Movies/TV Shows Look like Video

I agree the ability of current TVs to show high resolution allows people to see what resolution the incoming program is in. Some HD (especially news, sports) is stunning in clarity. While other stuff is just not.
Why is another question.
A lot depends on the cable company, or if you are straight over the air.
Or even if the person is using an HDMI cable, or common RCA from the cable box, or the anntenna input.
So a lot of variables in the way the signal is received.
I have only over the air HDTV.. and find I do not need to spend a hundred bucks a month for the endless cable co. trash.

I totally agree. A lot of BlueRay movies look like they are closed circuit TV or soap opera video to me. Way too much contract and too sharp. Interestingly, it doesn't look like this when you see it at the movies.

I have not bought into BlueRay yet because of this. I just don't enjoy watching a movie when it looks like actors on a soundstage instead of characters in a story.

It's a preference thing. Many people think it is really cool to see things with such realism. But for me it just takes away from the movie experience.

There's supposed to be feature in the menu that can turn this effect off. I got into a discussion with a Chess Master who thinks the effect looks normal(his set-up is horrible).

A new video game called "Rage" debuted a couple of months ago and was said the be the Sh.t. It had the "Soap Opera" effect causing the immediate removal my Xbox 360.

It reminds me of the early MTV efforts where it was really shot on tape.

Most tv shows and a lot of films are no longer recorded to film but are recorded to video tape or another form of digital storage. Film for tv has been gone for quite a few years