If you’re ever wondered why new TVs look ‘weird,’ like everything is ‘too realistic’ or ‘too smooth,’ you’re not alone. In fact, most new TVs default to a mode that does this on purpose. It’s not the resolution, though the change did happen around the time 4K TVs were becoming more common. Colloquially, it’s called the ‘soap opera effect,’ and while some people don’t notice it, and some even like it, many of us absolutely hate it.Â
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