It disables smart features and many of the settings making it more like a dumb HDMI screen.
This may seem like a good thing, but it also usually enables a "vibrant" postprocessing picture mode, motion smoothing, and maximum brightness so the display looks good in a well lit big box store. Unless your viewing environment is similar (or you don't care so much) that's probably not what you want.
I've always thought this feature might have more potential if more modern deep-learning tech was baked into the video and not just dumb frame interpolation.
I can imagine that there would be a potential to generate interpolated frames that intelligently make fast-moving scenes more understandable while leaving slow-moving scenes more or less at their intended 24 FPS.
Many action movies, especially with close hand-to-hand combat in tight spaces, are difficult to understand visually because 24 FPS just doesn't quite catch the movements.
This is interesting to me. I never heard of "store mode". Is that common for "smart TVs" these days? My interest here is for my elderly mother who tries to watch TV, but her current LG is constantly bombarding her with notifications for software updates, recommendations and ads. It's very frustrating for her; it's to the point where she's afraid to turn on the TV.
I want a TV for her that will power-on directly to YouTube-TV, and that's it, nothing else, no notifications, nothing.
It disables smart features and many of the settings making it more like a dumb HDMI screen.
This may seem like a good thing, but it also usually enables a "vibrant" postprocessing picture mode, motion smoothing, and maximum brightness so the display looks good in a well lit big box store. Unless your viewing environment is similar (or you don't care so much) that's probably not what you want.
Motion smoothing is awful.
I've always thought this feature might have more potential if more modern deep-learning tech was baked into the video and not just dumb frame interpolation.
I can imagine that there would be a potential to generate interpolated frames that intelligently make fast-moving scenes more understandable while leaving slow-moving scenes more or less at their intended 24 FPS.
Many action movies, especially with close hand-to-hand combat in tight spaces, are difficult to understand visually because 24 FPS just doesn't quite catch the movements.
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Depends on the TV. I prefer it off, but on my fancy OLED TV, there is too much "judder" without it on.
It also, in my case, puts up a giant info banner on the screen across the content, about the screen's capabilities, so YMMV.
This occurs on my model as well.
This is interesting to me. I never heard of "store mode". Is that common for "smart TVs" these days? My interest here is for my elderly mother who tries to watch TV, but her current LG is constantly bombarding her with notifications for software updates, recommendations and ads. It's very frustrating for her; it's to the point where she's afraid to turn on the TV.
I want a TV for her that will power-on directly to YouTube-TV, and that's it, nothing else, no notifications, nothing.
It lobotomizes the TV