I remember watching an episode of one of my favorite shows on my parents’ brand new TV, and thought to myself something about this episode is off, like the production is cheap, the acting feels worse, even the dialog is bad.
Over time I noticed everything looks cheaper on their TV.
Over time I noticed everything looks cheaper on their TV.
It was the auto-smoothing.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soap_opera_effect