528: My Favorite Slap in the Face
Accidental Tech Podcast
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The Importance of Quick Media Switching
Quick media switching was, in theory, some part of the HDMI spec that was supposed to help with this. The only thing it helps with is when you change frame rate. And if you ask your television or your Apple TV to convert everything to 60 frames per second, HDR, it'll do it and it will look awful. If you have quick media switching enabled on this particular LG television and it goes to the black screen to switch modes, the black screen is up for less time than if you don't havequick media switching on. That makes no sense to me because it's like, if you change something other than what do you call it, frame rate, it's quick media switching
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