What disadvantages is there to put Film-mode Off?

 /Martin

None... It's just a crappy stuff inherited from Philips (a brand well-known for their lousy picture treatments, such as Pixel Plus that makes any given film look like it was filmed as a live show).

Philippe

Will the BS3 panel of the new BV7 be better?

Marcel

In hidden menu: picture adjustments, feature box menu, movie mode

the options are 

ON

OFF

AUTO

Can you tell something more about the AUTO function?

One could argue if there is a difference between ON and AUTO. When watching a DVD the Film Mode would be on always, but by selecting AUTO you could avoid activating it while watching a football match recorded on a DVD. AUTO will try to detect if the material is a movie or not.

Roger

Hi Roger,

do you know if the AUTO mode tries to detect a film only once when a source is selected (when switching tv channels or starting a DVD), or is it done continuously?

If the latter is true, there might be a chance that the film mode is activated inadvertently, for example when someone watches a sports event. In that case I think it is best to either set the mode to ON or OFF.

Michael

Hi Michael,

I do not know exactly how smart this feature is. But it is not entirely true, as stated in an earlier post, that film mode doesn't do anything to improve the end result: It will make sure that details of a moving object appear clearer (compared to "sport/regular mode", where the texture of a ball is not as important as a fluid movement) - the side effect is the well-known ripple effect between the moving object and the background.

Roger