Bought a new tv and I can't help but notice that it came with the contrast and color cranked the all way up, right out of the box. I suppose so the picture looks "better" to your average consumer.I fear that this is how the masses are watching their tvs now, completely oblivious to how fucked up their picture settings are. And I weep for how many films are experienced for the first time in such a sorry state.And the real kicker is the tv didn't need the fluff job at all. The color and clarity look fucking great at normal levels. It's stupid, it's pointless, and it only makes the manufacturer look deceptive in the end.
Okay, but how does this affect me personally
>>217021216motion smoothing is even worse
>>217021216I’ve been there
still better than ""filmaker""" mode
>>217021306>be me>boomer parents have new tv>ask them to turn off motion smoothing>they say there isn't any difference>i turn it off later since they don't care>weeks pass >i mention how much better it looks without the smoothing >they go and reset it to factory defaults and tell me to stop messing with their picture, the creators know better than meplease kill me
>>217021404you're a retard
>>217021216Go to settingsChangeThanks. I charge by the hour btw
>>217021423>>i mention how much better it looks without the smoothingThere's your mistake. Every time I visit family or friends with screwed up settings I just fix it when they aren't looking. Not once has anyone seemed to notice.
>>217021426ok then have fun with buying a tv just to nerf it
Yeah you have to mess with the settings yourself. Or you can hire someone to calibrate it properly for you, really fucking stupid that this is a thing now but whatever.
>>217021216Wait till you realise what interpolation is>>217021423>having to brag about being rightYou sound insufferable. Go back, turn it off again, and don't say shit.
>>217021442>>217021514My point is why the fuck are they cranked all the way up in the first place.
>>217021950tvs are designed to sit on brightly lit show floors playing carefully selected footage that flexes their abilities, all the defaults are configured around this because it's the last part before they get their money
>>217021950It might be this>>217022044But I speculate it has to do with HDR. It's a nice technology but it is very poorly implemented to the point that almost all HDR content looks like shit regardless if you mess with the settings or not. The only time I ever bother with HDR is with video games but even then sometimes it is just so fucking bad.
>>217021491you're a retard
>>217022044>>217022323When I first got it there was a selection between retail mode and home entertainment mode. If I had selected the former, the insane settings would've made sense, but I didn't.Speaking of vidya, I'd also like to add that gayming on my new tv was giving me constant screen tearing.. until I turned "gaming mode" off.Without the juiced up settings, without the gaming mode it's a great film and gaming tv. All this shit is unnecessary and I can't figure out what the profit incentive was for them to include it.
