How often do you change the settings on your TV?
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Never these days....because long ago when I did do custom color settings for movies with wonky color, I would then forget to change the settings back and end up thinking all the next movies had screwy color.
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Not often at all, I'm lazy so I don't want to fiddle with it back and forth.
First disc I watched with the new TV I noticed everyone was waxy and red faced and overly bright, so I did some research and turned off the stuff they told me to turn off, edge enhancers, skin tone control, a bunch of the noise reductions; and switched to cinema mode, and that fixed that.
Didn't bother with TV mode as I watch little TV.
Made a change or two on enhancements when I watched an older disc, not in HD, not as crisp a quality, maybe that helped a little. But then switched it back for the more modern HD BDs and DVDs. So, 3x? the initial factory settings change, the low-definition disc change and then the switch back.
I haven't had a darkness issue to date with this baby (my favorite screen of the 3 I've had - with Vizio the worst), but I haven't tested Godzilla 2014... that one was always a nightmare, hard to see, had to adjust some things on the previous TVs (don't ask me what, it's been a while) and turn off the lights, and while that helped, it was still too dark.
First disc I watched with the new TV I noticed everyone was waxy and red faced and overly bright, so I did some research and turned off the stuff they told me to turn off, edge enhancers, skin tone control, a bunch of the noise reductions; and switched to cinema mode, and that fixed that.
Didn't bother with TV mode as I watch little TV.
Made a change or two on enhancements when I watched an older disc, not in HD, not as crisp a quality, maybe that helped a little. But then switched it back for the more modern HD BDs and DVDs. So, 3x? the initial factory settings change, the low-definition disc change and then the switch back.
I haven't had a darkness issue to date with this baby (my favorite screen of the 3 I've had - with Vizio the worst), but I haven't tested Godzilla 2014... that one was always a nightmare, hard to see, had to adjust some things on the previous TVs (don't ask me what, it's been a while) and turn off the lights, and while that helped, it was still too dark.
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so I did some research and turned off the stuff they told me to turn off, edge enhancers, skin tone control, a bunch of the noise reductions; and switched to cinema mode, and that fixed that....
https://www.cnet.com/tech/home-enter...ining-your-tv/
I change it more or less with every film.
I normally have motion smoothing off because it results in blotches, soap opera effect and artefacts. But if the quality of the file / disc is not great I might turn it on so there isn't any jageddness
The 4K ones I watch - it changes all the settinsg automatically.
The Black and White ones, I like to have a special setting which makes dark darker and white whiter, with not so much sharpness so the pattern doesn't 'noir' and look all purple.
The sharpenss is normally turned down as all it does is make things worse, but occasionally, especially on some 4k films, you can get away with a super sharp picture and it looks stunning.
I normally have motion smoothing off because it results in blotches, soap opera effect and artefacts. But if the quality of the file / disc is not great I might turn it on so there isn't any jageddness
The 4K ones I watch - it changes all the settinsg automatically.
The Black and White ones, I like to have a special setting which makes dark darker and white whiter, with not so much sharpness so the pattern doesn't 'noir' and look all purple.
The sharpenss is normally turned down as all it does is make things worse, but occasionally, especially on some 4k films, you can get away with a super sharp picture and it looks stunning.
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I change it more or less with every film.
I normally have motion smoothing off because it results in blotches, soap opera effect and artefacts. But if the quality of the file / disc is not great I might turn it on so there isn't any jageddness
The 4K ones I watch - it changes all the settinsg automatically.
The Black and White ones, I like to have a special setting which makes dark darker and white whiter, with not so much sharpness so the pattern doesn't 'noir' and look all purple.
The sharpenss is normally turned down as all it does is make things worse, but occasionally, especially on some 4k films, you can get away with a super sharp picture and it looks stunning.
I normally have motion smoothing off because it results in blotches, soap opera effect and artefacts. But if the quality of the file / disc is not great I might turn it on so there isn't any jageddness
The 4K ones I watch - it changes all the settinsg automatically.
The Black and White ones, I like to have a special setting which makes dark darker and white whiter, with not so much sharpness so the pattern doesn't 'noir' and look all purple.
The sharpenss is normally turned down as all it does is make things worse, but occasionally, especially on some 4k films, you can get away with a super sharp picture and it looks stunning.
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Almost never. If something is dark I usually just turn the lights down a bit. We've got a QLED so the blacks show through pretty well.
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I used to change them quite a lot.
But with my education in video technical stuff combined with a high end OLED I now feel like I have calibrated my picture the best I can. Looks amazing no matter what I throw at it.
A good tv with correct calibration shouldn't need no fiddling around to look good. If the video source is good and the tv is correctly calibrated then everything should look the best way possible.
But with my education in video technical stuff combined with a high end OLED I now feel like I have calibrated my picture the best I can. Looks amazing no matter what I throw at it.
A good tv with correct calibration shouldn't need no fiddling around to look good. If the video source is good and the tv is correctly calibrated then everything should look the best way possible.
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I've never even thought about changing the TV's settings.
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For me (with my first 4K), it was learning about "Soap opera effect"
When im at someones house and see them subdued watching tvs like this, i think "am i the only one not okay with this? It looks like crap!" I dont know how ppl do it.
I perfer my older dumb tv because you turn it on and it just turns on without any flair, and it doesnt have motion smoothness. So, im still stuck in the past some.
Heres Tom Cruise explaining motion smoothness and why to turn it off. Kinda cool.
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i tried explaining motion smoothing to my dad when we were stuck watching Pacific Rim in a hotel. every time the robots came on the screen i’d be yelling “see, it looks like shit!” and he’d be all “what? i don’t see it”
it was that day i learned he was blind
it was that day i learned he was blind
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I don't think I've ever changed them since I first got the TV years ago.
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Heres Tom Cruise explaining motion smoothness and why to turn it off. Kinda cool.
While I don't disagree with him, it still makes me laugh because I think he's only one quick second away from blowing a fuse and going full Frank TJ Mackey and screaming at us and threatening to drop kick the dogs if we don't listen.
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I love all these "public service announcements" from Tom Cruise... especially the ones in front of his more recent films telling the audience... don't watch movies on Netflix, they're meant for the movie theater!!!!
While I don't disagree with him, it still makes me laugh because I think he's only one quick second away from blowing a fuse and going full Frank TJ Mackey and screaming at us and threatening to drop kick the dogs if we don't listen.
While I don't disagree with him, it still makes me laugh because I think he's only one quick second away from blowing a fuse and going full Frank TJ Mackey and screaming at us and threatening to drop kick the dogs if we don't listen.
Oh i had no idea he made more PSA's just thought it was this one.
My apologies, I would never support drop kicking dogs.
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