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Tom Cruise's much-needed advice for making movies look normal on TV is going viral again

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Summary
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41% Informative

Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie created a PSA in 2018 explaining what causes movies to look so strange on newer TVs.

It comes down to "video interpolation" and "motion smoothing," but that doesn't mean much when you're looking through the settings of your TV to try make movies look normal.

Every TV manufacturer has a different name for the setting.

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29

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20

Neutral language

25

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

47

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possibly offensive

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not hateful

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medium-lived

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