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HTG 403: Optimizing Picture Quality 301 - Another lesson in how to defeat a TV's "enhancements"

17m · Home Theater Geeks (Audio) · 05 Oct 21:28

TVs have gotten very smart—too smart for their own good, in fact. To see the best possible picture quality, you should really disable many of the controls that purport to improve it, but in reality, they make it worse. Scott talks about the controls that you should disable to get the best possible picture quality.

Host: Scott Wilkinson

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