Check your TV for three settings you must never use – millions ruining their television sets with painful mistakes
THERE are three TV settings that are generally best avoided.
Don’t let your television quality be hampered by simple mistakes that can easily be fixed.
Motion smoothing
Motion Smoothing is a controversial TV setting that is often switched on by default.
Modern televisions can typically display 60 frames per second, and sometimes two or four times that number.
But most TV shows or movies are shot at either 24 or 30 frames per second.
TVs use Motion Smoothing to account for this mismatch.
It simply uses guesswork to create fake frames between real frames to make the footage appear smoother.
But it can result in strange visual artifacts.
And you’re also failing to get the true cinematic experience that was captured by the director.
That’s why it’s often slated by die-hard film fans.
Sports Mode
If you’re not viewing sports, please don’t use Sports Mode.
That’s because Sports Mode tends to activate Motion Smoothing (see above), which creates strange TV guesswork artifacts.
And even if you are watching the big game, you may still want to avoid Sports Mode.
It typically creates a very artificial image by adjusting the colors, contrast and brightness.
You’re probably better off simply using the default TV mode and adjusting brightness, contrast, color and sharpness to your own tastes.
Some TVs will let you save this as your own custom mode, which you can then reactivate next time you’re watching sports.
Noise Reduction
If you’ve got a decent TV and you’re watching high-quality content, don’t bother with noise reduction.
It creates a smoothing effect in areas of the picture.
This ultimately means that you’re losing detail, which is the last thing you want.
Don’t leave it on as standard.