If you have watched any movie on any TV in the past few years, there’s a good chance you’ve encountered motion smoothing. Even if you don’t know what it is, you might have noticed a favorite film ...

In the age of OLED TVs and HD displays, movies should be looking better than ever when we watch them at home. And yet, the opposite seems to be true. If you throw on ...

According to film buffs and movie directors, motion smoothing is the worst. Even streaming services don't like it. When "Roma" was released on Netflix, the company urged viewers to turn off motion ...

Default motion smoothing causes the unnatural "soap opera effect." Experts recommend turning off motion smoothing for most movies and shows. Motion smoothing improves fast-paced action like sports and ...

At a party this weekend, a friend lamented having to turn off the motion smoothing on his parents’ TV because everything looked like it had been soaked in Vaseline. The scourge of motion smoothing is ...

Some Roku TV owners with Roku OS 13 installed say ‘Action Smoothing’ is suddenly enabled on their TVs with no way to turn it off. Some Roku TV owners with Roku OS 13 installed say ‘Action Smoothing’ ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (NEXSTAR) – Do you trust the manufacturer to ...