WARNING: This Sneaky TV Setting Will RUIN Your Picture Quality if You Don't

So In a nutshell. He wants you to turn the energy saving feature off and you will get a brighter picture. There I saved you 10 minutes.

Now I have to rewatch my 30 best movies on my 4K Sony tv, because yes, this was "on" and now when its off, its brighter and colours are better. Thanks!

He is so right. I make it a habit of trying to go through all the settings on my tech. When I toggled between ambient lighting and power saver modes, the screen got ridiculously dark. So I’ve kept it off ever since then.

I remember stumbling across this on my 50" non-OLED LG I bought last summer, and was surprised to find its default setting was already off. This is definitely something worth checking for on any new smart TV though. Good video and explanation.

Thanks. Now I can watch the world burn in much more detail. 👍

This has to be the most useful TV setup guide I have ever seen on YT. I just happen to have a LG B2 65" TV. I followed the exact step in this Guide, going to Support, Energy Saving, disable. My TV brighted up immediately after the change. This setting is very sneaky and it was hidden from me years after purchasing. Thanks to this video, I could be able to chase it down to the root and disable it for good. One thing to remind you all though: THIS ENERGY SAVING WILL BE RANDOMLY TURNED BACK ON AGAIN IF YOUR TV RECEIVEs ANY UPDATE. It is not a big deal, you just have to disable it again after each update.

OMG ! For the past few years I was wondering why some films/shows seem to be so dark on my Samsung and even though I played around with the video settings, it never occurred to me it was anything to do with power saving. I did what Vincent said and it's much better now with that additional brightness. Thank you my Brother ! 🙂👍

I'm so glad you took the time to demonstrate this problem. I've been trying to figure it out and just can't quite get it done. Now you have found the solution.

So glad I found out about this setting. The screen looks even better now, I've never been a fan of light sensors on tv's and monitors, It can get really annoying.

Yeah I noticed this thing a few months ago on my QLED and spend much time wondering why the HDR effect was so dim, even in a room that wasn't very bright. I then turned off all picture enhancements AND Eco settings which then started to give a higher brightness already, even in various modes (Standard, Natural etc). Prior to this, I would be disabling HDR entirely. Turning off the eco settings definitely helps on the budge and mid-range panels where the peak brightness is not as high as the more expensive panels, naturally. I left the ambient light sensor option enabled for now, but will keep an eye on it incase I feel the need to disable that also, since I feel it can help reduce eye-strain when viewing in a dark room at night time.

The biggest problem we have is this "active contrast" thing where if you're watching a dark widescreen film, when a bit of light appears, the picture suddenly goes brighter, even the black bars at the top and bottom of the screen. Very annoying and completely negates the point of having dark scenes if all it does is try and lift the brightness.

Fixed our LG 72" TV with the spotlight effect in the black bars. It was driving me crazy. Now the black bars top and bottom are noticeably unaffected by the the annoying spotlight flashing. Especially when credits roll. Great info! Thanks you!😊

I couldn't get over how much darker The Expanse looked on my Samsung 4k, compared to viewing it on my laptop. I could brighten up the picture on my laptop but not my tv. I watched a video that told me the same thing that this video is telling us. Now I can see in the rooms on the different ships. It worked.

A 5 year problem that plagued me. Thank you so very much. I was finally able to rewatch Season 8 Episode 3 of Game of Thrones - The Long Night, and was actually able to see it clearly, so very happy right now, and grateful.

most excellent.!! I changed my LG 55" and it is like a new image has been born. The image is incredible.!!

I've "clicked here" so many times you sneaky bastard and now you've gotten me to watch all your videos and I don't even own a nice TV.

The intro💀💀 This man is a legend!

I had a 42” Panasonic plasma I bought in 2010. Always wondered why it was so dim and continuously asking friends if the picture look good? Of course they said “sure man it’s fine.” One day in 2013 I discovered this hidden feature and was amazed by the picture quality. I feel in game modes, or even custom profile these settings should be off by default. Frustrating, but now I know haha

For an OLED tv would this extra brightness create image retention faster? I own a 55inch LG C1, very keen on knowing if turning the energy saving off could cause burn in at a faster rate.

Just found the setting for my Samsung. WOW what an improvement. Blown away by the better picture. THANK YOU.