New TVs and Stutter: How do you deal with it?
Posted: 17 Aug 2021, 10:24
Most people who have a 4K TV have probably become familiar with the stutter on most modern TVs. I’m no tech expert, but basically anything shot 24fps (that’s nearly all the movies ever made) is likely to exhibit motion stutter on TVs with fast response time, unless you activate the horrendous soap opera aka liquid diarrhea mode that utilizes motion interpolation.
I was aware of this issue prior to buying my Sony X950H LED, but it was still quite a shock just how bad it was. And the X950H is supposed to be one of the better performers among "good TVs" in this regard. Looking at Rtings score table, it seems that better the picture quality is, the worse the stutter gets. The most mediocre TVs seems to be least affected, while OLED TVs are the worst performers in terms of stutter.
Some level of stutter is of course inherent in the film material, but I rarely noticed it (at home or in movie theatre) prior to buying a 4K TV, on which it took 4 or 5 seconds to notice it.
I find it odd that most TV reviews do not even mention stutter. I guess people are not expected to watch movies, or they are expected to use the liquid diarrhea mode?
So I was wondering how do people deal with this issue?
I was aware of this issue prior to buying my Sony X950H LED, but it was still quite a shock just how bad it was. And the X950H is supposed to be one of the better performers among "good TVs" in this regard. Looking at Rtings score table, it seems that better the picture quality is, the worse the stutter gets. The most mediocre TVs seems to be least affected, while OLED TVs are the worst performers in terms of stutter.
Some level of stutter is of course inherent in the film material, but I rarely noticed it (at home or in movie theatre) prior to buying a 4K TV, on which it took 4 or 5 seconds to notice it.
I find it odd that most TV reviews do not even mention stutter. I guess people are not expected to watch movies, or they are expected to use the liquid diarrhea mode?
So I was wondering how do people deal with this issue?