Toshiba "Soap Opera" effect - Can it be fixed? Is there a way to adjust the settings to offset this.
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You can leave the 240 on. The first thing I would suggest is changing is the film stabilization setting. Open the menu, select Picture, scroll down to Advanced Picture Settings and change Film Stabilization from High to any of the the other options: Middle, Standard or Off.
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You can turn off what's called "Motion Eye Care" for each input in the advanced settings of each input. This gets rid of the "soap opera" effect. I have this turned off on ALL my inputs, I do not care for it at all. After turning it off, the picture looks simply amazing! I love this TV and so do people who come over to watch movies with us. I hope that helps. ~Steve~
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Jennifer D.: In case you still have this problem, below are the steps of a workaround that worked for me, and hopefully will work for you too. It appears that the key step is to temporarily configure the DVR to output only a standard-definition TV signal. I found this after trying to debug a similar very frustrating problem with my Toshiba DR430 DVD recorder and Scientific Atlanta 8300HD DVR. 1. Disconnect the HDMI cable from the DVR to the TV. (Note that the only way my Scientific Atlanta DVR would enter the standard-definition setup wizard in step 2 below was with this cable disconnected. Originally, I did not disconnect this cable, and I suspect that as long as the DVR thought it was outputting a picture to an HDTV that it would override other configuration settings that I made.) 2. Configure the DVR to output only a standard-definition TV signal. (As per the user manual for my Scientific Atlanta DVR, start this process by simultaneously pressing the "INFO" and "GUIDE" buttons on the DVR while it is turned off. This was pretty easy to change and then undo later.) 3. In the DVR "Settings," set the "Picture Size" option to "Auto Fit." (It is also possible to quickly set this by repeatedly pressing the "#" key on the remote control.) 4. At this point, the aspect ratio in the DVD recorder was FINALLY correct and there were no bordering black bars. Hurray! Record shows onto DVDs as desired. 5. When I play a recorded DVD on the Toshiba unit the aspect ratio is correct and there are no bordering black bars. However, when I play a DVD on my Panasonic Blu-ray player, I have to set the aspect ratio on my Panasonic TC-P50VT20 Plasma HDTV to "JUST" to horizontally stretch the picture, but this is a very simple adjustment that is easy to change. Hopefully you can perform similar steps to workaround this annoying problem. Ron
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The problem is not the 120HZ refresh, but with the AMP turned on.AMP is the cause of so called "Soap Opera Effect".Moxcey, go into your Samsung TV menu, and scroll down to Picture Settings. Turn AMP to Low, or Off, and you'll see a huge difference.Enjoy.
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Ann, I do not have this Toshiba; it was too complicated and I returned it. Although I do not do it myself, I have a person who does it for me. I believe uses a Roxio product. I hope this was helpful to you. Nancy
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I'm sorry, but I do not know if there is a fix for this issue, or not. Intuitively, I would say that there is not. There are a number of things about the software that drives this unit that are, let's just say, "quirky".
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If you can access the menu on the right side of the screen go to the bottom icon and click it. This is for changing settings. Scroll through the settings to see if you can change your screen. I'm not a tech person so I wish I could tell you something more concrete. You can of course contact Toshiba to get an answer.
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Shortly after setting up a new DV-980H I experienced similar flash "bands" of white noise. The first DVD I played appeared fine (it may have been played at 480p). The second DVD had the issue being played at 1080p. At first I thought it was a scratch on the DVD but the problem has occurred with other DVDs, including new DVDs. The white bands flash predominately on the bottom third of the screen and occasionally on the entire screen. The Oppo DV-980H is set to upconvert to 1080i for display on a Samsung LNT4665FX connected through HDMI with the Oppo supplied cable. The only other problem I have had so far is some jerking of the video while playing some portions of one DVD. This appears more attributable to the DVD but I expected the Oppo to do a better job of buffering and oversampling to prevent this from being seen. ** I raised the issue of the flashes of white in an e-mail to Oppo over the President's Day weekend. Their Support group contacted me later that day! They belive the issue is due to a marginal HDMI cable. Rerouting the cable appears to have helped.
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Yup I HAD that problem as well when I was using RCA inputs but when I changed to Digital Optical, I found that the volume was way too loud and had to turn it down a lot just to fit viewing need. Well, the way I have my setup with the same HTIB(Home Theater in Box) is: PS3&gt;Reciever via Digital Optical for Audio PS3&gt;TV via Component(Plan to upgrade to HDMI once the cable comes) TV&gt;Reciever via RCA(Red and White plugs) For yours specifically Castellanos, I think we need a bit more info on the TV and the Toshiba, like what kind of Inputs and Outputs are on the back of both products or if not that way, give a link to see information on those items. Hopefully we can get this straighten out as with others in the same boat.
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The so called "soap opera" effect is simply a result of high refresh rate combined with high resolution. Its not too bad on this projector at all... no way to disable it that I know of.. Its not nearly as noticeable as say a full 1080P LED 240Hz TV. Either way .. in my humble opinion the soap opera look is something that I noticed on my LED TV at first and within 2-3 months after I bought, It was something I completely stopped noticing.
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My brand new Toshiba Satellite does it to when the DVD/CD rom spins up. Its obviously way to sensitive.
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Sweet, I did that as well as some other adjustments on my blu-ray input. I will set mine back to standard & see if it helps. Any suggestion on settings i should use Nick?
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To turn off the soap opera effect, you may Press the HOME button, go to [Picture & Display] [Picture Adjustments] then select on [CineMotion], then set to Off. This will disable the soap opera effect on the TV. Hope this helps. CEly
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Yes... Need to reset to personal taste. I used expert setting.out of box color too rich and bright for me. LED has problem with picture jitter or judder as LG calls it and soap opera effect. I prefer my LG LCD for over all picture
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Thanks for your advice. I will try to see if I can fix it by powerstrip.I will let your guys know my result.
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I have not encountered this problem. My Toshiba Satellite continues to work properly.
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We have not had that issue. But, sounds like you have had it happen on a few different systems which seems really odd. I was thinking it was the A/V cables are not in properly or the tv needs to be turned to a different input. Hope that helps!