Can you turn off soap opera effect completely? Will the movies look as good as plasma?
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Yes, you can turn it off, but you will need to pick another mode. If you don't have a cable service with HD, then don't even bother watching shows with this TV. Sadly, the definition is so good, that the standard cable service looks bad. Plasma (this is my opinion) is the worst of the three ( LCD, LED and Plasma). The graphics and quality of the images (HD or 3D) are beautiful. I already gave you my opinion about cable, so I'll tell you about the rest: Videogames: They look like you are watching a movie! Movies (DVD): It depends of the quality of the movie, a couple of them may look bad bacause of the ratio. Movies (Blu-Ray): Soap Opera makes them look like you are watching how the movie is being film. Movies (3D): I'll call this the best 3D you can get out there. My big concern was this. I wanted a TV with the best 3D definition for my movies. This TV went over my expectations.
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I returned this item to the store. I had trouble with the subtitles, so I don't think you can turn them off.
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I've thoroughly enjoyed my TV for sports (if only my sports team had been as enjoyable). Action sports, specifically football and some basketball look great. I actually disable the motion smoothing effect and think that the image has been outstanding. I agree with other responders in that you need to do some tweaking of the default setting but there are a few out there you can find via a web search to get you started.
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I also just got this tv & am having the same issue. It's very distracting & is driving me crazy! Im actually considering sending it back & going back to my sony sxrd. Any help would be much appreciated because i do love the color depth on this tv & hate to get rid of it.
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From another post, Matthew Swalwell said to set Film Stabilization to "standard" if you want the soap opera effect to go away, in my opinion, it works!
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To point a fact; the audience in a conventional movie theater is not going to expect the lights to be left on while they are watching a movie; knowing that the lighting would only distract from the viewing experience. With that said, in order to emulate a movie theater experience at home, all the lights in my family room are turned down. This makes potential glare a non-issue on my plasma; as it should be for anyone who enjoys watching movies in a home theater set up.
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Not any glossier than any computer monitor. I haven't had any problems with it. It's not at all distracting. It's a beautiful television.
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Just so you know, most sources that that have calibration set ups on them tell you to turn the Auto Motion Plus OFF. I'm sure during some things it is good, but when watching a movie with it on it actually creates what is called the soap opera effect. It makes everyone seem like they are moving just to slow due to the extra frames the tv is making. When watching movies you dont even want to use the Auto Motion Plus feature.
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One thing I've noticed is to turn off the 3 modes of noise reduction in picture settings. It depends on the content you are watching, but I work with Sony TVs and own this one, and once I did that, all of them started to look better.
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There is no soap opera effect with this TV. This TV is apparently a 60HZ panel that LG is trying to claim "Trumotion 120HZ." Apparently LG started these shenanigans with some of its 2012 models. HDGURU wrote an interesting article on its website about this called "When 120HZ is not really 120HZ." There are also no menu options for changing the "Trumotion" settings on this TV, LG claims 120 HZ is "always on." Even though this TV is likely not 120HZ it still looks amazing and 3D is spectacular. This set is definitely a great value and most won't be disappointed unless of course you prefer the "soap opera" effect.
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Hi i did not see a way to turn off the blood or gore but other then a few curse words the game is not to bad, i would recommend watching a few youtube videos of some game play and see what you think.
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Yes....just go to "Menu"....go to "3D"....click on "Enter" and turn it off. You can also go to the same place to watch 2D movies in 3D. It works pretty good! I hope this helps!
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Shouldn't effect the TV, have had no problems with burn in which isn't such an issue with the newer plasma TVs. Best spent monies, enjoy!!!
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Hey.. no it does not have the soap opera effect. The 120 does clean up motion smearing, as you can easily see the improvement on moving text. I don't like the soap opera effect on film sources,so, I am glad it does not do that.
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Nope, the effects are built in to each setting. You can go further into menus to turn them off, but there isn't a single switch to flip them off easily
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You can turn off the CATS feature using the instructions found in the below link. http://shop.panasonic.com/docs/how-to/2013/tv/2013_How_to_Turn_Off_C.A.T.S..html
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I find it annoying but not a deal-breaker. I use the plasma almost exclusively for movies, and most tend to drown out the buzzing sound.