Can’t Turn Off Soap Opera Effect??? LG 39LB5800

[sj022698]

Can’t find a way to turn off the Motion Clarity Index and the only thing I’m finding is TruMotion which was set to “smooth” as a default. Turning that off did not help much…if at all. Contacted LG and was told there is no way to turn it off on this tv. Is that true? I need to return it tomorrow if not but figured I’d check to see if a custom setting or calibration would work. As it is right now, it’s worthless to me.

Thanks!

[fritzi93]

Try "Game Mode". That should turn off motion interpolation and nearly all other image processing.

[jman98]

Turn off any motion smoothing or set it as low as you can.
Look for a Film mode for the TV.
Some TVs may have a DeJudder setting that you need to adjust.
You may have to adjust 2 or more settings to get it to look right.

One of my friends has a newish Samsung HDTV and we can't turn it off on his TV. It doesn't bother him at all fortunately, but I helped him with some settings and I wasn't able to get rid of it, just barely reduce it.

An HDTV with a lower refresh rate (this is the Hz number the TV has) will be less likely to have this if you get stuck finding models where you can turn it off.

[hamilton accie]

Find the "Trumotion" setting on your tv and turn off the judder reduction.

[hamilton accie]

Sorry, didn't read your first post properly. Not sure if it can be turned off on that particular model.

[rdeffley]

It's funny because I was having this debate with a buddy of mine regarding the "soap opera" look. He absolutely hates it and doesn't like watching things on the "SOTV" channel. Haha.. Now me personally, I like the look/feel of being in the same room with the characters that you get with HD. So I'm all for the soap opera look myself.