Pls make a video about explaining stutter!!!

All that wouldn't be necessary, if filmmaker would stop making movies that look like fast-paced slide shows at 24 fps. I wonder if they also resisted that hard when sound and color made it to the big screen. "It look too real", yeah, whatever. Couldn't hear that argument when 4K and 8K or higher color resolution made it into the theatres.

i'm playing blu-rays through my PC to my Sony TV. Finally found the optimal middle ground for this set-up. I cant stand the stutter on the slow panning shots. To me it stands out just to much. For movies now i set it to 24hz on the GPU; Cinema Home; at Motionflow on User: Cleanrness "Min" and Smoothness you just increase from Min to whatever it takes for you to not notice judder anymore. For mine it was "2". Now it's not to heavy on that speed up effect of motion interp but also not so damn annoying on those wide shots. There's a reason the picture processors have all those functions. We have consumer TVs made usually for a bunch of purposeses and formats. You CAN'T watch it the way it was intended because you dont have the setup the movie maker made it on, all those arguments are nonsense to me. How would you know? I bet no director intends for their movie to stutter all the time (if it does on your setup). If you have like the best 24p TV and dont experience it: great for you. you dont need motion interp then. I do, though. Most importantly: ENJOY your movies (how ever that may be)

TV manufacturers could give a shit less about how bad their 4 grand tvs look when watching movies. they could give two shits about how the motion gives most people headaches. this is a perfect example of technology making things worse. plasmas were much better tis for image rendering and motion. if there was a 4k plasma display I would buy it in a heartbeat.

Why do movies have to be recorded at such low quality shitty level like 24p? The image stutters so much that we lose a lot of detail, specially on action scenes. Maybe I'll never understand this. And it's easy to think it's just a budget issue covered with a lot of pretense glamoured by the cinema industry.

i went into a tv and appliance store and saw the tvs and was seriously like “what the fuck is wrong with the tvs? they look fucking retarded and too fast or something”. The soap opera effect thing is just another form of people thinking more is better. Its godamn stupid. My advice is if youre a tv salesman, turn that shit off! its gonna make people not want to buy it. And who thinks it actually looks real? it doesn’t look real. It looks weird, not real, WEIRD.

Stupid test. realistic motion effect at 60 hz tv is not needed... my tv LG49UJ701v when I turn the motion to a smooth picture then the motion effect is a real trouble

I’m older I guess and it took me a while to get use to it__i harped for a while saying bla bla 24 fps for movies…but now I can’t live without the smoothness of the “soap opera efféct”

Not Trying to be an ass, but this guys accent is a hybrid between Jean-claude Van Damme and Arnold Schwarzenegger. And I am ok with this 😎

i dont care what anyone says, higher frame rate is hands down better…. better motion, adds more depth to scenes… tired of these “traditionalists” and thinking that films should always been filmed at 24fps…. get over it, higher framerates are the future of cinema

I absolutely hate 24 or 30 fps movies so I can't live without this feature on my TV. 24fps movies also cause me headaches.