Movies/TV Shows Look like Video

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.

Jdub is right. That is most certainly an effect, and is definitely not how it is supposed to look. When you properly calibrate one of the newer TV's, you should turn off this feature. You can find a forum or article with the proper calibration methods for your specific TV, or you can just pay someone from your nearest home theater store (or even Best Buy) to come and calibrate it for you.

So, don't worry Nglazer. You're definitely right, and your friends are wrong.

I have noticed it too, and refrained from buying a newer monitor as a result. I have not seen any sets which have this so-called feature (e.g., Samsung 8000 series) where the feature is turned off. What is the name of this feature that makes everything look like video, which can be turned off?

We don't need tone controls on audio gear, so why should our TVs have picture quality controls? It mucks with the signal. I say do away with them and bask in all natural video. BEtter yet, do away with high res digital TVs and go back to nice creamy looking analog