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Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2025 9:55 am
Use your eyes
If none of the presets are to your liking, take more control of your picture settings. You’ll be the one watching it, after all. Settings you can adjust include contrast, hue, brightness, sharpness, and color temperature.
To start, put on a few of your favorite movies with various scenes and lighting. Keep these tips in mind:
Be sure to set your room lighting to how it typically is when you watch TV.
Make sure the films include very dark scenes, very light, filled with people, and are extra colorful.
In the dark scenes, adjust the brightness setting so shadows are as black as they can get while still showing detail.
Then head over to a light scene and adjust the contrast up, so the white spaces are as white as possible without blowing out all the detail.
Next, adjust the color temperature until skin tones and telegram database colors look natural. If your TV has saturation controls, you can fine-tune how vivid the colors look. You want the sweet spot between “washed out” and “hurts your eyes to look at.”
into individual picture settings.
Once everything looks good, test your settings with a few more movies at different lighting levels in the room. You also need to turn the TV off a few times and come back after a few minutes to see your changes with fresh eyes.
If you don’t entirely trust your eyes, or want a bit more help, there’s another step you can take.
3. Use a calibration disc
To get a more exact calibration, you can use a calibration disc. This walks you through each setting and gives you carefully created visual images to help guide your tweaking. It works well in most cases, but don’t be afraid to change specific settings based on your preference. It’s your TV, so the best picture is the one you like the most.
If none of the presets are to your liking, take more control of your picture settings. You’ll be the one watching it, after all. Settings you can adjust include contrast, hue, brightness, sharpness, and color temperature.
To start, put on a few of your favorite movies with various scenes and lighting. Keep these tips in mind:
Be sure to set your room lighting to how it typically is when you watch TV.
Make sure the films include very dark scenes, very light, filled with people, and are extra colorful.
In the dark scenes, adjust the brightness setting so shadows are as black as they can get while still showing detail.
Then head over to a light scene and adjust the contrast up, so the white spaces are as white as possible without blowing out all the detail.
Next, adjust the color temperature until skin tones and telegram database colors look natural. If your TV has saturation controls, you can fine-tune how vivid the colors look. You want the sweet spot between “washed out” and “hurts your eyes to look at.”
into individual picture settings.
Once everything looks good, test your settings with a few more movies at different lighting levels in the room. You also need to turn the TV off a few times and come back after a few minutes to see your changes with fresh eyes.
If you don’t entirely trust your eyes, or want a bit more help, there’s another step you can take.
3. Use a calibration disc
To get a more exact calibration, you can use a calibration disc. This walks you through each setting and gives you carefully created visual images to help guide your tweaking. It works well in most cases, but don’t be afraid to change specific settings based on your preference. It’s your TV, so the best picture is the one you like the most.