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Great like The best TVs She, often doesn’t look her best right out of the box. If you’ve recently purchased a new TCL TV, or even if you’ve had one for a while, adjusting the following settings can radically improve the picture. The result will be more natural and closer to what the creators of the shows and movies you’re watching intended when they created them.
TCL remote in front of QM9K TV
The settings listed below do not require any specialized knowledge or equipment. Even simple modifications, such as changing photo mode, It can produce great results, and a few tweaks to other settings, such as contrast and brightness, can make a big difference.
You can’t damage your TV by changing any of these settings, and if you want to go back to how it was before, it’s easy to put it back. Let’s get started.
Navigate the settings menu
TCL QM6K features Google TV interface.
Once you’ve done the initial setup, like pairing the remote, connecting the TV to your Wi-Fi network and accepting (or not accepting, if you’re able) anything Data sharing policiesYou can start adjusting the image. Different TCL TVs use different “operating systems”, also known as the user interface. For example, some use Roku while others use Google TV. Although the way to access the settings may be different, all of them will allow you to adjust the image quality. Also, not every TCL TV has all of these settings, but most should.
Picture mode
All TCL TVs have modes called standard, clear, sports and film. Some will have too tasty and exit. widely, exit and film It will be the most accurate and closest to what the creators intended.
If your TV is in Standard or Vivid mode, when you first switch to Movie or Movie Maker, the changes will initially look very “warm” or “yellow/orange.” This is because most of the other modes are cooler Color temperatureand when you switch to a more subtle option, it will look warm in comparison. Give it some time, it will look natural, and other modes will start to look too “brilliant” or “bluish”. You can also adjust the color temperature separately. This may come as a surprise, however Warm This is usually the most accurate setting on most TVs.
It is worth noting that in the TV editor Ty Pendlebury’s recent reviews of some TCL TVsthere wasn’t much difference between movie mode and director mode, although the latter was slightly better. In general, Movie Maker tends to turn off most image enhancements like sharpness and TV series effect, so it gives you the best settings right away.
Some streaming content is included with a specific tag indicating when Filmmaker Mode is optimal, for example, and TCL TVs can feature Automatic content to get to knowany He should Switch to Movie Maker mode. However, not all content that looks best in Filmmaker mode has this tag.
Smart mode
This mode automatically selects the best picture based on the content and viewing environment — that is, it adjusts the settings based on what it thinks you’re watching, as well as the amount of ambient light in the room. Personally, I prefer to leave the screen in one position. Nothing will look wrong in Movie or Movie Maker mode. If you prefer the look of your TV in a different mode while watching certain content, that’s fine, but for scripted movies and TV shows, film or exit They are the best options. Does the TV know this and adjust again? I’m not sure I trust any TV to do it right every time, to be honest.
Important note: Some TVs have different picture settings for each input and for the TV’s internal applications. Once you have your TV looking the way you want it, check a different input (if you’re using one), and check if the settings have been carried over. Some TCL TVs have a labeled feature Apply all image settingswhich, as its name suggests, lets you apply image settings to other inputs.
The menu style will vary depending on the TV, but everything will look like this.
Edit the image
While most TV picture modes are a set-it-and-forget-it affair, TVs come with a host of other settings, which allow you to customize the picture further. If you want to try to make your TV look better, you can experiment, but even TV reviewers tend to choose the default picture modes as they come in the box. However, that’s what the additional settings do.
interview
Adjusts the intensity of the brightest parts of the image. If this is set too high, it will “wash out” the light. For example, instead of a bright cloud in the sky, it would be a featureless white blob. This is probably fairly close to where it should be out of the box. Use bright scenes to spot them, especially with the clouds mentioned above. Skiing/snowboarding content is another good option.
On the left is what The cafe It should look like. On the right, when the brightness control is set too low. Notice how the shadows disappear completely.
brightness
This adjusts the brightness of the darkest parts of the image. Set it too low, and the shadows will be too dark to see. On some TVs brightness The control adjusts the overall brightness, instead Black level The control adjusts shadows only. Dark films are ideal for adjusting the black level.
If your TV has a separate backlight control, or if the brightness control adjusts the TV’s total light output, there is no right or wrong setting. When set to its highest levels, the TV may be too bright to watch at night and will consume slightly more power. It’s normal to adjust this based on how much light is in the room. More about the automatic settings for this below.
Color and pigment
You should not modify these.
Sharpness
counter, Lower sharpness is often better. Sharpening doesn’t “add” sharpness – it adds edge enhancement, which can increase noise, introduce artificial-looking edges to objects, and even hide fine details in the image. I’d be careful too Digital noise reductionbecause it does not know what is actual noise and what is just film grain or fine details in the image. The gradient is clear It can help remove “steps” in color grading for some content. Most people aren’t bothered by these things, but if you notice them, this feature may help reduce them.
To learn more about these settings, see Instantly improve your TV’s picture by changing these simple settings.
Advanced settings
If you’re willing to go a little further, you can tweak a lot of settings to fine-tune the image Professional TV calibrationIn particular, you will use these.
Gamma
Gamma It is, to simplify, how bright the mid-bright parts of an image are. So, not the brightest parts of the image (which are adjusted using the Contrast control) and not the darkest parts (which are the Brightness or Black Level controls), but how bright something is, say, 50%. There is more than thisbut a smaller number will make the image appear brighter, but it may also make it appear flat, artificial, or washed out.
A Photoshopped illustration showing what different gamma settings would look like. Notice the difference in the brightness of the shadows (foreground), midtones (level in the distance), and highlights (clouds).
Motion clarity and clear LED movement:
Clarity of movement It is TCL’s motion compensation technology. This is also called MEMC or colloquially the TV series effect. If you think your TV looks weird or the motion is “too smooth” or everything looks like a soap opera or soap opera, this is why. It can make sports seem sharper and more realistic, but it also makes movies and scripted TV shows look cheap and artificial. I highly recommend turning it off.
Clear LED movementOn the other hand, it is also called Black Frame Insert (BFI). This inserts a dark or black frame between the normal video frames. This can sharpen the motion with all content and doesn’t add any weird motion like Motion Clarity. However, it makes the image a little darker overall, and some people may see flicker. It’s worth checking out this feature to see if you like it. For some content, it may be ideal.
Illustration of black frame insert. The original video will contain 60 images per second of the fish. A TV with BFI “inserts” 60 black images between the real images.
Anything dynamic or adaptive
Personally, I’m not a fan of the named modes mobile or Adaptation. TVs always look their best when they are set correctly in one mode and not changed based on what you think the content should look like. This includes Adaptive color temperature, Black extension, Dynamic color, Dynamic contrast and Local variation.
The exception, depending on your room and TV, is Adaptive brightnesswhich adjusts the screen brightness based on ambient light. in contrast, Dynamic brightness Adjusts the brightness of the image based on the signal. So dark scenes are darker, and bright scenes are brighter. This may seem a little strange as the TV buzzes up and down with certain movies or shows. To turn this off, use the TV menu, which is usually marked with a ‘hamburger button’ icon (three stacked lines or dots). When you select this, a separate menu will appear at the bottom of the screen. If your TV has a light sensor, go right and disable it Adaptive brightness -This will give you the best picture.
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