Two TV settings you should change right now

Before I do anything else with a TV, I make a few key adjustments. But why? Let's take a look at picture presets, color temperature, and motion processing, and why I insist on using certain picture modes and turning certain settings on or off.

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00:00 Intro
01:16 Preferred Picture Temperature
03:07 Why I Turn Off Processing and Motion Smoothing
03:47 The Dreaded Soap Opera Effect
04:53 Why You Should Watch Things The "Way They Were Intended"
06:34 Final Thoughts

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[Caleb_Denison]

Wow! I had no idea so many people preferred motion smoothing! Keep the comments coming! Also: do you prefer the way a movie looks at the theater, or on your TV at home? Let us know!

[crimesforkibble]

I need this guy to come over and balance the settings on my TV because I obviously have no idea what the hell I'm doing

[RaspoutinesGhost]

Behind the scenes sounds like something I would enjoy.

[throughsoul]

Great. You just broke my record of 866 days without Tom Cruise. Thanks a lot.

[johnk]

I really like your content, find it extremely helpful. One recommendation - recap your points at the end with specific settings. Like some of your other content, I had to watch this 5 times to understand what exact settings you were talking about and then find them on my TV. I'm likely not the only one, but I tend to flip through videos pretty quick, trying to get to the main points. Not trying to be an annoying critic - I really like your stuff - just think this would be extremely helpful for many of us.

[owenoatley]

Been watching a lot of your videos, and several other youtubers in my quest for a new TV. I just got my A80J Wednesday and the first thing I noticed was how many things I watched looked choppy. After messing with motion settings and turning this setting up my eyes were suddenly pleased by the smoothness of the picture, which finally proved what all the reviewers said about how good Sony is at motion.. Today the youtube algorithm presented me with this video and I am pleased to see I am not alone in the comments that many people also feel the keeping motion settings on or cranked up takes away the distraction of choppiness. I get why you would turn this off for performance testing, but when it comes down to relaxing and watching TV. I want to be immersed and not distracted by these types of issues. I want my TV to look good to my eyes and not a single one of my friends or family will ever notice how much of a purest I am when it comes to TV settings. I use these videos to help me understand the upsides and downsides of these settings and what they do, then try them for myself to decide what stays or goes.

[Evil_Genius_]

Yes. I would like more behind the scenes stuff. The more I understand the why and how the more informed I feel.

[DireNeeds]

I have an LG 42" that we bought many years ago. I wasn't happy with it but I was the only one in my family that was having issues with the TV until after a few years of dealing with it I learned about True Motion. I turned it off and it was like watching a totally different TV and a more enjoyable experience.

[weekendwarrior]

I would really like to see the review process. It would also be helpful if you could list the settings in the comments section that you select for the reviewed TVs.

[coffeelady]

I didn't understand most of what you said, but, you must be a good teacher because I'm going to ask my son to change my picture settings just like you said. Thanks,

[n.u.k.]

Funnily enough, when I follow guides like this, tailored to my specific tv, to make the colours pop or get the best image, I go back to fabric settings immediatly, because that looks WAY better. WAY BETTER.

[chance]

I would like to see you calibrate budget TVs. I agree with you when you said in previous videos that people who buy budget TVs are unlikely to pay for calibration, but I think it would be useful for people to know things such as the differences in SDR and HDR peak brightness between budget, mid-range and high-end TVs.

[Lilrockerdude]

When the 4:33 mark hit, you know everyone that used to get down on some Young and Restless when they go visit grandma was like "DUDE Victor is still alive!!!"

[eyeshezzy]

Yes we do want more behind the scenes and why did you stop reviewing speakers and home theater systems?

[drschwartz]

I used to hate motion smoothing, however with new TVs (at least with Sony), I feel the technology has advanced enough for it to actually be an enhancement, at least in the 'Low' setting.

[doogie]

I was a TV man back in the late 70's early 80's. The soaps were great for TV setup. Once leaving TV service for computer service I was addicted to the ABC daytime line up. I had two Sony AV-3600 VTRs cascaded to to record Ryan's Hope, Once Life to Live & half of General Hospital. It quickly became apparent that this was to much TV to catch up on over the weekend.

[AceBurn]

I actually like the soap-opera effect.
24 Frames should die. Therefor I like the Hobbit 48 FPS effect (but not the story). I Wish more movies and TV series were shot in 60 FPS.

[jGRite]

All this video did is made me miss my grandma. She watched a lot of soaps, but Bold and the Beautiful was her favorite.

[emmanuell]

This was probably the most interesting video I’ve ever seen out of a TV reviewer. Yes keep them coming

[gulshanbatra]

impressive... the clarity, the citations added to the narrative, and the examples included - all were very helpful. Thanks!