WARNING: This Sneaky TV Setting Will RUIN Your Picture Quality if You Don't

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0:00 It Stopped Working
0:55 Side-by-side Comparison
1:39 The Culprit
2:15 Harm #1
2:48 Harm #2
4:05 On vs Off Measurements
5:56 How to Disable

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[TheEvilganon]

So In a nutshell. He wants you to turn the energy saving feature off and you will get a brighter picture. There I saved you 10 minutes.

[Wilfer]

Now I have to rewatch my 30 best movies on my 4K Sony tv, because yes, this was "on" and now when its off, its brighter and colours are better. Thanks!

[vicluu]

This has to be the most useful TV setup guide I have ever seen on YT. I just happen to have a LG B2 65" TV. I followed the exact step in this Guide, going to Support, Energy Saving, disable. My TV brighted up immediately after the change. This setting is very sneaky and it was hidden from me years after purchasing. Thanks to this video, I could be able to chase it down to the root and disable it for good. One thing to remind you all though: THIS ENERGY SAVING WILL BE RANDOMLY TURNED BACK ON AGAIN IF YOUR TV RECEIVEs ANY UPDATE. It is not a big deal, you just have to disable it again after each update.

[Nappylox]

He is so right. I make it a habit of trying to go through all the settings on my tech. When I toggled between ambient lighting and power saver modes, the screen got ridiculously dark. So I’ve kept it off ever since then.

[Zen_Shot]

Thanks. Now I can watch the world burn in much more detail. 👍

[shreder]

"Just drink less tea."
I love this channel

[mikedonovan]

OMG ! For the past few years I was wondering why some films/shows seem to be so dark on my Samsung and even though I played around with the video settings, it never occurred to me it was anything to do with power saving. I did what Vincent said and it's much better now with that additional brightness. Thank you my Brother ! 🙂👍

[NordicDan]

I remember stumbling across this on my 50" non-OLED LG I bought last summer, and was surprised to find its default setting was already off. This is definitely something worth checking for on any new smart TV though. Good video and explanation.

[pauljustice]

A 5 year problem that plagued me. Thank you so very much. I was finally able to rewatch Season 8 Episode 3 of Game of Thrones - The Long Night, and was actually able to see it clearly, so very happy right now, and grateful.

[armen]

So glad I found out about this setting. The screen looks even better now, I've never been a fan of light sensors on tv's and monitors, It can get really annoying.

[jonnydavies]

The biggest problem we have is this "active contrast" thing where if you're watching a dark widescreen film, when a bit of light appears, the picture suddenly goes brighter, even the black bars at the top and bottom of the screen. Very annoying and completely negates the point of having dark scenes if all it does is try and lift the brightness.

[clintonturner]

I couldn't get over how much darker The Expanse looked on my Samsung 4k, compared to viewing it on my laptop. I could brighten up the picture on my laptop but not my tv. I watched a video that told me the same thing that this video is telling us. Now I can see in the rooms on the different ships. It worked.

[cmiller]

I've "clicked here" so many times you sneaky bastard and now you've gotten me to watch all your videos and I don't even own a nice TV.

[jerome]

Some TVs, such as the Samsung shown here, allow you to set the minimum backlight level for the "Eco Mode" or "Auto-brightness mode". I work in the custom AV industry and I've found this to be very useful for environments with high levels of ambient light such as outdoor living spaces or indoor spaces with a lot of windows. During the daytime, you want that backlight to be high. But at night, it's just too much. Setting the minimum level keeps it from getting too dim at night.

[erickmagnus]

This is the first thing I disable when setting up a new TV

[jassingh_]

Yeah I noticed this thing a few months ago on my QLED and spend much time wondering why the HDR effect was so dim, even in a room that wasn't very bright. I then turned off all picture enhancements AND Eco settings which then started to give a higher brightness already, even in various modes (Standard, Natural etc). Prior to this, I would be disabling HDR entirely. Turning off the eco settings definitely helps on the budge and mid-range panels where the peak brightness is not as high as the more expensive panels, naturally. I left the ambient light sensor option enabled for now, but will keep an eye on it incase I feel the need to disable that also, since I feel it can help reduce eye-strain when viewing in a dark room at night time.

[allnightfright]

Matt Vickers is the kind of guy who expects his wife’s boyfriend to just tell him what to do rather than be given information and then make a decision based on the information. Your videos are fine. Take this one for example. You point out there is a feature impacting picture quality in a separate section. Once a person knows that and how it impacts the picture, they are no longer having information kept from them based on political agendas and can then make an honest and complete decision on how to watch their tv. Thank you for the information.

[Capt-Intrepid]

This is where we've come - saving energy no matter the cost.

[rsolsjo]

Hey Vincent, just wanted to mention that a Reddit user has discovered that if you press both bumpers and both top buttons on your Series X controller while calibrating HDR, you'll get a secret menu that shows you the luminance details of your calibration. Could be worth looking into.

[soeiruh]

Man I had energy saving ON for the last 5 years on my LG C7. I’ve been looking to upgrade to a brighter tv because of the low performance in a bright room. With this feature ‘off’ my TV turned into a lighthouse at night. Need to check how it is during the day now. Thanks Vincent