![]() ![]() I’ve tried contacting MeTV about removing the effect (along with fixing the deinterlacing bug where the even/odd fields are thrown out, resulting in choppy playback) a couple of years ago, but they never got back to me, unfortunately. ![]() Most episodes have the soap-opera effect applied, but in (certain?) two-parter episodes such as The Thanksgiving Story, one part would play normally without the effect (my guess is because of the digitally-added “To Be Continued” text, increasing the internal frame rate of the video file), but the next part would play with the effect applied. (See the comments.)Ī more noticeable example would be in The Waltons. Other M*A*S*H viewers have noticed it in this page. You’ll notice the effect in Buck Rogers, M*A*S*H, Lost in Space, Monk, and The Dick Van Dyke Show, to name a few shows. The taped shows have a higher frame rate to begin with, so those don’t count. Since the network themselves are applying the effect, it is also noticeable on old analog TVs. It seems this is a result of the network applying a soap-opera effect, which is usually found as a feature on most digital TVs, albeit the effect running at 30fps, instead of the full TV frame rate of 60fps or higher. The first show I’ve noticed this happening in, is Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (either that or Daniel Boone, but I didn’t know if the effect was applied by the network). Still, if a mod is reading this, please move this to the correct sub-forum, if available.Ī few years ago, I’ve noticed that MeTV (and their sister networks) are making their newly acquired filmed shows play smoother than the shows they aired in the past, which still happens to this day, except for most of the animated content. Sorry if this is the wrong place or site to post this, but I’ve seen some people talk about MeTV here now and then, and I don’t know of any other site to post this.
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