Normally, the speed of video content (frames per second) is not the same as the “refresh rate” or Hz that a projector puts out. SOE occurs because the video content (whatever show you are watching) and the display/projector do not give out the same number of images per second. For all else, our minds yearn to leave the couch and travel to the far-away realms of places like Westeros, Coruscant or Middle Earth.
This may be why SOE looks great for sporting events (which needs high FPS by the way…) or Broadway theater performances because these are real life moments we would buy tickets to experience firsthand if possible. When watching a film or TV show, we want to escape to that world, not bring it here into ours. One of my theories as to why people don’t like SOE in TV shows and movies would be that “ultra-realistic” tears down the barrier of fantasy. Although a few people do in fact prefer it, I must restate that very-few people actually do.
The picture is so much clearer especially in motion sequences that it has that “real life” feel.įrom the comparison above, the right-hand image (above) has what many describe as a “Smooth-Super-Realistic” picture clarity. It looks completely different from a TV show or Hollywood blockbuster film. Turn on a daytime soap opera and take notice of how clear the image is. Name Clarification – “ Soap Opera Effect” or SOE is also known by more technical names like Motion Interpolation, Motion estimation & compensation, or Motion Smoothing. Yet, when we see it… we really, really hate it. There is strong picture clarity and more detail is visible on fast-moving imagery and panning than there is normally in television or theater presentations. In many ways, “Soap Opera Effect” or SOE is what the majority of us claim to want from our video display. By Dave Rodgers (Marketing Manager of Elite Screens Inc.)
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