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Whether you’re looking to buy a Hisense TV or already have one, you may be wondering how to get the best possible picture quality. The Hisense settings menu offers a surprisingly wide range of options for getting the best picture for your space. You can change everything from the basics like brightness and contrast levels to more advanced options like color space and Kalman calibration (if you have the tools).
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Your changes can be applied to all media sources or to just one, making it easy to set up multiple custom picture modes that you can switch between instantly. And don’t worry, if you mess up or change your mind, there’s a handy reset button at the bottom of the picture settings menu that restores every option to its factory default.
To help you with the process, I’ve written a menu map for setting various picture settings so you can spend more time actually using your Hisense TV and less time lost in a sea of ​​sliders and checkboxes.
one more option
If you just want to make a few selections and start watching your favorite shows and movies, or playing video games, the new Hisense TVs offer plenty of “set and forget” picture options. There are seven picture mode presets: Standard, Sports, Energy Saving, Theater Night, Theater Day, Filmmaker, and Vivid. Each offers different brightness, contrast, color processing and refresh rates to suit different types of media, making it easy to switch from movies to games.
To get even more from the presets, you can toggle on a few more options.
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- Settings > Picture > Auto Picture Mode/Content Type Detection/Intelligent Scene/Automatic Light Sensor all turned on
- Picture > Brightness > Active Contrast On > HDR Enhancer On
- Color > Low Blue Light On > Dynamic Color Enhancer
- Clarity > Super Resolution On > Motion Enhancement Standard > Motion Clarity Off
By toggling on all these options, your Hisense TV will automatically detect the type of content you’re watching, switch picture modes, and optimize settings for smooth motion, clear detail, and bold colors, all without you having to lift a finger.
for live tv
If you primarily want to use your Hisense TV to watch live news, sports, and entertainment, it only takes a few tweaks to set it up for the best picture:
- Settings > Pictures > Games
- Brightness > Local Dimming High > Brightness 100 > Contrast 75 > Black Level 25 > Dark Detail On > Gamma 2.2 > Active Contrast On > HDR Enhancer On
- Color > Color 50 > Color 0 > Color Temperature Standard > Low Blue Light On > Color Space DCI-P3 > Dynamic Color Enhancer
- Clarity > Sharpness 25 > Smooth Gradient Medium > Super Resolution Off > Noise Reduction Medium > MPEG Noise Reduction Medium > Motion Enhancement Standard > Motion Clearance Off
for streaming
If you’ve broken away from your satellite or cable provider and started streaming your content exclusively, you can get a cinema-quality picture with changes in a few key areas:
- Settings > Picture > Filmmaker Mode
- Brightness > Local Dimming Medium > Peak Brightness High > Brightness 50 > Contrast 40 > Black Level 10 > Dark Detail On > Gamma BT1886 > Active Contrast Off > HDR Enhancer On
- Color > Color 50 > Color 0 > Color Temperature Warm1 > Low Blue Light On > Color Space DCI-P3 > Dynamic Color Enhancer Low
- Clarity > Sharpness 3 > Smooth gradient off > Super Resolution off > Noise Reduction medium > MPEG Noise Reduction > medium > Motion Enhancement Film > Motion Clearance off
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I thought Hisense’s Filmmaker mode preset was a little dark, so I increased the brightness to 50 and changed the local dimming option from low to medium to better my chances of seeing exactly what’s going on in dark scenes.
for gaming
Hisense TVs make great screens for dedicated gaming spaces or for TVs that need to pull double duty as a family entertainment box. And while Hisense Smart TVs don’t have any specific picture mode for gaming, you can create your own picture mode with a few quick adjustments:
- Settings > Picture > Vivid Mode
- Brightness > Local Dimming Medium > Peak Brightness Medium > Brightness 100 > Contrast 75 > Black Level 10 > Dark Detail On > Gamma 2.2 > Active Contrast Off > HDR Enhancer On
- Color > Color 55 > Color 0 > Color Temperature Warm 2 > Low Blue Light Off > Color Space DCI-P3 > Dynamic Color Enhancer
- Clarity > Sharpness 25 > Smooth gradient low > Super Resolution off > Noise reduction mode > MPEG Noise Reduction mode > Motion enhancement standard > Motion clarity off
Vivid Picture mode gives you bright, bold colors that suit a variety of art styles across different game genres, and by increasing black levels and enabling Dark Detail, you can boost contrast to make characters and interest points pop against landscapes.
for control freaks
The new Hisense TVs offer a wide range of options for users who like to control every aspect of their TV’s picture quality. If you navigate to Settings > Picture, you’ll see the Picture calibration settings option at the bottom.
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It gives you access to sliders that let you fine-tune white balance, adjust the hue and saturation of individual colors, run a 20-point gamma calibration test to adjust contrast, and even use Calman calibration. Be careful, the Gamma and Kalman tests require professional equipment to properly measure your TV’s picture quality.
