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While some manufacturers have made it easier to disable motion smoothing on new TVs since Tom Cruise made his heartfelt plea (and built in Filmmaker Mode), it’s on by default for far too many screens.

If you’re stuck watching a TV with that soap opera effect, our how-to guide can get you started on finding the off switch, even if some TV manufacturers have recently changed the name of the setting (for example, many new Samsung TVs can turn all the processing off with one toggle now).

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