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| The 'soap opera effect' that could be RUINING your TV viewing experience: Hidden 'Motion Smoothing' feature gives films and programmes an artificial look – how to turn it OFF |
| 2022-11-26 |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Of course, those 6 frames/sec, which you may not notice, could also be used for subliminal stimuli. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #7 late Snark O' The Day |
| Posted by: Frank G 2022-11-26 21:18 |
| #6 it would be a lot more interesting if I could find anything to watch on my TV that isn't crap I tried adjusting the Brightness, but it didn't seem to make a difference. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2022-11-26 19:00 |
| #5 Well, if you see a flash of some ck$blz, don't order the soup. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-11-26 17:58 |
| #4 Interesting but it would be a lot more interesting if I could find anything to watch on my TV that isn't crap with or without smoothing. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2022-11-26 13:25 |
| #3 "For example, if the target is thirsty then a subliminal stimulus for a drink is likely to influence the target to purchase that drink if it is readily available." Or watchers of Jan 6 committee proceedings may be flashed scenes of street riots for reinforcement. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-11-26 13:18 |
| #2 From the wikipedia link: "subliminal messaging is only effective in very specific contexts." |
| Posted by: James 2022-11-26 12:36 |
| #1 I wish they coulda called it 'false frame interpolation' or something. Motion Smoothing sounds like something you'd read on a bottle of laxative. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2022-11-26 03:01 |