JVC LT-32P679 LCD HDTV Review - Performance: Motion

The JVC LT-32P679's performance in this section was not overly impressive. We detected some significant blurring and cartoonish effects with motion, although artifacting was more limited. The JVC LT-32P679 also had some problems with 3:2 pulldown content and does not support 24fps video.

Motion Smoothness (5.5)
To test motion smoothness we look at various test patterns as they move across the display. With the JVC LT-32P679 we noticed some significant blurring in almost all of our test patterns. In particular we noticed a lot of jaggedness and striping in blacks and whites, which was excentuated by an interlace effect when dealing with a 1080i signal. The JVC LT-32P679 also had trouble with human faces in motion as they ended up looking somewhat cartoonish and distorted. We were not impressed by the JVC LT-32P679's ability to display motion smoothly.

Motion Artifacting (7.5)
Artifacts like ghosting can appear with motion. When feeding the JVC LT-32P679 a 1080p signal we detected no major artifacts. We did find that when dealing with a 1080i signal, which is generally what you'll get from broadcast television, we did see some ghosting effects when dealing with solid blocks of color.

3:2 Pulldown & 24fps (6.0)
3:2 pulldown or Telecine is a process used to make signals appear more like film. To see how the JVC LT-32P679 handled this we fed it a signal that used 3:2 pulldown and looked at various test patterns. We did detect some issues when we looked at blocks of alternating white and black lines where we noticed significant jaggedness, however this was less of an issue when we looked at more realistic scenes. We also checked to see if the JVC LT-32P679 could handle video produced at 24fps, which is also used to produce a fim-like look. Unfortunately the JVC LT-32P679 did not support this feature so be sure to turn it off on our DVD or Blu-Ray player.