To think that the pictures on new televisions are weird and scarey?

[lborgia]

We’re looking for a new tv, and as I walk around the shops, I think -

1 - the screens are riDICulously big

2 - the images seem slightly slow-mo

3 - there’s a weird contrast that reminds me of Neighbours circa 1990’s. I cannot really explain it, sort of 3-D?

I cannot get my head around this - Seriously, 42inches seems to be the smallest after 32” .. .. and some shops don’t seem to have anything less than 50/55”...

Am I going to have nightmares after watching Whitechapel on one of these

For most typical UK small living rooms, 65 inch tvs must be overpowering!

I feel this about some programs on those real super high definition TVs mine doesn't seem to do it but the images look overly realistic like a cheap 1980s low budget film that looks like it's been filmed with a home camcorder

YANBU. We’ve just ordered a new telly too, and we had to get one that is bigger than I wanted. I’m quite narked about it because it won’t fit the space as well as the old one. We don’t watch much telly so I don't like one dominating the living room.

I don't like huge televisions either - ours is a 22 inch Samsung and I don't have any problems with it. You can certainly still buy smaller TVs - Argos have several.

We've just bought a 32" flat screen as our box of a TV expired and I agree with all your points. I'm getting used to it though as at least I can see the picture which was becoming increasingly difficult on the old one.

Its a complex science based on veiwing distance ;)

www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/by-size/size-to-distance-relationship

Interesting that I’m not the only one - I will read the article, we’ve now got hte tv home, and DH is just starting to notice the weirdness. I sincerely hope I’m going to find that it’s a distance thing, and that putting it at the other end of the room will fix the problem! God, Ihope I’m not going to regret getting it, it’s bigger than I wanted because they didn’t have the smaller sizes, but I did think my eyes might thank me in the next few years...

Otherwise we’ll have to make a little house for it, and put it outside the garden window, and watch it through that Mind you, I think my eyes couldn’t see a 22inch these days

PS we’re not in UK, so no lovely Argos...Or marks, or John Lewis, or boots, or superdrugs...

A few years ago we sent three tellies back in a row because they made sweeping Hollywood epics look like Neighbours.

My BIL has just got a new TV and I dont know how they can watch it. Literally everything looks crap, cheap and camcordery on it.

I'm really fussy about it. I want films to look like films.

So what do you watch now, Morris, is it an older tv, or did you find a new one that worked?

I’ve read the article, got really excited, and then found that our viewing distance was spot on!

I might have a fiddle with every single button on the damn thing and see what I can find out..

There's something in the settings you can change, I think it's to do with refresh rate when tv looks camcordery

We’ve got a 55 in screen in our approximately 15 by 15 ft living room. We previously had an old box CRT TV which was working fine but just seemed titchy. We got a bit carried away when we went to buy a new one but actually really like it. We watch a lot of films, and stuff like Blue Planet and Victoria in HD is just awesome. Our viewing distance is ok based on that calculator, if I understand it correctly.

It is just the settings on the tv and can be altered. Basically the tvs move too fast for films. There are not enough frames on the film and so the tv effectively guesses what the frames should be and fills them in for you. This makes a hollywood blockbuster look like its been filmed on your iPad. You just need to go into settings and change it.

Thanks user, there is an opportunity to choose a speed/style by subject, so that’s “films”, “football” etc.. films definitely looks better, but not sure if I can use it for everything? Certainly can’t customise it myself but thanks for the insight.

Yes it’s definitely a setting ‘motion rate’ or ‘correction’ or something. I hate it! OH brought a big new tv home yesterday and it takes so much fiddling to be watchable

You're on about the motion setting, turn it off and your eyes will thank you.

YANBU. My screen isn't even that big and I sit far away from the Tv but some camera shots make me feel dizzy and nauseous. Such as The Game of Thrones opening credits which are really cool and I have no issue watching on my phone but all the sweeping shots around the locations on a big screen make me feel a bit sick.

It's just so complicated. When my parents were my age, they had the choice of a couple of sizes, a few makes, and colour or B&W. You need to be an IT expert to sodding well watch the box now!

Go into settings and turn off motion flow (or whatever brand name your make of tv calls it). It’s called the soap opera effect and there is loads online about it - no need to send TVs back!

The "film" setting will be the best of the default settings, you can use it for everything.

I found my picture quality (using Sky connected to an LG Oled TV) was terrible until I turned off all processing options in the tv. Literally go through the picture settings and turn off everything that thinks it's trying to enhance the picture.

If you can find your TV at this review page, they may have recommended settings for you.

www.rtings.com/tv/reviews

I slightly take back what I said about "film" being automatically the best, as that site reminds me that my TV has a "cinema" setting which is probably only second best, I use "ISF expert (dark)."

On most TV's film will be one of the best, though.

The apartment we stayed in on holiday had a brand new TV in it. Switched it on to watch a film one night and everything looked weird and almost surreal. I couldn't even begin to describe what was wrong but it was just...wrong.

DH had a fiddle with the settings and it turned out it was set to an enhanced picture mode which was making everything look hyper-real - which on a 1940s black and white film looked bloody strange! He adjusted the settings to normal and it was fine - so my advice would be have a look at the settings and do some googling, because you probably aren't the only person to have the same issue.

DS bought his house two years ago and decided that he must have a "humungous" goggle-box.

And he's hardly ever there to see it. He admits it was a waste.

Thank you so much for all the advice, it’s made a huge difference - I’m enjoying it now!

Each to their own, I suppose. I have a huge curved TV in my living room, and I love it.

I'm about to buy a new TV and had a look at the curved screens. Is it just me or do they make anyone else feel sick?

I have a similar problem to a PP - sweeping shots can make me feel sick (as do computer games where the character is moving around) but just watching a curved TV for a few minutes and I got the feeling it would do exactly the same.