I'm in the early stages of selecting my next TV model -- it'll be a flat panel in the range of 65-80", and most specs are pretty straightforward to evaluate. But where I have little knowledge is in the area of "smooth motion" processing on newer TVs. My current 46" Samsung is 5+ years old, with no particular smoothing that I'm aware of. When I look at my dad's newer 60" Sharp, though, the picture is way over-processed and suffers really bad "soap opera" look.
On the Sharp, there are variable settings for the motion smoothing -- "off" through "high" -- but even when it's "off" there's still something wrong with the picture, in my view. I certainly don't want to pick a new TV just based on its specs, and then find out that the viewing experience drives me up the wall!
- Is this something specific to Sharp?
- Do different brands have different reputations re: smoothing? (Or maybe reputations for not being able to fully turn the smoothing off?)
- Is this something inherent to newer 120 Hz (or more) TVs? (Web surfing says no, but what does the web know?
Thanks for any info you video-brains can provide.