How to adjust your TV settings for the best picture quality

Ever wondered whether your TV's picture could look any better? Confused by what some of your TV's picture settings even do? We've got answers. This basic tutorial on what to adjust, how to adjust it, and what to avoid adjusting will help most TV owners get the best from their TV.

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[dautolover]

Day 5 of quarantine: "I should change my TV settings"

[roberthuntley]

Apart from the Spears & Munsil test patterns, I've found that a quick way to setting the brightness (black level) is play a letter-box format movie and then set the level so that in a really dark room the cropped black bars at the top and bottom of the screen become totally invisible against the screen bezel. On my LG OLED it results in a value of 52 instead of the default 50.

Would welcome any comments as to how this method compares with others, and is the similar quick and dirty test to set the contrast (peak white) level.

[emikogula]

Thank you very much for this post. I bought a new UHD Smart TV. The picture quality was very poor. I had buyer remorse so I searched online and found this video. I wrote down notes, got home and applied it and was AMAZED at the significant change. I cant believe that SHARPNESS should be low. Mine is now at zero. I cant thank you enough for this post. I love my new tv now. lol

[SoggyNachos]

I got a vizio v series 50 inch and the only setting that trips me up is the sharpness on my ps4 input, if i set it low its not as detailed but if i set it high everything is crisp and clearer

[jimmyhardy]

What settings do recommend for the samsung q60r 43 inch 2019

[Gofr]

Has that HDR calibration video come around yet?

[hagel]

Have you done a review and setup video for the Panasonic TX58HX820B tv

[epd]

Turning off sharpness is the best thing I have ever done on a 4k. Makes the picture so much better, thanks Caleb.

[bctay]

What’s the best settings for a Samsung Q95t for watching sky Q and football thanks

[raystyles]

How do I adjust an Lg nano cell 9 to get rid of the bluish blur or shadow it has.

[jhanblanco]

Can you make a calibrating video for LG C9?

[cookiewoman]

I have a slight audio sync issue when playing about 30% of my blu rays...I find if I set my tv mode to game optimizer mode it fixes it. What are your thoughts on using this mode for movies?

[colebennett]

Does the 24 inch 1080p d series vizio have motion smoothing?

[TheRoadbots]

Mine has sports, mild, standard and user, which should i start with?

[Taslacitelj]

Contrast enhancer low/high really brightened my picture. I used movie mode with contrastenhancer off, and it was too dim and dark, couldnt see anything haha. Now I have to rethink it

[oneeyetruth]

👏 Congratulations For 800k ....🥰
Love from India 🇮🇳 ♥....✌

[arniesilverberg]

Would you consider doing a video on the proper technique to clean a tv screen? Ty

[periurban]

I have a new HiSense TV, running with a new Yamaha receiver. I have found getting the right settings to be very tricky. Strangely, the biggest positive difference with an SDR signal came when I used gaming mode. Previously, altering the smoothing made no difference at all - the soap opera effect persisted regardless, and it didn't matter whether I upscaled to 4K with the receiver or not. Also, the autoblack function made things look awful. When we sat down as a family to watch something with gaming mode off, and autoblacks still enabled my daughter (who gets out a lot more than me these days) said that the picture looked "just like everyone else's TV. That's what TV looks like these days."
I really think the manufacturers are missing a trick here, because when people see what an unadjusted modern TV looks like (when visiting others) they will surely not be incentivized to upgrade.

[umbrellaunderdog]

I have an older colby HDTV with no backlight settings. Do you have a recommendation for settings to calibrate it?

[Naji_]

i like your explaining. simple to follow and straight to the point