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In the end though, not everyone enjoys an accurate image, so you should adjust your TV to whatever looks best to you, adapted to your viewing conditions. For most people, having a TV professionally calibrated isn't necessary. Most TVs are able to achieve decent accuracy with only a few minor settings changes, most of which can be easily done by beginners at home, with no specialized equipment. Recommended setting: Off for most recent content, On for older, lower resolution videos. Unfortunately, it's difficult to capture the difference in a photo, which is why none are included for this feature.
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When watching high-quality video (Blu-ray, video games, PC signals), these settings can cause a loss of fine details, so we don't recommend them.

Most TVs have an option to reduce or remove noise, and it’s a good idea to use it for lower-quality video. Low-quality video (cable, DVDs, other low-resolution media) often have compression artifacts or other noise (little dots or general fuzziness). Recommended setting: Personal preference. Note that this usually increases input lag a lot, so it’s not ideal for gaming. The motion interpolation feature enhances the frame rate of video, smoothing it out and adding the ‘soap opera effect.’ Use it if you like it, disable it if you don’t. Unlike LED TVs though, higher backlight settings can have an impact on the life of your TV, so it isn't recommended to leave this at the maximum for SDR content. Like the backlight setting above, you should adjust this to your viewing conditions. OLED TVs don't have a backlight, so instead, look for a setting called 'OLED Light' on LG TVs, or 'Brightness' on Sony OLED TVs. Recommended setting: Whatever looks best to you, based on your viewing conditions and personal preference. For LED TVs, don’t worry about using a high backlight setting, it won’t make your TV wear out sooner. It tends to brighten everything pretty much equally, so although blacks tend to let a bit more light through, whites are brighter as well, so the contrast ratio actually remains about the same.

It also depends on personal preferences, as some people prefer a brighter or darker image.Īdjusting the backlight setting doesn't have a significant impact on overall picture quality. If you're in a bright room, for example, the TV has to be set to a brighter setting than if it was placed in a completely dark room. Each user needs to adjust this setting to their specific viewing conditions. There is no right answer for this setting. Backlightįor LED TVs, the backlight setting determines the brightness of the LEDs that are used to light the image. The higher the setting, the brighter the picture will be. From there, the rest of the settings can be adjusted normally, and the picture will look very similar to what you get with ‘Movie’ or ‘Standard.’ On some models though, the PC or Game modes disable many of the TV's picture enhancements, and some TVs even limit which picture modes are available. If that is a concern, you should choose the ‘Game’ picture mode (or ‘PC’ on some models), or go into the TV’s settings and enable ‘Game’ mode.

Good picture quality is important for video games, but you also want to make sure you don’t have too much input lag. Each picture mode has different default settings, and some of them behave differently from one another, even if you try and match the settings across modes. This setting usually has the biggest impact on picture quality. The first thing you want to adjust is the TV's picture mode.
