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BodaciousSpacePirate
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 2017 2:01 am Reply with quote
This is a really great, no-nonsense guide to setting your TV's sharpness/brightness/contrast:

https://www.missingremote.com/guide/display-calibration-part-i

If you have a TV that can play YouTube videos in some way, then the calibration videos the guide references can be found here:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe89TVpcFflq0roUZoZ6_tOv9QJHQLDs0
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Shiroi Hane
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 30, 2017 3:19 pm Reply with quote
yuna49 wrote:
Televisions often ship with the "vivid" mode enabled. This helps retailers display sets in places like Best Buy with strong overhead lighting. I find it too bright, and too blue, and either choose an alternative color scheme from the options provided or adjust the set to my own liking.

There is a retail mode for that reason. It shouldn't be enabled on a home set unless you choose an incorrect option during setup (some of the models I used to support definitely had this as an option during first-time install).
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 30, 2017 3:32 pm Reply with quote
Shiroi Hane wrote:
There is a retail mode for that reason. It shouldn't be enabled on a home set unless you choose an incorrect option during setup (some of the models I used to support definitely had this as an option during first-time install).

I agree, but I've bought sets where that mode was the default. I suspect manufacturers don't want purchasers to see a different image from what caught their eyes in a store.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 30, 2017 3:57 pm Reply with quote
yuna49 wrote:
I agree, but I've bought sets where that mode was the default. I suspect manufacturers don't want purchasers to see a different image from what caught their eyes in a store.


I'd like to also throw forth the idea that they're accounting for whoever sets these TVs up in these stores not knowing about or not bothering to change the settings.
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