Question about 2 TV's

[dang92116]

I have a 54" Panasonic Plasma TC-54PS14 its about 4yrs old.
Brother-in-law has a 55" Samsung LED UN55ES6100 max 2yrs old.

I very much like my Panasonic, but when compared to the Samsung, the picture looks flat.
The Samsung seems to have A LOT of depth to the picture. (It does not have 3D capability.)

Does the Samsung have the perception of depth because of the TV itself, or is it because of the settings. If it is the settings, how do I get that on the Panasonic. (I have tried different settings, I just don't see it)

Brother-in-law thinks it might be the cable provider. He has Direct TV, I have Cox Cable. I think its not the signal from the cable provider, that I would think is basically all the same.

I am receiving HD channels from Cox. Movies are the same way...Flat.

Thanks for your help!

 

[LoveMachine]

My guess would be some sort of motion engine (inserting extra frames between the standard 30fps. Most plasmas don't do this, and most midrange or better LED/LCDs do. If it is, indeed, high frame rate interpolation, you can't do it on yours. Personally, I've never liked it. There is an initial WOW factor, but digital special effects tend to look cartoon-y to me.

 

[poofyhairguy]

My guess would be some sort of motion engine (inserting extra frames between the standard 30fps. Most plasmas don't do this, and most midrange or better LED/LCDs do. If it is, indeed, high frame rate interpolation, you can't do it on yours. Personally, I've never liked it. There is an initial WOW factor, but digital special effects tend to look cartoon-y to me.

I think you are right, it is frame interpolation. Some plasmas do it, both of my Panasonic plasmas do for example. But the artifacts it always creates makes it never worth doing on any TV.