Hey everyone! I tried to make this video as accessible as possible to the largest audience as possible. For those of you who like to get deep into settings, we could talk about that, too! Let me know as a reply to this comment what your top questions are and I’ll see what we can do!
Can you please discuss recommendations for motion processing ? My DLP home theatre projector has perfect native motion processing out of the box. Period. My OLED Sony has a great picture, but, the "sample-and-hold" is pure hell when the camera does a long slow pan. It's as jerky/choppy as hell. How do we make the panning on a flat panel look like a panning shot we grew up with in a movie theatre ? Thanks !
I just got an LG C2. I find standard mode with the colors turned to warm are the best for me. Filmmaker mode was nice. But it completely kills all that HDR pop. I like the colors to pop but not too too much. So standard with a few adjustments seems to be the best .
Caleb, your videos are always super helpful. I have one suggestion to make: When I first started with adjusting picture settings on my tv's it took me a while to catch on to the fact that you have to be watching a show that is broadcast or stream in the mode that you want to be adjusting, such as Dolby Vision, HDR, SDR, etc. And that once you make settings adjustments for that mode, the tv(hopefully) will revert to the settings you previously made for that mode. I realize that for most people that watch your videos and actually make picture setting adjustments, this information might be literally innate knowledge, but for those of us that were starting out make custom adjustments, it really took a while to come to that realization.
John, you are spot on.... Like you, I had to learn the hard way as to having the tv content set to my desired tv program...i.e. SDR (cable) Dolby Vision Netflix ..etc. Would be nice if others can mention that as a "requirement for us novices.. LOL!
Your videos have been so helpful. I recently upgraded my 12 year old Samsung ES8000 to a S95C thinking oh yeah I know about tv’s. I had no idea things had changed so much and your videos have been a lifesaver. Without them I’d be lost figuring all these new features and settings out. Thank you.
Thanks for the information. I use to use Vivid when I first bought my 4K OLED TV. Based on a previous vlog of yours. I started using Cinema. But I strongly disagree about occasionally using Vivid. When I watch a 4K stream or BlueRay and 4K DVD, especially with animation, Vivid is what I use. I find the color is brilliant and the picture looks almost like 3D. I use Cinema for everything else. After buying a 4K OLED TV, I feel that Vivid has some uses and shouldn’t be dismissed entirely.
I have a Samsung AU7700. I use Filmmaker Mode. It has good natural colors, and no motion smoothing. Vivid Mode in my TV looks garish, horrible. There is an old TV here at home that I use vivid mode, because that TV is so bad that Vivid Mode is the only way to give that TV any appeal in the image.
I agree with you, almost completely. I've got a 2016 Samsung 4K, and I have really enjoy the Vivid mode. As per that previous vid, I switched to Cinema, and it's much better than what I was used to. Maybe it's the age of my unit and the microdot LED rather than OLED technology. Both modes are great, in their respective places.
I use calibrated calibrated dark movie mode and whatever picture mode I think is best for a specific brand of TV. Once you have some experience with using picture settings you can find a picture that you like to watch. I haven't had any of my TV's calibrated but I do know how to use the TV picture settings to my advantage. As far as color temperature I've found that warm is really the best. I'm another one of those people who don't really like motion settings and like a natural picture as possible. But everyone has their own preference for tuning up their own TV's
Honestly I appreciate this. I used to love vivid mode because it's bright but with newer TVs it looks way over done. I'm getting my first oled so videos like this help explain why certain seeing exist.
If it's an LG then go with Filmmaker mode with the OLED Light (not to be confused with brightness) adjusted according to preference and Cinema or Cinema Home for Dolby Vision content. For gaming you'd wan't Game picture mode with colour temp set to Warm 2 and ALLM on if supported. I got my LG CX a couple of years ago (while it was current) and have loved it ever since.
I typically use Custom, cinema, ISF. These typically are close to the ideal setting. I've been calibrating my tv's since early 90's where I used a ISF calibration laser disc. Today's tv's are very good, and you can really get away with just using cinema mode and call it a day. I will say Sony has always had the best color setting since their XBR CRT's.
I use cinema mode mostly myself as well for most everything I watch. I tweak a bit here & there of course, & watch videos like this on calibration settings and helpful hints.
I used to fiddle with picture settings constantly, trying this reviewer's settings or that reviewer's settings and I just got tired of the constant fiddling and never being satisfied. So I decided to simplify my watching by resetting all the settings first, then carefully choosing which factory picture mode looked best to ME based on the content I was watching. I settled on Standard for watching sports during daytime hours (Sony's is very good) and Custom for movies any time after setting Custom close to Cinema Pro with just a touch of motion smoothing. I'll occasionally switch to Cinema Pro or Cinema Home for movies. For sports at night in a dark room I'll enable Light sensor. On my old Sonys I turn the Black Level down to 40 (from 50) for the deepest blacks. And you're right, Vivid and Sports are just too cold and obscenely bright for my taste. HDR and Dolby Vision bright for daytime and dark for nighttime. I wish I had an ISF Mode on my sets.
Embarrassingly, the first thing I did while watching this video was switch out of the vivid mode. Then again, I have a Vizio tv that's over 10 years old and both its picture and life is nearing the end. I found and subscribed to your channel about a month ago and plan on upgrading to a Hisense QLED with a Vizio M512a-H6 sound bar in the next month or two. Your videos helped a lot in picking my next tv. I can't comment much on the picture modes you discussed because mine included modes like golf, basketball, game, video and custom. One fun note. I adjusted the settings for my custom mode to a high-contrast, dark black and white to watch modern movies with a noir feel. It went well with Logan.
Very good video and applies to almost every TV :) I have a QN90B from Samsung and my personal preference for both SDR and HDR is Standard Mode as it is generally brighter. I also like it because I like to add a little bit of sharpness which helps with HD content in my opinion. The only things I change depending on what I am watching are Color tone and Color space. Standard color tone is sometimes too blue and cold so I switch to Warm1 (personally I would like something in-between). And Native color space sometimes has very unrealistic green colors so I switch it to Auto. In the end it depends on what your eyes are used to and how the content you are watching has been edited (post-processing can make a huge difference in how an image look).
I'm late to the party but just bought a TV so here I am 6 months later. Thank you Caleb, this was quite helpful. When my new TV arrives, I'll be sure to cast Vivid & Sports modes straight into hell in your name lol... I haven't bought a new TV in a while, so all of these are still a bit daunting but watching this video gives me more confidence in at least being able to fake my way through the set-up.
I’ve been watching you for a few months now and I must say my interest in televisions and the technology that comes with them has grown excessively. I currently have a 75 inch Q60a Qled Samsung it’s all I can afford lol! I love the tvs you guys post im a total sucker for a great looking picture and I must say these videos don’t help my obsession 😂 love what your doing it’s great and thanks for explaining everything your great hope you get to 1 million subs soon!
Don't forget your 4k player has picture modes that need to be adjusted. I noticed on playing The Fog for example was to Dark. Then I remembered to go and set the LG 4k players picture mode. You need to do this unfortunately ever disk you play because it resets to Standard picture mode. This fixed the darkness problem. The better the TV is better in general but you need to still check this setting. Good Video.
I use movie mode most of the time as my TV and gaming rigs are in a room with blackout curtains, and then turn on and off Game Mode as needed. Keep in mind I am using a TCL 43" UHDTV as both my TV and computer monitor. So when watching stuff on any number of the streaming services I use, I just turn game mode off, then, when I go in and play World of Warships or fly in DCS: World or Microsoft Flight Simulator, I just turn on Game Mode for the reduced input lag, and aside from an almost unnoticeable drop in picture quality, the input lag drops considerably which is great for fighting games, first person shooters and great for the fine inputs needed to hover a helicopter.
You should choose whichever looks best for you. On my oled LG I like the Isf modes for both games and movies. Looks great. On my Panasonic lcd I chose cinema for movies with warm 2. And standard mode for video games with warm 1. Sharpness 0 for everything. Everything else off. There’s not 1 choice for everything.
I've been shopping for a new TV for a while, need to replace my eight-year-old Sony, which has been a great TV but terribly outdated. I watched several reviews by others and they were helpful, but I have found your reviews far more detailed and more interesting in many ways. You really cover the gamut from beginner to expert, and you obviously know what you're talking about. I also like that you're very opinionated about what you like and don't like and not afraid to say so, always noting that these are your preferences. And your sense of humor is a lot of fun too. So you're the only one I've subscribed to, you're my go-to guy regarding everything TV. By the way, I've noticed that you've now gone well past 1 million subscribers and it's easy to understand why. Keep giving us great information. I'll review many of these videos when I get my TV during the holidays. Thanks for the great work!
I have a Hisense U7G. I use Standard Mode and manually turned off just about everything. Motion Smoothing, Noise Reduction etc. My Contrast & Brightness are both set at 50. My Color is set at 43 & Sharpness is set way down to 7. I used many RUclips TV setup sites at 4K and HDR. Even the blackest blacks show detail like shadows etc. That was hard to get just right. The color is as vivid as you'll ever see naturally or as mild on some videos, had to compromise. Can't stand glowing color. It's as bright as it can get without it looking washed out or blooming. I hope these ideas help you to set up your own TV. Plan on spending MANY hours going back and forth and remember, changing one setting may change another setting, like brightness affects the contrast setting etc. Good luck and happy viewing.
Tv enthusiast don’t understand that the average consumer does not care about getting true to life, color, or lifelike images sometimes people like the Vivid mode, because it looks better than real life
Actually, Vivid Mode has a purpose. At least for me it does. Since it is garbage at a default, one thing it's good for is as a starting point for very bright sun lit rooms. I just adjust things down, contrast, saturation etc and it becomes a great Daytime mode. The other modes just seem too dark in a bright room. Same concept of adjustment, just starting from the other end of the spectrum.
A few days ago I again sampled the "Retail Store" demo mode on my 2019 Samsung Q90R. It was stunning and reaffirmed that this TV usually looks wonderful, and can provide about as nice a picture as I have ever seen! After I put the TV back into "Home Use" mode, I examined the changes to the settings that the demo mode had made. The TV was in Dynamic Mode. Hmmm. Just sayin'. I do use Standard Mode during the day and often Movie Mode at night having watched so many RUclips videos that say Movie Mode, and now Filmmaker Mode, is the best way to use the TV. But until I got this TV in 2020, I always used whatever high-contrast "dynamic" mode was available. That may have been appropriate until even just a few years ago when TVs gained a brighter picture; but nonetheless, Dynamic Mode is still impressive.
Trust me dude. It's all trickery. I used to be that guy. Dynamic/Demo modes are designed to get your attention. Brightness and saturation are cranked up. It can give eye-catching visuals that really "pop" but it is not a realistic picture. Spend some time (we're talking at least a solid year) with a more accurate picture mode and you'll retrain your eyes. The vivid modes will still look vivid, but they're also look blue-tinted and generally off. If you use an OLED set then vivid picture modes can even shorten the lifespan if your TV. Give Filmmaker, ISF or Cinema (depending on your set) a real shot and just crank up the backlight or OLED light depending on whether your screen is OLED or backlit. In the end, it's all entirely your own choice according to your preference. Just be aware that those picture modes will not be giving you an accurate image out of the box. If you prefer a unrealistic image of your TV watching and prefer things to be more vivid than real life then go nuts. Just make sure that you're not falling for the trickery. It can really take some time to retrain your eyes to a more realistic image.
@@j800r_aswell With the 2022 Samsung models I use Movie Mode on its defaults for HDR movies, and Intelligent Mode/Optimized for everything else. But for years dark movies we’re a real problem. Sometimes I still max out gamma and shadow detail, or use Dynamic Mode, and even sometimes watch in SDR via Apple TV 4K, but thankfully this seems to have become less necessary with newer and brighter TVs.
I select Movie/ Cinema mode just to make sure all the so-called 'enhancers' are turned off in the advanced picture section. Then, I center all the basic adjustments( Contrast, Bright, Color, Tint, sharp). Next I use HD Video Essentials Blu Ray, or, Spears & Munsil patterns online - the highest res versions I can find, to set those basics to their ideal settings. My Samsung has a blue only mode for accurately setting the color and hue. What I end up with is what believe to be as accurate a picture as possible up to before a grayscale job. Guests seem to notice how realistic the picture is, particularly when it feels like the news anchor is sitting right there, or, it's like looking through a window at a sporting event.
@@Revolver1981 I believe you have an opinion--thank you for sharing that opinion like it is the only valid opinion. Welcome to American tolerance where other people's opinions are not allowed.
The best setting I have ever found in a TV is the natural motion setting in clarity section on my LG nanoscreen. It's like you are on the set with the cast, amazing depth! I set this up under my standard setting.
Great video...with some great ideas. You are spot-on with your recommendations! And your suggest to "play around with the settings..." if the best advice you can give...Thanks for your time.
Very helpful. I have a 2016 65" Samsung 4K, and I've been locked on vivid almost from the beginning. I saw one of your other vids, you advised turning to Cinema Mode, which I did. I hated it, too "warm", actually too dull and yellow, BUT I held out as advised. It's not bad after a week! I've jiggled up the contrast, pulled back a tad on the back light. It doesn't pop the way Vivid does, but it's a much better picture now than I was expecting. I'm not thrilled with the sports mode, but I like the idea of the higher picture refresh rate - 120 vs 60fps. But the color isn't great. I'm gonna boost the jiggle and the jutter speeds next and see what happen. Sadly, I've fallen in love with that SONY 77" OLED that my wife says I can't have. Gorgeous picture in the Big Box Warehouse store with the ultra bright florescent lighting. You just might be saving me a lot of money, and making my wife a happier woman with these vids. Thanks for the help!
Just turn on vivid mode and change your white balance to a warmer one. Both bright and """colour accurate""" I have seen every other mode in my lg C1 ok? I like vivid for some reason, the cinema mode makes it look like everything is yellow. I feel like my TV got jaundice. But lately I have been noticing the blue tint in my vivid mode. So I gone to my picture settings, increased the oled pixel brightness and made the white balance to cold 10 which made the whites look neutral, at least to my eye. BTW I don't care what the director of the film intended the colour to look like, I will just prefer whatever looks good according to me I'm the calibrator to my eye so idc. Long message whoever read gets hatsoff
Reminds me of when people get pompous about "authentic" Mexican food. Like... that doesn't mean it tastes good. And everybody has their own way of going things.
@@brbubba yeah, if you change the picture mode to vivid without the 2 point caliberation that Caleb does, then it looks fine, once you make the oled's standard( i mean the picture without post processing) less yellow then the vivid is gonna look more blue. I use vivd, which has lower blue tint than standard , at Warm 5, which is such a sweet spot that it looks soo good. but in HDR i prefer the blue tint as it provides an illusion that the oled is brighter, i am both an LG CX as well as a C1 owner and im pretty sure, thi ssetting looks the same on both.
For those that own a Sony, custom is the most accurate picture mode and is closer to the creators intent. Cinema mode is not as as it also adds things like Dynamic Contrast Enhancer, Live Colour and motion interpolation (soap opera effect) which I find distracting….
Yeah like others are saying Vivid Mode is all I use and in tweak it to my liking. I sometimes turn down the color and other things. But each Vivid mode isn't the same. Specifically on Samsung it looks good, but can be too bright depending on what TV you have.
True , he's not really talking about Samsung, mostly LG and Panasonic. Vivid or dynamic on Samsung TV can be good especially on animation and MCU/ science fiction. What's ISF it's not on my Qled.👍
@@rikaardyyz3039 Not sure. Might be brand specific. My sister has a Vizio and her Vivid Mode did look horrible. So yeah it definitely depends on what brand you get
It is known from Sony TVs that the customer mode has the most accurate setting out of the box. in this mode you can of course tweak even further and turn off certain 'improvement settings' or sometimes set it to low.
Onkyo AV receivers with Audyssey have a picture setting that includes ISF Day/Night, plus other picture settings. Combined with the available pictures settings on your TV, the picture is at it's absolute best for your taste. It's a shame that Onkyo decided to switch to AccuQ, which in my opinion, is horrible. Thanks for this enlightening video, because I just upgraded my TV from the Samsung F8000 to the Hisense UG7, and while it doesn't have as many picture settings as the Samsung, the picture is decent, and I've learned from this video how to tweak the picture to it's best.
It's true, lighting for an office is always better using 4000-5000 kelvin instead of a yellow-ish 3000... It gives better color rendition and is less stressful for most people.
i dislike FILMMAKER because the motion is set to super stutter and I have to go in and change motion to how I like it and NO the creator did not want me to get dizzy with jittery pans
I've learned that OLED changes pixel colors so quickly that the judder can cause motion sickness. The tech is "too good," so some like to add a twinge of motion smoothing of one flavor or another. Good problem to have.
@@dickriggles942 right? but legit put it on the setting and you can tell something funky is happening. So I just went standard mode and adjusted all the settings until I got a picture I liked
I just got an LG G3 last month, but over the last few WEEKS I’ve been messing around with the settings almost every day, amounting to probably dozens of hours spent in the menus, not only to try and get it right, but also to understand everything and… well, getting it right (or close to). It also doesn’t help that settings are set per… whatever, per app or per “environment”. Like when you have this particular TV on its “Gallery” mode, that has its own set of settings. So if you try to tweak things there and then go back to the Home menu, it won’t carry over, it will have its own settings. Same for when you go into apps or change the HDMI-channel. - And look, I love the flexibility, but that means I need to go through all settings a whole bunch of times, then re-checking if it’s all set right, and that per profile as well. And the fact that menus are kind of clunky and slow to navigate doesn’t help. Anyway, I’ve narrowed it down to using about 3 profiles, that is Power Saving, just with everything on “neutral”, except no motion-smoothing for any profile (though de-blurring is fine, cause it doesn’t give the smoothing-effect and I kind of doubt it does much at all), then “Standard” quite neutral as well, but with lower processing, and then Filmmaker Mode full-on, but also definitely tweaked (cause it kinda sucks, even in the dark, in my accurate opinion). One thing that makes it more once again is when it switches to any HDR-mode: It has its own profiles yet again. Filmmaker Mode actually disappears and Cinema-modes appear, as well as the “isf”-ones, at which point everything started over again. - I almost rage-quitted using the TV, but anyway… 😆 Oh, and yea, Game Optimizer for consoles, but also tweaked a lot. Definitely don’t just leave that at neutral. None of the profiles actually, unless you just really want to trust those “movie modes”.
Helpful for general info. It would be great if the menus for the 5-6 most popular TVs were actually walked thru showing modes and what other “tweeks” are best and where to find them. Also mention how they work with diff inputs and if the settings follow the inputs.
For a lot of people I see, getting them to go from Vivid to Standard is progress... I don't know about the latest high end TVs, but for most "LED" LCDs I suggest getting in the settings and turning down the Backlight if possible and room brightness permits. Better dark levels and much better chance of the thing holding up more than a few years and not turning purple. Give it some actual Brightness not Contrast if needed to bring out the signal. Oddly most of the dark modes and even Eco have max. backlight settings, planned obsolescence?
I would be interested to see a review of the new Samsung QN95B. The smart calibration via the Smart Things app doesn't work on the latest Samsung S22 phone 🤔🤔
U will get used to it and prefer it all day long. But u have to give it a Chance. It took me around 5 days to adapt and like it. U will appreciate all the colors and whenever u switch back to vivid u will know what i am talking about.
I use power saving mode quite a lot especially if I have the news on or a boring sporting event, the only time I turn it off is during movies so many modern movies are way too dark!
Thank Celeb for helping me pick my new tv , goin from a 55 inch Samsung 15 years old , I still have in my master bedroom, still looks good, I went with the Samsung s 95 C 65 inch in my den / game room ! Been 4 months still haven’t got it right yet but I’m getting there and this video will probably nail it !! It probably took me almost a year to get my first Samsung right so I’m ahead of the game lol😂 filmmaker and movie I think are the best , with adjustments, but eco is winning me over some times too!! I’m old getting picky lol😂
Tbh, I have to watch almost everything in vivid on my tv just so I can see what is happening - certainly when watching movies or tv shows through my Android streaming box. Standard, Cinema modes et al, are all so damn dark.
@caleb Been watching your videos for some time now, ever since I bought an LG B2 OLED a few months ago, and connected it with a JBL Bar 1000 for some cool home theatre setting. I thought I should mention this: Apart from all the information you give out that's been super useful for a not-an-expert-but-likes-to-tinker-with-settings kinda person like me, the thing I have most enjoyed, almost as much as the information itself, is your casual but wonderful sense of humour. Makes watching your videos all the more fun, and not just useful (which it also is aplenty). So here's a shoutout to you: Thank you for taking the trouble to make these videos. You have made a difference to my life from across the other side of the planet, and for that I'm grateful. Cheers Roy, from far-away India.
I’m a proud owner of a 2021 Samsung QN90A and I’m a little embarrassed to say I use Vivid mode for all my Xbox Series X gaming and have always thought the picture is stunningly bright. Beats every other mode in my opinion. I’m the farthest thing from a tv display expert though, I just know what I like. Great video!
Caleb... Caleb... Caleb... I have a 85inch Neo QLED! I absolutely love having my TV in Dynamic, Always have and always will! You take those harsh comments back! 🤣
Well done and well explained was waiting for something like this for all the people out there that aren’t quite sure what they should do with their settings.
I just recently got a Sony A90K and was having a heck of a time removing all motion processing. Just turning off everything I could find wasn't working and it wasn't until someone suggested I try 'Game Mode' that I found the solution. I had to go in and tweak the colors to my liking, but the motion was *so* much better. The difference was amazing. So much for 'Cinema Mode'. 🙄
Thanks for going thru all of this. On the LG TV I had been using Game Mode with several adjustments, because it looked really good to me, and still does in a way. Ironically, I have never played games on the TV and never will. Then I discovered Cinema Mode after reading about and found that it's really better, since I mostly watch movies from every period on the TV. It did take a while to get used to Cinema Mode but I'm glad I settled on it.
Try Filmmaker with the OLED Light adjusted to your preference and then Cinema for Dolby Vision. Once I learned that combo I haven't looked back. I do Game a lot so I have to use the Game picture mode then, but turning down Sharpness and setting colour temp to Warm 2 (same as Filmmaker and Cinema modes) gets the job done.
Modes on TCL QM8 are different entirely. Each can be adjusted independently. I bough the QM8 after watching your review. All modes look terrific depending on external light .
Thank you for making the argument for Warm50/ D.65 white point. I had no idea how conditioned I was into watching a cold, blown out picture. Shout out to HDTV Test for really illustrating it using the snowy mountain Fellowship of the Ring.
very helpful video tq.but what is the best picture setting for sony tv(x900h) custom or cinema.plz do make a video featuring sony tvs picture setting and processing capabilities especially clarity setting
On my 65A90J I immediately went for Custom Mode and chose the best settings for color accuracy. Checked well-known forums and RUclipsrs as a resource for these settings. I checked Standard/Bright/Vivid too just too see what I may be missing in brightness (much) but since it's a OLED and I always watch in a dark room I'm more than fine with and even prefer the "not 100% brightness" setting. For my parents TV I have to choose Vivid but then have to turn down the blue a lot so that snow looks white instead of blue. They don't really care about color accuracy or 4K UHD 100 Mbps Blu-ray or Dolby Atmos. They keep their lights on and use the TV speakers.
I feel sad after reading these comments. Its amazing how everyone can have a unique perspective. Its sad so few people comprehend what a calibrated TV can do for depth of colour. A truly beautiful dark scene where details can be spotted in the full contrast from bright to dark. Not overexposed or oversaturated colours.
Picture modes such as vivid vs. standard vs. the remaining noted are very subjective. Also from experience (a lot longer in this world of TVs than you) it depends on the TV. I have one sony set to vivid anther to cinema. I sometimes believe it may have something to do with the size and location. My 65 looks better in vivid, but it is a larger room, TV positioned further away from standard viewing locations, whereas, the 55" is in the bedroom, I am closer and cinema looks better. Plus you have differences in broadcast between cable, vs. digital reception vs. satellite vs. 1080 vs. 4K vs. via different type of DVD (1080, 1080 upscaled to 4K, 4K). That all needs to be taken into account. (Won't go into medical reasons such as someone with cataracts would most likely like standard mode better due to the darkening of the eye due to the cataract, and that is only one of ee problems people might have, it is one I had years ago and I had adjusted the TV at the time to Standard; after surgery to remove the cataracts, I then played around and standard for me was way TOO bright. My belief is the person needs to sit with the same lighting and get something on TV they normally watch and scroll through the settings and look and see HOW THEY LIKE THE SETTINGS THEY HAVE PICKED. You do a great job of explaining many of the technical items on a TV such as arc vs. earc etc., but again, this item is very subjective to the actual viewers, and I saw no proof of your statements on settings that apply to ALL TVs sold. They all interpret these modes differently. As for what they ship with, of course most will ship in standard mode...the name standard implies that is what many will like and is a starting point. Only makes sense to ship in standard mode. Explain the difference, but when you give YOUR opinion it is NO longer a reviews or very informative. To be totally informative, NO opinions are wanted, only facts.
Kudos for getting to 1M! And thanks for the data. (Also, thanks for not showing yourself from the side when you're not even talking to a live audience, which I find phony and annoying when people do it.)
My Sanyo TV has Standard, MIld, Vivid, and Manual. That's all. Manual requires I select all kinds of values I do not understand. So "Mild" maybe for best picture?
who care about getting the most accurate color temperature ? select the mode you like the most and that's it ! I like mine with cold temp, I don't care if it's a bit too blue( it doesn't ), I think it look better
This my comment … today TV’s have to many adjustment, that are not need!! There is a television broadcast standard that’s used to broadcast television signals (that’s over the air directly from the station’s transmitting antenna, or via cable or satellite provider, etc.). All that said, the standard NTSC (Analog), ATSC (Digital) give you what your suppose to have in a television signal! I worked in television transmission for 26 years before I retired in 2007! There have been adjustments in television sets from the very first B/W TV’s to todays flat panels, for what reason, personal preference! Yes, most people just take the TV out of the box and watch it as is! Most people that know me and want me to adjust there TV for them are usually amazed at the results after I’m through! Enough said and I’ll shut up now!
Your TV must be awful. I have one old TV here at home that needs Vivid Mode, otherwise it looks so dull. But in my new TV, a Samsung AU7700, I use Filmmaker Mode, and the colors are very natural and perfect, while Vivid Mode looks garish. Filmmaker Mode also turns off motion smoothing, which is a plus. In my TV, it really is the closest out-of-the-box to match original artistic intent.
Just my 2 cents......I have always used "movie" or "cinema" mode, on my TVs. Right now I'm using a 65" Samsung. It's a fact that the "movie" mode makes the picture look a bit darker and not only that but I turn the "brightness" down to about 20 or 25%. Then I turn the "contrast" up to about 70%. This eliminates a bright light in a nighttime picture, from bleeding across the screen - very distracting!!!! This gives the picture a very cinematic look, akin to what you see when you go out to the movies. I do not change these settings - ever!!! The picture always looks perfect whether it's daylight, nighttime - lights on or lights off. And the color is always perfect. I remember going to my cousin's house one day. He had just gotten a brand new 45 or 50" TV. He was showing it off to me and I didn't have the heart to tell him that the picture was HORRIBLE!!! It was a bluray disc of a new movie and because of his picture settings, it looked like it was shot on video tape!!! Too, too bright with fake looking people and sets, if you know what I mean. Like watching a soap opera on TV. Eventually the conversation got to a point where I could ask him if I could make some adjustments (just to see if he liked it better.) He agreed so I started tweaking and lo and behold - it was actually a cinematic experience!!! It took me about 90 seconds. He could not believe what he was seeing!!! He was almost crying. I kid you not. That was about 5 or 6 years ago and he still thanks me, profusely every single time we see each other......like I said - just my 2 cents.
I have a big gripe with Filmmaker Mode or any of the “accuracy”-centric modes in my LG G3, and that is that they kinda suck. - First of all, yea, they’re indeed too dark, even in a completely dark room up close, because it just doesn’t make highlights very bright and rather dim and muted, which just sucks and makes having a high-contrast image kind of pointless. It’s almost like watching on an IPS-panel, minus the true-blacks. - Also, it makes intentionally dark sources even darker. For example, I’ve been watching ‘Stranger Things’, which is not only dark with even crushed blacks, but also mostly lacks bright highlights, cause they want to emulate that film-look (actually, it was transferred to real film, but I’m sure they flattened to contrast even more). And it looks like that in HDR and the panel pretty much at full blast. And the G3 get blindingly bright. So if it already looks muted full-on, Filmmaker Mode and the like are just going to make for a weak experience being as dark as they are. What’s more is the overly warm white-balance. - I’ve seen other people debate this, but those who consider it too yellow are just correct, and it’s not a matter of “getting used to it”. Which you can, but then you’re just forcing your brain to think yellow is neutral, like with indoor home lighting usually being rather yellow and that becoming “neutral”. And true, “zero”, at least on this panel, is rather cold, but not bad. I’d say you shouldn’t go lower than 25 on the Warm side (it goes to 50 on this one), but definitely not 50 as it comes in those movie-modes. It just looks like an “old film filter”, trying too hard to look “classic” or something. I found that you can still go as high as 40, but probably 30-35 to not have it too warm, but definitely not over 40. - I mean, if it still looks yellow-ish when the room-lights I have are like 3000k yellow lights, something’s wrong.
My father had macular degeneration so HAD to use vivid mode on their LG set. The backlighting failed after only a few years, and that was only using the set about half each year. (Snowbirds)
Helpful video. What about “IMAX Mode”? What is the deal with this mode? Why is it even a mode on the 2021 Sony TV’s but not the 2020 TVs even though the 2020 TVs are marketed as “IMAX Enhanced compatible”?
On my Sony, I always use Custom when looking at anything other than daytime TV - such as watching the news and so on, where I use Standard. Always served me well. Didn't see anything about IMAX Enhanced Mode in the video, though - I'm still not sure what it does as I see little difference from the Custom I usually use.
see where guys repairing LED light strips on TVs and their recommendation was turn brightness & backlight down to 25 (out of 100) so those LEDs won't burn out so fast as they are the light source for all colors.
Great video man! I have a question that never seems to be asked, can you lower the panel brightness on filmmaker mode for both SDR and HDR without compromising it's inbuilt colour accuracy?
Hey everyone! I tried to make this video as accessible as possible to the largest audience as possible. For those of you who like to get deep into settings, we could talk about that, too! Let me know as a reply to this comment what your top questions are and I’ll see what we can do!
Hey Caleb, what’s are your recommendations for the LG C1 settings?
Do U review Samsung S95B soon maybe....
You know what? I'd love it if every TV had a flux capacitor setting even if it did nothing :-)
I WANT THE Z9K REVIEW.....ITS ALMOST MAY SO WHAT'S TAKING SO LONG!!!!!😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡
Can you please discuss recommendations for motion processing ? My DLP home theatre projector has perfect native motion processing out of the box. Period. My OLED Sony has a great picture, but, the "sample-and-hold" is pure hell when the camera does a long slow pan. It's as jerky/choppy as hell. How do we make the panning on a flat panel look like a panning shot we grew up with in a movie theatre ? Thanks !
"promply turning of power saving mode" is the most powerful thing I did to my TV, huge improvement. Kudos to this guide.
I spend more time fiddling with my settings than actually watching a movie, it drives me nuts 😂😂😂
What you need is a movie about fiddling with TV settings. Maybe this needs to be my next project?
@@Caleb_Denison that’s it!!
i like setting the settings up differently for evey movie so that everything looks just like what i wanted to.
Brilliant Jan 👏👏👏
Ok thank u I’m not the only one😅 I jus want a good viewing experience, I’m constantly adjusting speaker placements and picture settings
I just got an LG C2. I find standard mode with the colors turned to warm are the best for me. Filmmaker mode was nice. But it completely kills all that HDR pop. I like the colors to pop but not too too much. So standard with a few adjustments seems to be the best .
Caleb, your videos are always super helpful. I have one suggestion to make: When I first started with adjusting picture settings on my tv's it took me a while to catch on to the fact that you have to be watching a show that is broadcast or stream in the mode that you want to be adjusting, such as Dolby Vision, HDR, SDR, etc. And that once you make settings adjustments for that mode, the tv(hopefully) will revert to the settings you previously made for that mode. I realize that for most people that watch your videos and actually make picture setting adjustments, this information might be literally innate knowledge, but for those of us that were starting out make custom adjustments, it really took a while to come to that realization.
John, you are spot on.... Like you, I had to learn the hard way as to having the tv content set to my desired tv program...i.e. SDR (cable) Dolby Vision Netflix ..etc. Would be nice if others can mention that as a "requirement for us novices.. LOL!
Your videos have been so helpful. I recently upgraded my 12 year old Samsung ES8000 to a S95C thinking oh yeah I know about tv’s. I had no idea things had changed so much and your videos have been a lifesaver. Without them I’d be lost figuring all these new features and settings out. Thank you.
Thanks for the information. I use to use Vivid when I first bought my 4K OLED TV. Based on a previous vlog of yours. I started using Cinema. But I strongly disagree about occasionally using Vivid. When I watch a 4K stream or BlueRay and 4K DVD, especially with animation, Vivid is what I use. I find the color is brilliant and the picture looks almost like 3D. I use Cinema for everything else. After buying a 4K OLED TV, I feel that Vivid has some uses and shouldn’t be dismissed entirely.
@Leonard Krasner, I also use Vivid. I just got my Sony A80J yesterday. Vivid mode is just so beautiful to me. I love it.
I have a Samsung AU7700. I use Filmmaker Mode. It has good natural colors, and no motion smoothing.
Vivid Mode in my TV looks garish, horrible.
There is an old TV here at home that I use vivid mode, because that TV is so bad that Vivid Mode is the only way to give that TV any appeal in the image.
I agree with you, almost completely. I've got a 2016 Samsung 4K, and I have really enjoy the Vivid mode. As per that previous vid, I switched to Cinema, and it's much better than what I was used to. Maybe it's the age of my unit and the microdot LED rather than OLED technology. Both modes are great, in their respective places.
I use vivid all the time.
I use vivid all the time on my 77” A80J. The XR processor works well with vivid mode.
I use calibrated calibrated dark movie mode and whatever picture mode I think is best for a specific brand of TV. Once you have some experience with using picture settings you can find a picture that you like to watch. I haven't had any of my TV's calibrated but I do know how to use the TV picture settings to my advantage. As far as color temperature I've found that warm is really the best. I'm another one of those people who don't really like motion settings and like a natural picture as possible. But everyone has their own preference for tuning up their own TV's
Honestly I appreciate this. I used to love vivid mode because it's bright but with newer TVs it looks way over done. I'm getting my first oled so videos like this help explain why certain seeing exist.
If it's an LG then go with Filmmaker mode with the OLED Light (not to be confused with brightness) adjusted according to preference and Cinema or Cinema Home for Dolby Vision content. For gaming you'd wan't Game picture mode with colour temp set to Warm 2 and ALLM on if supported.
I got my LG CX a couple of years ago (while it was current) and have loved it ever since.
I typically use Custom, cinema, ISF. These typically are close to the ideal setting. I've been calibrating my tv's since early 90's where I used a ISF calibration laser disc. Today's tv's are very good, and you can really get away with just using cinema mode and call it a day. I will say Sony has always had the best color setting since their XBR CRT's.
I use cinema mode mostly myself as well for most everything I watch. I tweak a bit here & there of course, & watch videos like this on calibration settings and helpful hints.
i would love to use custom as it helps you create a mode from scratch, but LG does not allow custom
Yes, it typically cost a lot of money to have a professional calibrate a audio/video system so I would do it myself.
I used to fiddle with picture settings constantly, trying this reviewer's settings or that reviewer's settings and I just got tired of the constant fiddling and never being satisfied. So I decided to simplify my watching by resetting all the settings first, then carefully choosing which factory picture mode looked best to ME based on the content I was watching. I settled on Standard for watching sports during daytime hours (Sony's is very good) and Custom for movies any time after setting Custom close to Cinema Pro with just a touch of motion smoothing. I'll occasionally switch to Cinema Pro or Cinema Home for movies. For sports at night in a dark room I'll enable Light sensor. On my old Sonys I turn the Black Level down to 40 (from 50) for the deepest blacks.
And you're right, Vivid and Sports are just too cold and obscenely bright for my taste. HDR and Dolby Vision bright for daytime and dark for nighttime. I wish I had an ISF Mode on my sets.
Embarrassingly, the first thing I did while watching this video was switch out of the vivid mode. Then again, I have a Vizio tv that's over 10 years old and both its picture and life is nearing the end. I found and subscribed to your channel about a month ago and plan on upgrading to a Hisense QLED with a Vizio M512a-H6 sound bar in the next month or two. Your videos helped a lot in picking my next tv. I can't comment much on the picture modes you discussed because mine included modes like golf, basketball, game, video and custom. One fun note. I adjusted the settings for my custom mode to a high-contrast, dark black and white to watch modern movies with a noir feel. It went well with Logan.
Woah, I can totally see Logan looking awesome with a noir filter. That first scene would've had serious kill bill/sin city vibes!
Very good video and applies to almost every TV :)
I have a QN90B from Samsung and my personal preference for both SDR and HDR is Standard Mode as it is generally brighter. I also like it because I like to add a little bit of sharpness which helps with HD content in my opinion. The only things I change depending on what I am watching are Color tone and Color space. Standard color tone is sometimes too blue and cold so I switch to Warm1 (personally I would like something in-between). And Native color space sometimes has very unrealistic green colors so I switch it to Auto. In the end it depends on what your eyes are used to and how the content you are watching has been edited (post-processing can make a huge difference in how an image look).
There is such thing as option overload. I’m feeling nostalgic for the days of just brightness and contrast adjustments!
Nobody is forcing you to use any mode. Just use standard.
I'm late to the party but just bought a TV so here I am 6 months later. Thank you Caleb, this was quite helpful. When my new TV arrives, I'll be sure to cast Vivid & Sports modes straight into hell in your name lol... I haven't bought a new TV in a while, so all of these are still a bit daunting but watching this video gives me more confidence in at least being able to fake my way through the set-up.
Vivid is best
I’ve been watching you for a few months now and I must say my interest in televisions and the technology that comes with them has grown excessively. I currently have a 75 inch Q60a Qled Samsung it’s all I can afford lol! I love the tvs you guys post im a total sucker for a great looking picture and I must say these videos don’t help my obsession 😂 love what your doing it’s great and thanks for explaining everything your great hope you get to 1 million subs soon!
Don't forget your 4k player has picture modes that need to be adjusted. I noticed on playing The Fog for example was to Dark.
Then I remembered to go and set the LG 4k players picture mode. You need to do this unfortunately ever disk you play because it resets to Standard picture mode. This fixed the darkness problem.
The better the TV is better in general but you need to still check this setting. Good Video.
I use movie mode most of the time as my TV and gaming rigs are in a room with blackout curtains, and then turn on and off Game Mode as needed. Keep in mind I am using a TCL 43" UHDTV as both my TV and computer monitor. So when watching stuff on any number of the streaming services I use, I just turn game mode off, then, when I go in and play World of Warships or fly in DCS: World or Microsoft Flight Simulator, I just turn on Game Mode for the reduced input lag, and aside from an almost unnoticeable drop in picture quality, the input lag drops considerably which is great for fighting games, first person shooters and great for the fine inputs needed to hover a helicopter.
You should choose whichever looks best for you. On my oled LG I like the Isf modes for both games and movies. Looks great.
On my Panasonic lcd I chose cinema for movies with warm 2. And standard mode for video games with warm 1. Sharpness 0 for everything. Everything else off.
There’s not 1 choice for everything.
What's Isf mode?
I've been shopping for a new TV for a while, need to replace my eight-year-old Sony, which has been a great TV but terribly outdated. I watched several reviews by others and they were helpful, but I have found your reviews far more detailed and more interesting in many ways. You really cover the gamut from beginner to expert, and you obviously know what you're talking about. I also like that you're very opinionated about what you like and don't like and not afraid to say so, always noting that these are your preferences. And your sense of humor is a lot of fun too. So you're the only one I've subscribed to, you're my go-to guy regarding everything TV. By the way, I've noticed that you've now gone well past 1 million subscribers and it's easy to understand why. Keep giving us great information. I'll review many of these videos when I get my TV during the holidays. Thanks for the great work!
I have a Hisense U7G. I use Standard Mode and manually turned off just about everything. Motion Smoothing, Noise Reduction etc. My Contrast & Brightness are both set at 50. My Color is set at 43 & Sharpness is set way down to 7. I used many RUclips TV setup sites at 4K and HDR. Even the blackest blacks show detail like shadows etc. That was hard to get just right. The color is as vivid as you'll ever see naturally or as mild on some videos, had to compromise. Can't stand glowing color. It's as bright as it can get without it looking washed out or blooming.
I hope these ideas help you to set up your own TV. Plan on spending MANY hours going back and forth and remember, changing one setting may change another setting, like brightness affects the contrast setting etc. Good luck and happy viewing.
I am a vivid mode chick. The other settings are too dark
Tv enthusiast don’t understand that the average consumer does not care about getting true to life, color, or lifelike images sometimes people like the Vivid mode, because it looks better than real life
Actually, Vivid Mode has a purpose. At least for me it does. Since it is garbage at a default, one thing it's good for is as a starting point for very bright sun lit rooms. I just adjust things down, contrast, saturation etc and it becomes a great Daytime mode. The other modes just seem too dark in a bright room. Same concept of adjustment, just starting from the other end of the spectrum.
It’s what i do. 😅😊
A few days ago I again sampled the "Retail Store" demo mode on my 2019 Samsung Q90R. It was stunning and reaffirmed that this TV usually looks wonderful, and can provide about as nice a picture as I have ever seen! After I put the TV back into "Home Use" mode, I examined the changes to the settings that the demo mode had made. The TV was in Dynamic Mode. Hmmm. Just sayin'. I do use Standard Mode during the day and often Movie Mode at night having watched so many RUclips videos that say Movie Mode, and now Filmmaker Mode, is the best way to use the TV. But until I got this TV in 2020, I always used whatever high-contrast "dynamic" mode was available. That may have been appropriate until even just a few years ago when TVs gained a brighter picture; but nonetheless, Dynamic Mode is still impressive.
Trust me dude. It's all trickery. I used to be that guy. Dynamic/Demo modes are designed to get your attention. Brightness and saturation are cranked up. It can give eye-catching visuals that really "pop" but it is not a realistic picture. Spend some time (we're talking at least a solid year) with a more accurate picture mode and you'll retrain your eyes. The vivid modes will still look vivid, but they're also look blue-tinted and generally off.
If you use an OLED set then vivid picture modes can even shorten the lifespan if your TV. Give Filmmaker, ISF or Cinema (depending on your set) a real shot and just crank up the backlight or OLED light depending on whether your screen is OLED or backlit.
In the end, it's all entirely your own choice according to your preference. Just be aware that those picture modes will not be giving you an accurate image out of the box. If you prefer a unrealistic image of your TV watching and prefer things to be more vivid than real life then go nuts. Just make sure that you're not falling for the trickery. It can really take some time to retrain your eyes to a more realistic image.
@@j800r_aswell With the 2022 Samsung models I use Movie Mode on its defaults for HDR movies, and Intelligent Mode/Optimized for everything else. But for years dark movies we’re a real problem. Sometimes I still max out gamma and shadow detail, or use Dynamic Mode, and even sometimes watch in SDR via Apple TV 4K, but thankfully this seems to have become less necessary with newer and brighter TVs.
I select Movie/ Cinema mode just to make sure all the so-called 'enhancers' are turned off in the advanced picture section.
Then, I center all the basic adjustments( Contrast, Bright, Color, Tint, sharp).
Next I use HD Video Essentials Blu Ray, or, Spears & Munsil patterns online - the highest res versions I can find, to set those basics to their ideal settings.
My Samsung has a blue only mode for accurately setting the color and hue.
What I end up with is what believe to be as accurate a picture as possible up to before a grayscale job.
Guests seem to notice how realistic the picture is, particularly when it feels like the news anchor is sitting right there, or, it's like looking through a window at a sporting event.
I love sports mode for watching soccer / baseball. Much easier to see the teams and don't care if the color isn't perfect. It's great for sports.
True for sports. Use sport mode
No it's not. It's way too bright. Standard mode is better.
@@Revolver1981 I believe you have an opinion--thank you for sharing that opinion like it is the only valid opinion. Welcome to American tolerance where other people's opinions are not allowed.
My C1 65 lives on Vivid mode with two clicks down on the saturation. Looks spectacular!
I have IMAX Enhanced on my Sony, love how that looks.
The best setting I have ever found in a TV is the natural motion setting in clarity section on my LG nanoscreen. It's like you are on the set with the cast, amazing depth! I set this up under my standard setting.
I find standard to be the best! Once set there I fiddle a little with color, contrast, backlight, tone etc.
Great video...with some great ideas. You are spot-on with your recommendations! And your suggest to "play around with the settings..." if the best advice you can give...Thanks for your time.
Very helpful. I have a 2016 65" Samsung 4K, and I've been locked on vivid almost from the beginning. I saw one of your other vids, you advised turning to Cinema Mode, which I did. I hated it, too "warm", actually too dull and yellow, BUT I held out as advised. It's not bad after a week! I've jiggled up the contrast, pulled back a tad on the back light. It doesn't pop the way Vivid does, but it's a much better picture now than I was expecting. I'm not thrilled with the sports mode, but I like the idea of the higher picture refresh rate - 120 vs 60fps. But the color isn't great. I'm gonna boost the jiggle and the jutter speeds next and see what happen. Sadly, I've fallen in love with that SONY 77" OLED that my wife says I can't have. Gorgeous picture in the Big Box Warehouse store with the ultra bright florescent lighting. You just might be saving me a lot of money, and making my wife a happier woman with these vids. Thanks for the help!
Dude is she your mother? Your an adult. You want that oled, you go get yo self that oled
Just turn on vivid mode and change your white balance to a warmer one.
Both bright and """colour accurate"""
I have seen every other mode in my lg C1 ok?
I like vivid for some reason, the cinema mode makes it look like everything is yellow. I feel like my TV got jaundice. But lately I have been noticing the blue tint in my vivid mode. So I gone to my picture settings, increased the oled pixel brightness and made the white balance to cold 10 which made the whites look neutral, at least to my eye.
BTW I don't care what the director of the film intended the colour to look like, I will just prefer whatever looks good according to me
I'm the calibrator to my eye so idc.
Long message whoever read gets hatsoff
Reminds me of when people get pompous about "authentic" Mexican food. Like... that doesn't mean it tastes good. And everybody has their own way of going things.
@@dickriggles942 idk what you are taking about but I feel like u agree with me🤣
@@randomstorm1973 TL;DR, do what you like and stop letting other people decide for you.
Yep I just did a sanity check and ISF modes on my 2nd Gen OLED looks yellow. VIVID is 100% oversaturated, we know.
@@brbubba yeah, if you change the picture mode to vivid without the 2 point caliberation that Caleb does, then it looks fine, once you make the oled's standard( i mean the picture without post processing) less yellow then the vivid is gonna look more blue. I use vivd, which has lower blue tint than standard , at Warm 5, which is such a sweet spot that it looks soo good. but in HDR i prefer the blue tint as it provides an illusion that the oled is brighter, i am both an LG CX as well as a C1 owner and im pretty sure, thi ssetting looks the same on both.
This is our first smart tv,had no idea I could change picture settings. Thank you for your information.
For those that own a Sony, custom is the most accurate picture mode and is closer to the creators intent. Cinema mode is not as as it also adds things like Dynamic Contrast Enhancer, Live Colour and motion interpolation (soap opera effect) which I find distracting….
Yeah like others are saying Vivid Mode is all I use and in tweak it to my liking. I sometimes turn down the color and other things. But each Vivid mode isn't the same. Specifically on Samsung it looks good, but can be too bright depending on what TV you have.
True , he's not really talking about Samsung, mostly LG and Panasonic.
Vivid or dynamic on Samsung TV can be good especially on animation and MCU/ science fiction.
What's ISF it's not on my Qled.👍
@@rikaardyyz3039 Not sure. Might be brand specific. My sister has a Vizio and her Vivid Mode did look horrible. So yeah it definitely depends on what brand you get
I have the Sony A80J and vivid mode looks amazing to me. I just upgraded from a Samsung KS8000.
I have a Samsung AU7700. I think Vivid Mode looks garish in it. I use filmmaker mode. Far more natural colors, and no motion smoothing.
@@kwesiwilliams1188 I also have a 77” A80J. Vivid mode works wonderfully with the XR processor from Sony
It is known from Sony TVs that the customer mode has the most accurate setting out of the box. in this mode you can of course tweak even further and turn off certain 'improvement settings' or sometimes set it to low.
Onkyo AV receivers with Audyssey have a picture setting that includes ISF Day/Night, plus other picture settings. Combined with the available pictures settings on your TV, the picture is at it's absolute best for your taste. It's a shame that Onkyo decided to switch to AccuQ, which in my opinion, is horrible. Thanks for this enlightening video, because I just upgraded my TV from the Samsung F8000 to the Hisense UG7, and while it doesn't have as many picture settings as the Samsung, the picture is decent, and I've learned from this video how to tweak the picture to it's best.
It's true, lighting for an office is always better using 4000-5000 kelvin instead of a yellow-ish 3000...
It gives better color rendition and is less stressful for most people.
With all of the changes to picture mode that is exactly why I stick the standard and do a little changes here and there
i dislike FILMMAKER because the motion is set to super stutter and I have to go in and change motion to how I like it and NO the creator did not want me to get dizzy with jittery pans
I have noticed this on my samsung qn85a, it smooths and then get jittery and i thought that the no processing was happening on this setting
I've learned that OLED changes pixel colors so quickly that the judder can cause motion sickness. The tech is "too good," so some like to add a twinge of motion smoothing of one flavor or another. Good problem to have.
That's not really Filmmaker mode then
@@dickriggles942 right? but legit put it on the setting and you can tell something funky is happening. So I just went standard mode and adjusted all the settings until I got a picture I liked
yeah, all the time I use clear motion (cinematic movements) helps a little bit without side effects!
I just got an LG G3 last month, but over the last few WEEKS I’ve been messing around with the settings almost every day, amounting to probably dozens of hours spent in the menus, not only to try and get it right, but also to understand everything and… well, getting it right (or close to).
It also doesn’t help that settings are set per… whatever, per app or per “environment”. Like when you have this particular TV on its “Gallery” mode, that has its own set of settings. So if you try to tweak things there and then go back to the Home menu, it won’t carry over, it will have its own settings. Same for when you go into apps or change the HDMI-channel. - And look, I love the flexibility, but that means I need to go through all settings a whole bunch of times, then re-checking if it’s all set right, and that per profile as well. And the fact that menus are kind of clunky and slow to navigate doesn’t help.
Anyway, I’ve narrowed it down to using about 3 profiles, that is Power Saving, just with everything on “neutral”, except no motion-smoothing for any profile (though de-blurring is fine, cause it doesn’t give the smoothing-effect and I kind of doubt it does much at all), then “Standard” quite neutral as well, but with lower processing, and then Filmmaker Mode full-on, but also definitely tweaked (cause it kinda sucks, even in the dark, in my accurate opinion).
One thing that makes it more once again is when it switches to any HDR-mode: It has its own profiles yet again. Filmmaker Mode actually disappears and Cinema-modes appear, as well as the “isf”-ones, at which point everything started over again. - I almost rage-quitted using the TV, but anyway… 😆
Oh, and yea, Game Optimizer for consoles, but also tweaked a lot. Definitely don’t just leave that at neutral. None of the profiles actually, unless you just really want to trust those “movie modes”.
Helpful for general info. It would be great if the menus for the 5-6 most popular TVs were actually walked thru showing modes and what other “tweeks” are best and where to find them. Also mention how they work with diff inputs and if the settings follow the inputs.
For a lot of people I see, getting them to go from Vivid to Standard is progress...
I don't know about the latest high end TVs, but for most "LED" LCDs I suggest getting in the settings and turning down the Backlight if possible and room brightness permits. Better dark levels and much better chance of the thing holding up more than a few years and not turning purple. Give it some actual Brightness not Contrast if needed to bring out the signal. Oddly most of the dark modes and even Eco have max. backlight settings, planned obsolescence?
I would be interested to see a review of the new Samsung QN95B. The smart calibration via the Smart Things app doesn't work on the latest Samsung S22 phone 🤔🤔
Tv is overrated and you can brick it using the phone calibration
Vivid mode does have its uses. I've found it helps when watching old faded color movies! Movie mode gives a yellow cast that I dislike.
U will get used to it and prefer it all day long. But u have to give it a Chance. It took me around 5 days to adapt and like it. U will appreciate all the colors and whenever u switch back to vivid u will know what i am talking about.
Its an acquired taste, like your first time trying beer. If you cant understand the reasonings why its better just take our word for it (Y).
You can adjust yellow cast in vivid / dolby vision going step colder in white setting colour
I love vivid mode on my tv’s!!!! I love the bright colors and all!!!
Super underrated use for vivid mode. Early generation color film always looks a little faded.
I use power saving mode quite a lot especially if I have the news on or a boring sporting event, the only time I turn it off is during movies so many modern movies are way too dark!
that's a good use case
Thank Celeb for helping me pick my new tv , goin from a 55 inch Samsung 15 years old , I still have in my master bedroom, still looks good, I went with the Samsung s 95 C 65 inch in my den / game room ! Been 4 months still haven’t got it right yet but I’m getting there and this video will probably nail it !! It probably took me almost a year to get my first Samsung right so I’m ahead of the game lol😂 filmmaker and movie I think are the best , with adjustments, but eco is winning me over some times too!! I’m old getting picky lol😂
Standard Mode is always the best to me. Other modes do not come close.
Tbh, I have to watch almost everything in vivid on my tv just so I can see what is happening - certainly when watching movies or tv shows through my Android streaming box. Standard, Cinema modes et al, are all so damn dark.
Same here I agree
@caleb
Been watching your videos for some time now, ever since I bought an LG B2 OLED a few months ago, and connected it with a JBL Bar 1000 for some cool home theatre setting. I thought I should mention this: Apart from all the information you give out that's been super useful for a not-an-expert-but-likes-to-tinker-with-settings kinda person like me, the thing I have most enjoyed, almost as much as the information itself, is your casual but wonderful sense of humour. Makes watching your videos all the more fun, and not just useful (which it also is aplenty). So here's a shoutout to you: Thank you for taking the trouble to make these videos. You have made a difference to my life from across the other side of the planet, and for that I'm grateful.
Cheers
Roy, from far-away India.
I’m a proud owner of a 2021 Samsung QN90A and I’m a little embarrassed to say I use Vivid mode for all my Xbox Series X gaming and have always thought the picture is stunningly bright. Beats every other mode in my opinion. I’m the farthest thing from a tv display expert though, I just know what I like. Great video!
I too watch vivid mode.
Caleb... Caleb... Caleb... I have a 85inch Neo QLED! I absolutely love having my TV in Dynamic, Always have and always will! You take those harsh comments back! 🤣
Well done and well explained was waiting for something like this for all the people out there that aren’t quite sure what they should do with their settings.
Vivid mode is fine just relax
I just recently got a Sony A90K and was having a heck of a time removing all motion processing. Just turning off everything I could find wasn't working and it wasn't until someone suggested I try 'Game Mode' that I found the solution. I had to go in and tweak the colors to my liking, but the motion was *so* much better. The difference was amazing. So much for 'Cinema Mode'. 🙄
Thanks for going thru all of this. On the LG TV I had been using Game Mode with several adjustments, because it looked really good to me, and still does in a way. Ironically, I have never played games on the TV and never will. Then I discovered Cinema Mode after reading about and found that it's really better, since I mostly watch movies from every period on the TV. It did take a while to get used to Cinema Mode but I'm glad I settled on it.
Try Filmmaker with the OLED Light adjusted to your preference and then Cinema for Dolby Vision. Once I learned that combo I haven't looked back.
I do Game a lot so I have to use the Game picture mode then, but turning down Sharpness and setting colour temp to Warm 2 (same as Filmmaker and Cinema modes) gets the job done.
Do u know How to get it saved please
Why the mode settings never stays as i changed to cinema, it comes back to vidio itself?
Just purchased Sony 65’ A90J . Each picture mode feels appropriate for different views.
Should I have it professionally calibrated?
Tried all those settings, Dolby Vision FTW!!!
Modes on TCL QM8 are different entirely. Each can be adjusted independently. I bough the QM8 after watching your review. All modes look terrific depending on external light .
Dolby vision bright on my Hisense H9G is sublime.
Vivid on the LG C2 is amazing. Idk what you’re talking about dude.
Thank you for making the argument for Warm50/ D.65 white point. I had no idea how conditioned I was into watching a cold, blown out picture.
Shout out to HDTV Test for really illustrating it using the snowy mountain Fellowship of the Ring.
I have vivid mode and it’s perfect. Don’t like cinema, sports , standard or any of the other. Vivid mode has perfect color.
very helpful video tq.but what is the best picture setting for sony tv(x900h) custom or cinema.plz do make a video featuring sony tvs picture setting and processing capabilities especially clarity setting
On my 65A90J I immediately went for Custom Mode and chose the best settings for color accuracy. Checked well-known forums and RUclipsrs as a resource for these settings. I checked Standard/Bright/Vivid too just too see what I may be missing in brightness (much) but since it's a OLED and I always watch in a dark room I'm more than fine with and even prefer the "not 100% brightness" setting.
For my parents TV I have to choose Vivid but then have to turn down the blue a lot so that snow looks white instead of blue. They don't really care about color accuracy or 4K UHD 100 Mbps Blu-ray or Dolby Atmos. They keep their lights on and use the TV speakers.
What year did all these options become available? Our Samsung 55” Smart TV from 2013 doesn't have them.
I feel sad after reading these comments. Its amazing how everyone can have a unique perspective. Its sad so few people comprehend what a calibrated TV can do for depth of colour. A truly beautiful dark scene where details can be spotted in the full contrast from bright to dark. Not overexposed or oversaturated colours.
Picture modes such as vivid vs. standard vs. the remaining noted are very subjective. Also from experience (a lot longer in this world of TVs than you) it depends on the TV. I have one sony set to vivid anther to cinema. I sometimes believe it may have something to do with the size and location. My 65 looks better in vivid, but it is a larger room, TV positioned further away from standard viewing locations, whereas, the 55" is in the bedroom, I am closer and cinema looks better.
Plus you have differences in broadcast between cable, vs. digital reception vs. satellite vs. 1080 vs. 4K vs. via different type of DVD (1080, 1080 upscaled to 4K, 4K). That all needs to be taken into account. (Won't go into medical reasons such as someone with cataracts would most likely like standard mode better due to the darkening of the eye due to the cataract, and that is only one of ee problems people might have, it is one I had years ago and I had adjusted the TV at the time to Standard; after surgery to remove the cataracts, I then played around and standard for me was way TOO bright.
My belief is the person needs to sit with the same lighting and get something on TV they normally watch and scroll through the settings and look and see HOW THEY LIKE THE SETTINGS THEY HAVE PICKED.
You do a great job of explaining many of the technical items on a TV such as arc vs. earc etc., but again, this item is very subjective to the actual viewers, and I saw no proof of your statements on settings that apply to ALL TVs sold. They all interpret these modes differently.
As for what they ship with, of course most will ship in standard mode...the name standard implies that is what many will like and is a starting point. Only makes sense to ship in standard mode.
Explain the difference, but when you give YOUR opinion it is NO longer a reviews or very informative. To be totally informative, NO opinions are wanted, only facts.
Thank you this is a great starting platform can play with your suggestions to improve further.
Kudos for getting to 1M! And thanks for the data. (Also, thanks for not showing yourself from the side when you're not even talking to a live audience, which I find phony and annoying when people do it.)
Does this apply to watching cable broadcast tv? Everything mentions movies and gaming
My Sony A8H has two motion settings I'm confused about.
Motionflow, and CineMotion...what's the difference?
How can u see the messages that pop up when the lg oled starts up ? Thanks
My Sanyo TV has Standard, MIld, Vivid, and Manual. That's all. Manual requires I select all kinds of values I do not understand. So "Mild" maybe for best picture?
who care about getting the most accurate color temperature ? select the mode you like the most and that's it !
I like mine with cold temp, I don't care if it's a bit too blue( it doesn't ), I think it look better
Another excellent video. We'll see where the options go in a year or two, but Dolby Vision done correctly is amazing.
On my sony x90j I usually stick with cinema,imax or calibrated on Netflix
That is so true it's the same thing for any device people just unbox it and just use it don't bother updated it don't bother do anything to it.
This my comment … today TV’s have to many adjustment, that are not need!! There is a television broadcast standard that’s used to broadcast television signals (that’s over the air directly from the station’s transmitting antenna, or via cable or satellite provider, etc.). All that said, the standard NTSC (Analog), ATSC (Digital) give you what your suppose to have in a television signal! I worked in television transmission for 26 years before I retired in 2007! There have been adjustments in television sets from the very first B/W TV’s to todays flat panels, for what reason, personal preference! Yes, most people just take the TV out of the box and watch it as is! Most people that know me and want me to adjust there TV for them are usually amazed at the results after I’m through! Enough said and I’ll shut up now!
Avatar in Vivid looks mad Beaut!
I don't like standard I prefer dynamic or vivid mode really brings out the color range to me
Your TV must be awful. I have one old TV here at home that needs Vivid Mode, otherwise it looks so dull. But in my new TV, a Samsung AU7700, I use Filmmaker Mode, and the colors are very natural and perfect, while Vivid Mode looks garish.
Filmmaker Mode also turns off motion smoothing, which is a plus. In my TV, it really is the closest out-of-the-box to match original artistic intent.
Wayyyyy too bright n saturated imo
I use vivid mode,love the colors pop and the brightness at high.
Casual
Thanks for your suggestions
I got my colors back.........
I spent a lot of time and found vivid the best, o well. set backlight to 45% , not pic brightness backlight , tv runs a lot cooler.
Just my 2 cents......I have always used "movie" or "cinema" mode, on my TVs. Right now I'm using a 65" Samsung. It's a fact that the "movie" mode makes the picture look a bit darker and not only that but I turn the "brightness" down to about 20 or 25%. Then I turn the "contrast" up to about 70%. This eliminates a bright light in a nighttime picture, from bleeding across the screen - very distracting!!!! This gives the picture a very cinematic look, akin to what you see when you go out to the movies. I do not change these settings - ever!!! The picture always looks perfect whether it's daylight, nighttime - lights on or lights off. And the color is always perfect.
I remember going to my cousin's house one day. He had just gotten a brand new 45 or 50" TV. He was showing it off to me and I didn't have the heart to tell him that the picture was HORRIBLE!!! It was a bluray disc of a new movie and because of his picture settings, it looked like it was shot on video tape!!! Too, too bright with fake looking people and sets, if you know what I mean. Like watching a soap opera on TV. Eventually the conversation got to a point where I could ask him if I could make some adjustments (just to see if he liked it better.) He agreed so I started tweaking and lo and behold - it was actually a cinematic experience!!! It took me about 90 seconds. He could not believe what he was seeing!!! He was almost crying. I kid you not. That was about 5 or 6 years ago and he still thanks me, profusely every single time we see each other......like I said - just my 2 cents.
I have a big gripe with Filmmaker Mode or any of the “accuracy”-centric modes in my LG G3, and that is that they kinda suck. - First of all, yea, they’re indeed too dark, even in a completely dark room up close, because it just doesn’t make highlights very bright and rather dim and muted, which just sucks and makes having a high-contrast image kind of pointless. It’s almost like watching on an IPS-panel, minus the true-blacks. - Also, it makes intentionally dark sources even darker. For example, I’ve been watching ‘Stranger Things’, which is not only dark with even crushed blacks, but also mostly lacks bright highlights, cause they want to emulate that film-look (actually, it was transferred to real film, but I’m sure they flattened to contrast even more). And it looks like that in HDR and the panel pretty much at full blast. And the G3 get blindingly bright.
So if it already looks muted full-on, Filmmaker Mode and the like are just going to make for a weak experience being as dark as they are.
What’s more is the overly warm white-balance. - I’ve seen other people debate this, but those who consider it too yellow are just correct, and it’s not a matter of “getting used to it”. Which you can, but then you’re just forcing your brain to think yellow is neutral, like with indoor home lighting usually being rather yellow and that becoming “neutral”.
And true, “zero”, at least on this panel, is rather cold, but not bad. I’d say you shouldn’t go lower than 25 on the Warm side (it goes to 50 on this one), but definitely not 50 as it comes in those movie-modes. It just looks like an “old film filter”, trying too hard to look “classic” or something. I found that you can still go as high as 40, but probably 30-35 to not have it too warm, but definitely not over 40. - I mean, if it still looks yellow-ish when the room-lights I have are like 3000k yellow lights, something’s wrong.
I was perfectly happy with Standard Mode not until I upgraded my TV in 2018 to the Samsung NU8000 and 'discovered' Movie mode
always pick vivid. It blows your eyes out baby
Vivid is a nice gimmic. But if you want actual legit stick with Movie, but make sure to go through settings too.
My father had macular degeneration so HAD to use vivid mode on their LG set. The backlighting failed after only a few years, and that was only using the set about half each year. (Snowbirds)
Helpful video. What about “IMAX Mode”? What is the deal with this mode? Why is it even a mode on the 2021 Sony TV’s but not the 2020 TVs even though the 2020 TVs are marketed as “IMAX Enhanced compatible”?
I can't tell a difference between imax and cinema on my 75 x90j
Hdr-effect mode on my LG 65CX
Very nice to watch normal tv
Dolby Vision Dark is my go-to mode.
Every house I go to I grab the remote fix their picture settings and they are shocked at how good their TV looks
I love your channel. I bought the Sony 75X950G based on your recommendation. I will get the 85 QD Oled by Sony if it ever comes out.
Awesome! Glad to hear it.
On my Sony, I always use Custom when looking at anything other than daytime TV - such as watching the news and so on, where I use Standard. Always served me well. Didn't see anything about IMAX Enhanced Mode in the video, though - I'm still not sure what it does as I see little difference from the Custom I usually use.
see where guys repairing LED light strips on TVs and their recommendation was turn brightness & backlight down to 25 (out of 100) so those LEDs won't burn out so fast as they are the light source for all colors.
Great video man! I have a question that never seems to be asked, can you lower the panel brightness on filmmaker mode for both SDR and HDR without compromising it's inbuilt colour accuracy?