Movies/TV Shows Look like Video

I totally agree. A lot of BlueRay movies look like they are closed circuit TV or soap opera video to me. Way too much contract and too sharp. Interestingly, it doesn't look like this when you see it at the movies.

I have not bought into BlueRay yet because of this. I just don't enjoy watching a movie when it looks like actors on a soundstage instead of characters in a story.

It's a preference thing. Many people think it is really cool to see things with such realism. But for me it just takes away from the movie experience.

There's supposed to be feature in the menu that can turn this effect off. I got into a discussion with a Chess Master who thinks the effect looks normal(his set-up is horrible).

A new video game called "Rage" debuted a couple of months ago and was said the be the Sh.t. It had the "Soap Opera" effect causing the immediate removal my Xbox 360.

It reminds me of the early MTV efforts where it was really shot on tape.

Most tv shows and a lot of films are no longer recorded to film but are recorded to video tape or another form of digital storage. Film for tv has been gone for quite a few years

Sorry to say but its not the bluray format or Hdtv shows that does this to the look of the picture. It's a feature in the newer tv's ( turn it off!) and is very unnatural to the original source and is the very reason recently when my Pioneer Elite 64" gave out on me I went straight to a 73" Mitsubishi Dlp, The picture rivals film and is very pleasing. I own Lcd's and have friends with Plasma's (My seacond choice)Keep in mind before you get to fustrated most of the people who think this the way its supposed to look listen to Mp3's! Think about that for awhile.