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How to get rid of the ‘soap opera’ effect on your new TV If you recently purchased a new high-end TV, only to turn it on and feel disappointment and confusion about the weird video motion, you’re not alone. Some call it the ‘BBC effect,’ referring to the similarity between motion on new televisions and the motion effect on older BBC shows that used to bother so many American viewers. In recent times, though, this strange new video experience has become known as the ‘soap opera effect,’ and you can get rid of it if you’d like. The soap opera effect, obviously, gets its name from the similarity between motion in soap operas and the motion on new TVs. If you’ve never seen this in person, it is hard to explain; if you have seen it, though, you know exactly what we’re talking about. The same motion effect can be found in some theaters, depending on the technology they’re using. Not many people like it the first (or second) time around, and a subset say it makes them feel sick....

Google Pixel Launcher passes 1M downloads, here’s how to get it The Google Pixel Launcher, the default launcher that is exclusive, at least officially, to the Google Pixel and Pixel XL has just passed its 1 million downloads milestone. While that in itself is already commendable, the number also gives us a rough idea of how many Pixel phones there are out there. This sudden interest in what was formerly the “Google Nexus Launcher”, previously the “Google Now Launcher”, could make some curious as to what the fuss is all about. And thanks to the hard work of Amir Zaidi, with some hints from other app developers, you can now try it on your own Android phone. And you don’t even need to root it. It’s almost too easy to jump from “1 million Pixel Launcher downloads” to “1 million Pixel phones sold”. After all, the Pixel Launcher is exclusive to these two Google-made phones. Even the Pixel C uses a different package specifically for it. However, it isn’t a 1:1 correspondence, ...