Comment by why-o-why
19 hours ago
>> When I first set up my LG TV, my main focus was ensuring the picture quality was perfect.
First things I did when I got a new LG TV:
* Turn off auto-smoothing
* Turn off high dynamic range
* Turn off audio processing
First things I did when I got my Apple TV:
* Turn off auto-smoothing
* Turn off high dynamic range
* Force everything to play at 1080p (delete all other resolutions)
There is a sharp cultural line between people who can't stand UHD/4K/48fps and those who want everything to look like pre-HD cinema, and people who love all the post processing. I'm on the wrong side. Which side are you all on?
Personally I want the originally intended framerate and dynamic range, whatever that may be.
But what I can't figure out is why you would actively dislike 4K. What makes you want exactly 1080p, no more, no less?
Every 4K film I watch seems glossy and slick... it looks more plastic-y than in the cinema. I find it very distracting and unnatural.
I'm not sure how much of this is in my head, but when I first saw 4K sitcoms, their house looked like a movie set, not a house. It looked too real so the illusion was broken.
Watching a movie on my new smart TV, the actors looked more like actors, and less like the characters they were portraying. This could be from some other feature, like AI upscaling or something. But something is definitely off.
It could be it's just different and I'll get used to it, but I haven't yet. I haven't watched much on that TV yet though to tell.
Definitely not on the "everything looks like an 80s soap" side.
It's weird that all this "new" tech feels so backwards to some of us.
Thanks, if at least one other person agrees I can say I'm not going crazy around here.
I'm fine with ripped DVDs that were purchased 20 years ago, and anything higher resolution than that is a bonus. All displayed on quality panels at neutral/middle settings with those aformentioned effects likewise disabled. Audio preserved as original, hooked up to a killer theater with real component speakers.
It's hard for me to tune in on an overly smoothed, saturated picture with fake surround sound plasticy soundbar audio.
I too am on the "wrong" side. I just hope that the choice to be on that side continues.
I didn't realize Apple TVs apply motion smoothing. How do you disable it?
they don’t by default. If you turn on “Match Content” it will make the refresh rate match the video FPS
Auto smoothing sucks and some modern 4k remasters do too, but a good 4K remaster of a quality film source is sublime.
35mm could easily resolve above 1080p. A good 4K transfer is in theory much closer to the actual image seen in a cinema.
It's gotta be me, or my eyes. I've never watched a film and said, "Oh that transfer looks beautiful," but I have watched many and said, "Damn that transfer sucks." I remember buying some Criterion films in the early 2000's and was thoroughly disappointed (but back then transfers sucked so....)
But take LoTR for example: I have a friend with a 60-something inch TV and watched the 4K DVD and then watched the streaming at home on my 50something inch and I'll be damned if I can tell A from B. Maybe I need to put them side-by-side some day!
So I'm gonna go with, "I'm old, Bob."