As a rule, all modern TVs have quite pleasant and convenient picture settings that most users never change at all. In most cases, the default settings are indeed optimal and provide quite acceptable image quality. However, there are situations when the factory settings do not allow you to fully enjoy the picture of a film, video or program. Then it becomes necessary to set your own parameters. But how to do that? In this article, we will figure out how to adjust the TV images. Let's get started. Go!
Modern TVs have quite pleasant and convenient picture settings.
Let's start with the picture modes that are found in every modern TV of any brand (LG, Samsung, Philips, Sony, and so on). There are at least three of them:
- Standard;
- Dynamic;
- Cinema.
In almost all models, the best picture is provided by the "Cinema" (or "Cinema") mode. In this mode, gamma and brightness are most pleasing to the eye, especially when watching movies or broadcasts in the dark.
As for the correct color temperature, it is best to set the "Warm" mode, since, as a rule, it is closer to the standard value of 6500 K. Some models provide several options for the same color mode, for example, in Samsung TVs: "Warm1" / "Warm2". Here, choose which one you like best, but usually the second option turns out to be the most pleasing to the eye.
If you are adjusting the picture settings of the TV yourself, we recommend that you turn off all the functions and modes of the automatic picture adjustment of the TV. These are parameters such as:
- Dynamic contrast;
- Energy saving;
- Lighting sensor;
- Dynamic backlighting.
It is advisable to disable all this and not use it.
Basic settings
Now let's deal with one of the key and most important image parameters, namely contrast. If the contrast is considered to be the ratio of the white field level to the black level, then on TVs you will only adjust the brightness of the white field, in fact, this is the level of the maximum brightness of the picture. If you have a plasma panel, it is best to adjust the contrast with the lights off. Open an image with a white level window on the screen. You can download it from the internet. Then set the contrast value close to the maximum, and start gradually decreasing the contrast until the picture with the white level is the most pleasing to the eye.
Samsung TVs have an item called "cell brightness" - it is he who most of all affects the overall brightness.
If you have a liquid crystal or LED screen, then everything is done the same way, only here a different parameter is used - "backlight brightness" or "backlight contrast". This difference in names is due to the excellent device of LCD and LED TVs from plasma panels.
Note that if the image is too bright, your eyes will get tired much faster.
While Contrast adjusts the white level, Brightness adjusts the black level. To properly adjust the brightness level, you need a Plugepattern picture. Download it and open it on your screen.
Setting up a Samsung TV is not as difficult as it might seem at first. You can do it yourself without any problems. Moreover, the menu of this manufacturer is distinguished by a high degree of unification, and this allows you to do this operation with a minimum amount of time. It consists of the following steps: connecting, searching for channels and adjusting the image and sound.
Commutation
Setting up a Samsung TV begins with commutation, as mentioned earlier. At the first stage, a wire from the local TV antenna is installed. Further, if necessary, a CAM module must be inserted into a special slot. This will allow you to watch scrambled channels in digital quality. Additionally, you can connect a satellite receiver via RCA, SCART or HDMI interfaces. It can be connected in the same way. If the TV is equipped with an RJ 45 socket, then it can be connected to it from a laptop, stationary PC or router. At the final stage, you need to connect the power cord from a 220 volt outlet. And only after that you can turn on the voltage supply button on its front panel.
Channel search
Next, you need to give a command to turn on from the remote control. To do this, press the appropriate button on it. Setting up your Samsung TV at this stage is to automatically search for available channels. To do this, you immediately need to change the menu language. Press the appropriate key and find the item "Setup". We go into it by pressing the "Enter" button. Then we look for the "Language" item. Again we press the same button on it, change its value to "Russian" and exit the menu. Then by pressing "Menu" again we return and find the item "Settings". It should contain a section "Search and configure channels". In it we select "Autotuning". Next, you need to wait for the time required for the TV to scan all available bands. At the end of this operation, the first found channel will be switched on. You can view all available programs by switching the corresponding buttons on the remote control. When using an external device for example), you must select for TV by pressing the "Source" button. Then the selection of programs will already occur with the help of his remote control.
Sound and image
The next step is to adjust the Samsung TV settings related to image and sound. It's good if everything suits you right away. But this does not always happen. Then we go to the main menu in the previously described way. In it we find the "Service menu". Next we need to find "Image" and "Sound". Each of them has a number of parameters that must be set to the required values by selection. Setting up an LCD TV should begin with correcting the picture, and only then you can proceed to the speaker system. When finished, there is no need to save the set values, this operation is done automatically.
conclusions
Setting up a Samsung TV is not as difficult a procedure as it seems at first glance. It is within the power of everyone, regardless of their qualifications. Following the previously described algorithm, you can easily set up any TV from this Korean manufacturer. Including models with 3D support and At least the basic settings are set in the same way.
How many years have flat TVs been around? How many years have ultra-thin wall panels been around? And everything is in the same place.
TV is the center of the room, the center of the interior. Whether you like it or not, the whole environment is created around him. Around the unchanging black rectangle. No matter how you decorate it, the turned off panel will be a black mirror. Bad decision.
Samsung has a revolutionary idea: to turn the TV into a picture, outside and inside.
This is how The Frame appeared: a personal art center, its own art gallery, or - interior decoration. It is also a top-end TV with incredible picture quality.
The eternal problem: TV or picture?
All modern panels are thin with barely visible bezels. And yet, they look like televisions. AND Samsung the frame- still a TV, albeit with an extremely unusual appearance and a background "picture" mode. Plus, it's very thin. 
Picture Mode is an incredibly realistic screensaver with reproductions of famous paintings. Realism of the image, fantastic disguise as a canvas in a frame is achieved due to 3 "whales": a thoughtful appearance, hardware capabilities of the TV and subtle system settings of the proprietary shell Tizen.
Samsung specialists tried their best to disguise. The main features of The Frame:
1. Mount for back-to-back installation.
The proprietary The Frame mount (included) is designed for clearance-free mounting. Although, if desired, you can rotate a few degrees horizontally. 
If you don't like it, you can buy an easel tripod (sold as an optional accessory). There are also ordinary legs to put on a table or chest of drawers. Nobody canceled the holes for VESA either.
2. Baguette instead of frames.
Reference: baguette - picture frame; holds the glass that protects the paintings and at the same time complements the outer appearance of the canvas, being a transitional element to the overall interior.
Thanks to the bezels around the screen, Samsung The Frame could compete with any other TV for the title of frameless. But the chip is not in size. 
Each facet of The Frame is magnetic and black. Frames imitating a baguette are attached to it. There are walnut, beige and white. You will have to buy them (promotional offers often include an additional one for free).
3. Customizable mat.
Reference: mat - a cardboard frame or gluing under a picture, photograph.
The photograph laid down by the manufacturer can be reproduced on any screen with connected "brains". To resemble the real picture, Samsung came up with a software mat. 
You can choose from 3 single and 3 combining several images. Combine and design as you like.
4. Lack of wires.
All connectors and functional elements are placed in a separate block One connect(we already wrote about it in the review), which can be hidden up to 15 meters from the TV itself. A standard 5-meter wire is included in the package, but a 15-meter long one will have to be purchased separately.
5. Presence sensor.
The TV only works when someone is in the room. Out - pause and screen off. And not only for the sake of economy.
But this is just the tip of the iceberg called The FrameTV Series... We tried to deal with everything in order.
The reality is already here: the screen
You need to start with the main thing - the image. It is thanks to him that Samsung The Frame is ready to compete with the real picture.
The Frame TV series includes 3 options - 43, 55 and 65 inches. A wide range of models allows you to choose the required diagonal for any interior. You should choose the largest one for the living room. For example, we purchased it for testing. 
Each has an honest Ultra HD matrix ( 3,840 x 2,160 pixels). Albeit not QLED, but indicatively good - so much so that the younger model can even be used instead of a monitor for working with photographs.
Color reproduction is extremely accurate. The flaws that the matrix could introduce, Samsung corrects with the help of proprietary technologies, which are stuffed into this TV just to the point of indecency:
- Active Crystal Сolour improves colors,
- Motion Rate(indicator - 200) improves the quality of motion reproduction,
- Mega Contrast includes dynamic contrast change,
- Micro dimming improves the display of white (read - changes its balance).
They come with a light sensor that allows the TV to automatically change the brightness and color of the screen. A real killer feature that helps you save money and get an excellent image without additional manipulation.
All this turns any film into a work of art. Any- The Frame TV upscales videos up to 4K, and they do it very well. You can finally stop looking for good rips and just watch what you like. The quality is impeccable from any source. 
If you want more, you will have to buy a subscription to some streaming service, because only movies in 4K HDR.
We conducted detailed testing: we watched a couple of action movies, drove several fighting games and racing simulators, worked with photographs. With Movies on, the picture is amazing.
The results will delight even the most fastidious. Latency is minimal, dynamics is amazing - all scenes are crisp, bright, without blurry details. If desired, and with keen eyesight, you can see a speck of dust from under the wheels, if there is one in the original image.
The factory color calibration is quite accurate, and after a little tinkering with the settings on The Frame, you can retouch and develop design layouts. And how colorful presentations and commercials in 4K look on it! 
Proprietary smartphone companion application SmartView(iOS, Android) Allows you to fine-tune the brightness and level of automatic image correction, color temperature and balance. All settings are linked to readings from a light sensor for the best image quality at any time of the day.
How it works? Once adjusted, The Frame compensates for the more reddish tones at the start of the day and the cooler tones at noon. In the evening, the TV will dim.
What art do you prefer?
For a TV to become a picture, it must be “smart”. In The Frame, the familiar Tizen in the latest version and the companion app for the smartphone are responsible for this. The excellent, smooth operating system has received several new features for the new TV series.
The operating system of the TV itself offers access to a huge number of applications and basic settings. But the "Painting" mode through the shell has limited capabilities. 
Without a special application, the maximum that the user can do is to select one or more sequential images from the TV memory or picture store. You can also create your own set: up to 300 pictures in 4K can be saved to the TV's memory from a USB drive.
The painting store has become one of The Frame's main features. In his memory, already upon purchase, there are 100 digital copies of the best paintings in the world. If this is not enough, Samsung offers access to the Art Store, which contains the best examples of paintings, graphics, photographs from art museums in the world. A couple of clicks - and they are on the TV in your living room. 
High resolution, by the way. No matter how hard I tried, I could not find something like that - most of the options offered by Samsung are not only highly artistic, but also digitized an order of magnitude better than from free photo stocks.
It is through the Samsung SmartView application that you can set the fine settings of the screensaver and the operation of the light sensor. For example, a mat with blurry or sharp edges is installed here, to combine several images on one screen. The margin width also changes, as well as the background color (however, only 10 colors are available). 
If you want something special, you can also install your own images - via SmartView or download from a USB stick. The only limitation is the size of photos or drawings, as they are not scalable.
Modern technologies ... In the picture!
As you already understood, inside everyone Samsung the frame hides the most modern filling - about the same is used in other flagship series of the company. Powerful processor, fast memory.
Everything is in its place. Even the remote control, which is easy to navigate in standard TV menus, and surf the Internet through the built-in browser.
Except for the switching unit. It is moved to the module again. One connect, to hide away and not spoil the appearance of the presence. The module is connected to the TV with a single translucent optical cable, thin enough not to catch the eye of even a meticulous viewer. 
On board - everything a modern user needs: 4 x HDMI with function HDMI-CEC
, 3 x USB with the support HID
and hard drives, LAN, CI slot, digital optical audio output and a pair of connectors for the antenna.
Unfortunately, there are no analog inputs. Neither composite nor component. But there is a modern Wi-Fi and Bluetooth LE... Other built-in features include a pair of tuners (analog with noise filtering and digital DVB-T2CS2).
And a gorgeous 2.2-channel audio system with a total power of 40 watts. The speakers pump even 40 squares: low frequencies are thick, warm; the middle range plays well in difficult moments without turning into a mess; when testing high at maximum volume, no sibilants.
Regardless of the screen size, every owner of a liquid crystal (LCD, LED) TV wants to get the most out of the image displayed by the screen. In order to get closer to the benchmarks for format, brightness, contrast, color and focus, we will use various expert tests from Burosch.
The tests created by them are used all over the world in order to assess the quality of the image displayed by the TV screen. These tests and setup instructions are only suitable for liquid crystal (LED, LCD) TVs, not older than 10 years.
Do you need to customize the screen? Hasn't the manufacturer taken care of this?
This is partly true. Large production volumes do not allow the manufacturer to fine-tune the screen, be it Samsung, LG, Sony, Toshiba, Sharp.
The working conditions of TV play an important role. They will always be different: the signal sources are different, the TV is installed at different heights, the distance to the TV is different, the lighting in the room is different, and there are many more aspects. Therefore, it makes no sense to adjust the image either at the manufacturer's factory or in the store, but it is necessary to do it at home, in the place where the TV will be installed.
Is it difficult to set up your TV correctly? Do I need a wizard's help?
Achieving the correct display of the picture is no more difficult than configuring the channels. It will take no more than 20 minutes of your time. In order for your TV to be pleasing to the eye, you only need to adjust the picture settings so that the test pictures are displayed correctly on the screen. How exactly it should be "right" you will see below. Test pictures were selected by experts so that after adjustment you can enjoy any scene in terms of brightness, color, clarity and contrast.
More about test images
Each picture taken separately serves to adjust one parameter. The test from Burosch contains:
- Pictures for adjusting five basic parameters: format, brightness, contrast, color and focus.
- Pictures with test zones for simultaneous setting of several parameters
- Pictures for professional calibration
- Several real pictures for checking
Test pictures for each parameter
Used to fit a single parameter. After adjusting this parameter, you will need to switch to another picture and adjust another parameter.
Test pictures with multiple test zones
They are used when you need to set up quickly or when the setting is performed by an inexperienced user. On such images, you can configure five basic parameters at once.
How to display test pictures on TV?
To display test images on the screen, use a USB storage device (after writing files from the archive to it), if your TV is equipped with a USB input, if there is no USB input, display the image from your pc / laptop.
You can download an archive with files by. Save this file and unzip it. Write the unzipped files to a USB flash drive, and then plug it into the corresponding connector on the TV.
Getting started setting up the screen
First of all, you will need to select the signal source on the remote control.
To do this, press the Source or Input key and select the image source: USB flash drive (or the corresponding HDMI input if you are broadcasting from a PC / laptop).
Next, you need to enter the TV menu: to do this, press the menu button on the remote and go to the picture settings. Different manufacturers have different names for the menu button: it can be Settings, Options, Menu. The picture below shows the most common remotes.
If you have any difficulties with entering the menu - in the instructions for the TV, you can find a description of this procedure more precisely, specifically for your model. When you enter the menu, you will see something like the following:
Screen format setting
In order for the format to be configured correctly, it is necessary to disable the zoom functions (overscan, upscale) in the menu.
Brightness adjustment
Correct brightness adjustment is achieved when all grayscale is clearly visible against a black background. To do this, use the remote control keys to move the brightness parameter slider in the menu until all the shades of gray are visible.
Contrast adjustment
Correct contrast adjustment is similar to brightness adjustment, the only difference is that now the background is not black, but white. The parameter will be correct when you see all the shades of gray on a white background. To do this, use the remote control keys to move the slider of the contrast parameter in the menu until all shades of gray are visible.
Color setting
Adjustments for color saturation and color temperature are based on human skin tone. In order to get the correct color settings, you need a test picture with women depicted on it. They have different skin colors, adjust the controls so that the skin looks natural. To do this, use the remote control keys to move the color parameter slider in the menu until all faces look natural.
Focus setting
Sharpness adjustments must be made after adjusting the aspect ratio as described above. In order for the TV screen to produce a clear image on the test picture, it is necessary to achieve the most accurate display of intersections and lines. To do this, use the remote control keys to move the focus (sharpness) parameter slider in the menu until all intersections are visible.
After completing these settings, exit the menu, remove the USB flash drive, turn on any movie or TV program. After that, your TV is set up to enjoy watching videos of any content, from dynamic action films to nature documentaries.
Various Full HD and Ultra HD tests from Burosch are used as reference and are used to evaluate the picture quality on a TV or monitor screen.
These tests can be used to optimize and tune the image. You just need to achieve the correct display of pictures from the test on the screen and we can say that your TV is set up.
This setting occurs regardless of the screen size and is assessed by eye, each user makes the setting for himself.
Image adjustment must be carried out at home, in the place where the TV will work. Because in the store or at the factory for the demonstration, they could have chosen a different operating mode of the TV set. And with the help of the settings, you can change the picture quality on the screen within a fairly wide range.
Test images are selected so that by correctly setting them you can prepare the TV for displaying any scenes in terms of brightness, contrast, color, clarity.
All pictures are static to give time for the eyes to detect inaccuracies in the display on the screen.
Test images are divided into five groups:
- Basic samples for initial visual adjustments
- Test images for metrological calibration with light sensor
- Professional static reference images for image optimization
- Dynamic test rollers
- Professionally made real pictures
This lists the common characteristics of tests that may be encountered. In our tests, there are only a few pictures, but they are quite enough for setting up the TV.
Each test image serves for setting a separate parameter.
Our test has:
- Five basic images for the first basic setting of the picture quality on the screen:
- Format, size
- Brightness
- Contrast
- Focus (clarity)
- Test images with many test zones
- Images for professional customization
- Real images for additional customization and verification
Test images for each setting
Such pictures are used for only one setting, in contrast to pictures with several test zones. Therefore, after making one setting, you need to change the picture to another and adjust another parameter. The setting procedure is described below.
Multiple test zones
Pictures with a large number of test zones (five zones are used here) are intended for setting up the TV by inexperienced users or for quick set-up. On each such picture, you can configure five main parameters at once by controlling them on the screen.
The initial setup of the TV must be carried out either with the help of five primary test pictures or with one of the ones presented here.
After all the settings, you can include real photos in the desired resolution from the set. With these shots, you check the naturalness of all settings.
Other test pictures
For example, solid color images are needed to check the health of the pixels on the screen. Various grid images can also be used to detect dead pixels that stop working at a certain position of adjacent pixels.
Colored stripes are used to check chromaticity. The grayscale grayscale is used to check the white balance (no color tones) and to check the brightness and contrast.
Based on materials from the website www.burosch.de
