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LG OLED TVs across the board are excellent – they dominate our list of thebest LG TVsfor good reason. The way every pixel in thebest OLED TVscan produce its own light and colour consistently gives us beautifully dynamic, precise and cinematic pictures, and LG has a rich history of partnering OLED’s innate talents with powerful picture processing, exceptional calibration flexibility, and in recent years, advanced gaming features.
1. Using the Vivid picture preset
Understandably, many LG OLED buyers want to feel like they’re getting the maximum picture quality bang for their buck when they get their expensive new TV home. As a result the temptation to switch to its Vivid picture preset, which ramps up colour saturations, brightness and contrast to the outer reaches of what the screen is capable of, is hard to resist.
We strongly recommend that you do resist it, though. For starters, the Vivid mode’s aggressiveness puts pressure on OLED’s organic elements, potentially wearing them out faster over the long term. Also, though, it makes the picture look seriously unnatural.
We’re not saying everyone should have their TV professionally calibrated to produce 100% ‘accurate’ pictures, but the Vivid mode pushes colours and contrast so hard that the balance between different picture elements is lost, and the image can actually become quite tiring to watch.
The Standard preset is a much more refined and balanced option for regular day to day viewing. But see also point two…
2. Sticking with one picture preset for all viewing
Research shows that the vast majority of people never touch their picture settings once they’ve finished initial set up. Even though it’s pretty self-evident that the best settings for watching, say, a 30 frames per second sports broadcast will not be the same as the best settings for watching a 24 frames a second film.
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3. Not experimenting with default motion settings
You may have seen video messages from the likes of Tom Cruise and Denis Villeneuve recently telling you to turn off motion processing on your TV. While we don’t think the situation is quite as clear cut as that, it is true that sticking with the default ‘TruMotion’ settings on LG TVs is typically a mistake. Especially when you’re watching films.
We’d advise either following film industry advice and simply turning TruMotion off or, if that leaves the picture looking too juddery for your tastes, either trying the Cinematic Movement motion system available on the past couple of LG OLED generations, or choosing the ‘Custom’ TruMotion option and setting both the judder and blur reduction components to around a third of their full power.
4. Not turning off Energy Saving mode
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