does anyone else agree that sitcoms and other similarly-staged shows suffer because of HDTV?

looking at the sets of "friends", "seinfeld", "the wonder years", etc, they seem much more believable than today's shows. being in HD makes them seem too polished and staged.

5/1/2013 10:10:12 PM

werent seinfeld and the wonder years shot in real apartments/restaurants/houses?

but you make an interesting point

5/1/2013 10:11:34 PM

Unsure how people tolerate the Soap Opera Effect of HD.

5/1/2013 10:13:02 PM

the only one of those that are "believable" in any way might be the wonder years.

i don't see how HD/non-HD affects this.

5/1/2013 10:13:09 PM

Seinfeld was shot on a soundstage

and

sounds like you have an issue with LCDTVs, not HD in general

5/1/2013 10:13:14 PM

and don't anyone dare suggest i switch to the standard definition channel.

that would just be crazy.

5/1/2013 10:13:27 PM

^^pretty sure the restaurant was an actual restaurant

5/1/2013 10:16:00 PM

Pretty sure those were an actual man's hands.

5/1/2013 10:16:54 PM

^^ pretty positive it wasn't

5/1/2013 10:20:50 PM

admittedly, some shows are better about this than others. terry crews' show is particularly bad.

5/1/2013 10:22:56 PM

5/1/2013 10:24:10 PM

DOUBLE POST SUSPEND THIS GUY

qntm forgives, but never forgets

5/1/2013 10:24:41 PM

^^^^well the outside was real, so fuck you

^and fuck you for double posting

[Edited on May 1, 2013 at 10:25 PM. Reason : .]

5/1/2013 10:24:41 PM

5/1/2013 10:25:51 PM

I had to stop watching the news in HD. David Crabtrees big purple nose was freaking me out.

5/2/2013 7:23:34 AM

you do know your beloved Seinfeld was shot on film and currently airs in HD now, right?

5/2/2013 7:51:28 AM

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"Unsure how people tolerate the Soap Opera Effect of HD."

Blu-Ray movies feel this way to me. They almost feel "too crisp" if that makes sense.

5/2/2013 8:13:38 AM

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"Unsure how people tolerate the Soap Opera Effect of HD."

It's not HD, it's the TV itself.

http://hdguru.com/a-solution-to-the-dreaded-soap-opera-effect/
http://intentious.com/2012/12/11/the-soap-opera-effect-why-movies-look-bad-in-hd-smart-lcd-tvs/
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-33199_7-57569102-221/what-is-the-soap-opera-effect/

5/2/2013 9:05:48 AM

the soap opera effect is why i own a plasma

5/2/2013 10:16:24 AM

Makes it impossible to take any show / movie seriously.

5/2/2013 2:23:25 PM

Yeh, it made ET look fake! I was soooo mad

5/2/2013 2:25:30 PM

Stone Cold ET was in standard def, though

5/2/2013 2:26:28 PM

I think people are getting confused with what constitutes High Definition vs refresh rate vs artificially interpolated images to meet a refresh rate. A TV being "HD" doesn't contribute to the "Soap Opera Effect", even on LCDs. However, certain frame-rates settings CAN do that. That has nothing to do with it being an HD TV though.

Edit: Looks like at least one person has already brought this up.

[Edited on May 2, 2013 at 2:32 PM. Reason : ]

5/2/2013 2:32:02 PM

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"Unsure how people tolerate the Soap Opera Effect of HD."

we adjust the settings so this type of stuff doesn't happen. it's you people who buy a TV at a big box store, plug it in and never adjust the settings that bitch and moan about weird effects and picture issues. take a few minutes to learn about the technology and the settings and adjust it correctly.

5/2/2013 2:59:05 PM

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"BIT BOX STORE"

5/2/2013 3:01:16 PM