Often referred to as the 'soap opera effect,' motion smoothing can enhance gaming and live sports but tends to be distracting for everything else. Here's how to turn it off.

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Let’s take a look at what the soap opera effect is, how it works, and why it has both advantages and disadvantages depending ...

And you should be glad it did. The unfortunate side effect is that it makes most movies look like they were shot on high-speed video rather than film. Yes. Video interpolation is often turned on ...

Tip 2: Turn off motion smoothing Its results have come to be nicknamed the “soap-opera effect” because it makes film content look as if it were shot on video, as soap operas usually are.

The long-lived soap opera "All My Children" began its over-40-year run in 1970. Photo illustration by Amanda Berlinski; source photo: Steve Fenn / The LIFE Images Collection / Getty Images Long ...