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Faking it

When Mission: Impossible – Fallout was released on Blu-ray, Tom Cruise sent out a surprising tweet to his fans. It was a plea from himself and director Chris McQuarrie to turn off your TV’s motion smoothing before watching their (or any) films. So what’s their problem, and should you follow the Cruiser’s advice?

What is motion smoothing?

Motion smoothing is designed to reduce judder and blur from video sources. It generally works by introducing artificial frames of

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