In recent days, Luca Sofri, director of the Post, has shared an old post on Twitter again, which every time is greeted with wonder and / or relief by new readers: it was dedicated to the “soap opera effect”, a device that was introduced several years ago in the way televisions display moving images, and which for many is unbearable, for others insignificant. Given the attention it still receives, we also report it on the Post, to save other lives.
For some years I have been insisting with my relatives that my father's television looks strange. They don't understand what you mean, and I struggle to explain it to them
– It looks weird.
– But how weird?
– Isn't there something wrong with the audio?
– I hear great.
– No, maybe in the audio synchronization. It's all so slow …
– Dad, it's perfectly normal!
– I see it strange, they move strange …
– But do you ever watch television?
– In our house it's not like that.
– I mean, does it seem different to you than in our house?
– Yes, it's different! Here it has an artificial effect …
– You stop it because I don't feel anything!
– (It's as if we were watching a fiction, not a movie …)
– …
– (I think I see A place in the sun, but with Clooney …)
– …
– (Okay …)
(continue reading)
