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Title: New HDR10+ Advanced Standard Will Try To Fix the Soap Opera Effect

Link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/11/04/2229...

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Today, Samsung
provided details about the next version of the HDR10 format, which introduces
six new features. Among HDR10+ Advanced's most interesting features is HDR10+
Intelligent FRC (frame rate conversion), which is supposed to improve motion
smoothing. A TV using motion smoothing analyzes each video frame and tries to
determine what additional frames would look like if the video were playing at
a frame rate that matched the TV's refresh rate. The TV then inserts those
frames into the video. A 60Hz TV with motion smoothing on, for example, would
attempt to remove judder from a 24p film by inserting frames so that the
video plays as if it were shot at 60p. For some, this appears normal and can
make motion, especially camera panning or zooming, look smoother. However,
others will report movies and shows that look more like soap operas, or as if
they were shot on higher-speed video cameras instead of film cameras.
Critics, including some big names in Hollywood, argue that motion smoothing
looks unnatural and deviates from the creator's intended vision. Intelligent
FRC takes a more nuanced approach to motion smoothing by letting content
creators dictate the level of motion smoothing used in each scene, Forbes
reported. The feature is also designed to adjust the strength of motion
interpolation based on ambient lighting.

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