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Netflix upgrade solves most annoying thing about streaming – it will completely change how you watch TV

NETFLIX has introduced a new way to help you stop any judder that's disrupting your viewing experience, engineers at the streaming giant have revealed.

Judder is when the motion on the telly is not moving smoothly, it stutters and can feel like it's putting a strain on your eyes.

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With the third - and newest - solution thought up by Netflix, users should begin to notice that content will be being replayed much more smoothly than beforeCredit: Instagram

The phenomenon is caused when there are not enough extra frames in a TV show or movie, so the picture jolts slightly on the screen.

But Netflix engineers David Zheng, Akshay Garg and Roger Quero have figured out a new way to stop this.

Fixes will rely on motion interpolation, and depending on which TV you have, this process will be called something different.

For example, LG TVs call its TruMotion, Sony says Motionflow, Samsung refers to it as Auto Motion Plus.

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So, when Netflix creates a show, it makes it in a specific frame rate which your TV then has to decode to make sure you can watch it as intended.

When this technology works well, you don't notice any issues and you can watch TV shows and movies seamlessly.

But if motion isn't smoothed out, you get judder.

Motion interpolation means that Netflix adds extra frames to match the content up with what your TV can handle.

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It might sound all a bit technical, but the Netflix app on your TV can adapt to whichever solution you choose to use.

However, first you need to make sure that in your TV settings, you haven't flicked the Match Content Frame Rate button to Never.

If you have, simply change it to Allow or Seamless - whichever option (or the equivalent of) comes up on your device.

Solution #1: Match HDMI frame rate to content Native Frame Rate

This is the oldest solution, and can easily be done by heading into your TV's settings.

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