"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthanks to Hisense for sponsoring a portion of this video chances are pretty good that your TV has a sports mode on it but you might be surprised to learn that that is not necessarily the best setting for watching sports stick around and I'll show you what you need to do to get your TV optimized for watching sports welcome back everyone I'm Caleb Dennison and today I'm going to walk you through getting the best sports watching experience on your TV I'm going to start out by talking about what you want to avoid and then from there I'll walk you through some different options so you can figure out what looks and works best for you okay let's dig it so at the top of this video I mentioned that the sports option on your TV if it has one is not a great picture mode for watching sports like the Vivid or dynamic mode on most TVs the sports option is just going to make the picture look as bright as it can no matter the cost to other picture quality elements plus motion smoothing is usually going to be turned up to the absolute Max now most folks I talk to agree that these picture modes don't look great they don't suit anything else that you watch and are generally just undesirable these modes do help TV stand out in a brightly lit retail space but they don't tend to look so great in your home so let's walk through what you need to get the best Sports Experience now I'm going to go forward assuming you already have the TV that you're going to be watching but if you don't here's a link to a video that can help you shop for a new TV if watching sports is your big priority there's also some helpful info in there about the best source for watching sports be it streaming services versus cable and satellite that sort of thing but that's with that stuff settled here's how I suggest we get started pull up a channel playing sports preferably the sport that you like to watch the most this way we'll figure out which settings look best for the sport of your choice if you like to watch a lot of basketball use a basketball game once you get things dialed in for your preferences I think you'll find the results work well for all sports except perhaps hockey which has just a ton of white in it and is its own monster I'll talk more about that in a moment okay now that you've got a game running on your TV start by opening up the general settings and then go to the picture settings Sub menu here you're going to want to look for your picture presets you're looking for stuff like Cinema movie or ISF bright mode or even filmmaker mode if your TV has it those will usually be below the other ones I mentioned before like Vivid dynamic or Sports now the reason I suggest starting with one of those modes the cinema movie ISF bright or filmmaker mode is because it's going to give you the most realistic accurate color are possible don't worry about how it looks at the start we'll be adjusting plenty of other stuff but we want to start from a certain Baseline and then experiment from there now it's true the picture may seem dim at first but that's actually the first thing we're going to work on now you might go into this thinking if I want the picture to be brighter then I need to turn up the brightness well that's usually not going to get you what you want depending on the make and type of TV you have brightness may be the wrong setting to adjust so here's how to get the brightness you want the first thing we need to do is find the TV's eco mode and turn it off now it might be worth doing a quick Google search on how to turn off the Eco Mode on your particular make or model of TV if you don't end up finding it yourself by going into the picture menu or general settings menu now on this Hisense u8 hif here when you select a picture preset that automatically disables eco mode so it's super easy on this particular TV other TVs though will have it buried in some other menu now that you have the Eco Mode turned off we want to make sure that either the OLED light source or LED light source is being maximized now on an OLED TV this will usually be referred to as OLED light level or OLED brightness on an LED LCD TV like the Hisense u8h here and yes that includes qled TVs we want to adjust the backlight so we click backlight and here we can see a slider bar if we like we can turn that all the way up now we also see that the ambient light sensor setting is here this allows the TV to brighten and dim automatically so that it's comfortable to watch at night but brightens to the max during the day you can leave this on if you want it automated like that but if you just want the brightest picture all the time then you can turn this off now since this is a TV with local dimming for its backlights we want to make sure that we have it set up to prefer brightness if you want the brightest possible picture again if that's that's not your priority you can skip this part but generally folks like a bright Punchy picture for sports so I'm going to go ahead and go into this local dimming section and turn it on to high now on some TVs you may want to choose medium if it looks brighter when you flick around the different options that's because those TVs will go for maximum brightness with just a little bit of a hit to Black levels if you want the best black levels and don't mind it not getting its brightness you can choose medium just keep an eye on the picture and go with what looks best hey everyone quick sidebar here you've probably already noticed that Hisense has officially partnered with the NBA this is huge news for NBA fans it means great deals on Hisense uled tvs just in time for one of the most exciting NBA Finals we've seen in some time to celebrate becoming the official TV of the NBA Hisense is offering some slam dunk deals on its uled TVs including the already affordable u6h the overachieving U7 an h and the All-Star of high senses you led lineup the incredibly bright u8h making it easier than ever to enjoy the finals on a Hisense u-led TV now is a great time to pull the trigger as only Mike Green can say it Bang and that actually matches perfectly with hisense's Mantra let's talk more bang Hisense knows how passionate NBA fans are and is excited for you to benefit right now from uled TV Technologies like mini LED backlighting with local dimming for precise image control 144 Hertz refresh rates for smooth and clear fast action moments and high brightness for maximum visibility and impact check out hisense's all new displays inside Best Buy stores Across the Nation and you'll see what I mean for yourself thanks again to Hisense for sponsoring this portion of our video now all this adjustment so far is primarily for watching SDR or standard dynamic range content this will give us the brightest picture that's what most of you will be watching SDR sports but if you are lucky enough to get HDR Sports then just know that your TV brightness is likely to be maxed out automatically so you don't have to do all this adjusting for HDR stuff now earlier I mentioned that you don't really want to mess with the brightness set but if you do want to play with the brightness setting just know that on most TVs that will actually be adjusting the blacks I know it doesn't make sense right but you'll be turning blacks into more of a gray and most folks don't want that if you really wanted to play with how bright the picture seems then you would actually mess with the contrast setting which can clip out detail in bright areas but it will make the picture appear to be brighter I don't recommend you do this but I did want you to know what those two settings actually do since it seems counterintuitive okay the next thing I want to talk to you about is color temperature since we picked the movie or Cinema or theater setting we have a warmer color temperature and that means that our colors will be more accurate they will not be overcharged with blue light blue light by the way does make stuff seem brighter but it affects colors in a negative way we prefer the warmer color temperature when we want an accurate representation of RT team's colors or the grass on the field or the flooring in the arena but if you feel like they could just a little too tame then you can adjust to a cooler color temperature to do that we'll have to look for that color temperature setting now on most TVs the color temperature is referred to in terms of warm and cool sometimes it uses names like natural or Vivid to refer to cooler color temps other TVs use different names for it but what I want you to do is flip through the options and look at what happens to just the colors on your TV whites in particular will show the most difference I would encourage you to go for something that looks realistic not overly Vivid and fake but again this comes down to your preference so pick what you like best oh and this reminds me I want to go back to hockey which I mentioned earlier hockey is just pretty much all white all the time there are splotches of color from the uniforms but basically you're looking at a big ice rink that's full of white these settings that we're talking about are going to be very different for hockey because the TV is basically just going to be beaming bright light all the time so I'm understand that if you optimize your TV for watching hockey it might not be optimal for most other kinds of sports finally we need to address motion now most TVs disable or turn motion smoothing way down when you pick the cinema movie theater or filmmaker mode preset this helps the content look less like a soap opera but if you want a smoother look to motion then we can turn on motion smoothing bit by bit to get the look that you want I just don't like starting with this feature cranked all the way up as it can be off-putting for a lot of folks once again different TV brands call their motion smoothing different things it might be clear motion or clear action or smooth motion you'll probably know what it is when you see it now that you know what you're looking for often in this motion section we'll see two settings one for dejutter and one for D blur on this Hisense u8h TV under the advanced picture settings menu we'll see a bunch of presets based on content type you can try those or or you can choose custom which will let you individually adjust dejutter and D blur D blur is the one that you want to adjust first as D judder is mostly helpful for movie content at 24 FPS not so much for sports which is almost always delivered at 30 frames per second now this is where it's critical to have the Sports Programming of your choice really going I can't do that here due to copyright stuff but you can use your imagination try adjusting dejutter down to a minimum and then D blur Notch it up until you feel like you're getting the smoothness that you like now one final note on motion some TVs have a feature called black frame insertion or BFI it's never called that on the TV for instance on this u8h it's referred to as motion clearness but black frame insertion attempts to make for clear motion by inserting a black frame in between every real frame of video the problem with BFI is that it can be uncomfortable flickery in fact it's not recommended for anyone sensitive to flashing lights I never ever use this setting personally because it bothers me a lot but I did want to make you aware of it in case you wanted to try it out or just wanted to know what it was once you get things dialed in the way you like you may want to choose to apply these settings only to the current HDMI input or streaming app or you can apply it to everything if you like how it looks for everything you watch that's great but if you find that your TV is a bit too bright for regular TV or movie content especially at night you can back the backlight or OLED light level setting down to tame the maximum brightness of the TV a bit there you go I hope that was helpful if you have any tips you think might help others be sure to leave them in the comments thanks so much for watching everyone we do appreciate your support tremendously so click away at those buttons down below be sure to send me a note in the comments I'll see you on the next video and until then here's two other videos I think you might like foreignthanks to Hisense for sponsoring a portion of this video chances are pretty good that your TV has a sports mode on it but you might be surprised to learn that that is not necessarily the best setting for watching sports stick around and I'll show you what you need to do to get your TV optimized for watching sports welcome back everyone I'm Caleb Dennison and today I'm going to walk you through getting the best sports watching experience on your TV I'm going to start out by talking about what you want to avoid and then from there I'll walk you through some different options so you can figure out what looks and works best for you okay let's dig it so at the top of this video I mentioned that the sports option on your TV if it has one is not a great picture mode for watching sports like the Vivid or dynamic mode on most TVs the sports option is just going to make the picture look as bright as it can no matter the cost to other picture quality elements plus motion smoothing is usually going to be turned up to the absolute Max now most folks I talk to agree that these picture modes don't look great they don't suit anything else that you watch and are generally just undesirable these modes do help TV stand out in a brightly lit retail space but they don't tend to look so great in your home so let's walk through what you need to get the best Sports Experience now I'm going to go forward assuming you already have the TV that you're going to be watching but if you don't here's a link to a video that can help you shop for a new TV if watching sports is your big priority there's also some helpful info in there about the best source for watching sports be it streaming services versus cable and satellite that sort of thing but that's with that stuff settled here's how I suggest we get started pull up a channel playing sports preferably the sport that you like to watch the most this way we'll figure out which settings look best for the sport of your choice if you like to watch a lot of basketball use a basketball game once you get things dialed in for your preferences I think you'll find the results work well for all sports except perhaps hockey which has just a ton of white in it and is its own monster I'll talk more about that in a moment okay now that you've got a game running on your TV start by opening up the general settings and then go to the picture settings Sub menu here you're going to want to look for your picture presets you're looking for stuff like Cinema movie or ISF bright mode or even filmmaker mode if your TV has it those will usually be below the other ones I mentioned before like Vivid dynamic or Sports now the reason I suggest starting with one of those modes the cinema movie ISF bright or filmmaker mode is because it's going to give you the most realistic accurate color are possible don't worry about how it looks at the start we'll be adjusting plenty of other stuff but we want to start from a certain Baseline and then experiment from there now it's true the picture may seem dim at first but that's actually the first thing we're going to work on now you might go into this thinking if I want the picture to be brighter then I need to turn up the brightness well that's usually not going to get you what you want depending on the make and type of TV you have brightness may be the wrong setting to adjust so here's how to get the brightness you want the first thing we need to do is find the TV's eco mode and turn it off now it might be worth doing a quick Google search on how to turn off the Eco Mode on your particular make or model of TV if you don't end up finding it yourself by going into the picture menu or general settings menu now on this Hisense u8 hif here when you select a picture preset that automatically disables eco mode so it's super easy on this particular TV other TVs though will have it buried in some other menu now that you have the Eco Mode turned off we want to make sure that either the OLED light source or LED light source is being maximized now on an OLED TV this will usually be referred to as OLED light level or OLED brightness on an LED LCD TV like the Hisense u8h here and yes that includes qled TVs we want to adjust the backlight so we click backlight and here we can see a slider bar if we like we can turn that all the way up now we also see that the ambient light sensor setting is here this allows the TV to brighten and dim automatically so that it's comfortable to watch at night but brightens to the max during the day you can leave this on if you want it automated like that but if you just want the brightest picture all the time then you can turn this off now since this is a TV with local dimming for its backlights we want to make sure that we have it set up to prefer brightness if you want the brightest possible picture again if that's that's not your priority you can skip this part but generally folks like a bright Punchy picture for sports so I'm going to go ahead and go into this local dimming section and turn it on to high now on some TVs you may want to choose medium if it looks brighter when you flick around the different options that's because those TVs will go for maximum brightness with just a little bit of a hit to Black levels if you want the best black levels and don't mind it not getting its brightness you can choose medium just keep an eye on the picture and go with what looks best hey everyone quick sidebar here you've probably already noticed that Hisense has officially partnered with the NBA this is huge news for NBA fans it means great deals on Hisense uled tvs just in time for one of the most exciting NBA Finals we've seen in some time to celebrate becoming the official TV of the NBA Hisense is offering some slam dunk deals on its uled TVs including the already affordable u6h the overachieving U7 an h and the All-Star of high senses you led lineup the incredibly bright u8h making it easier than ever to enjoy the finals on a Hisense u-led TV now is a great time to pull the trigger as only Mike Green can say it Bang and that actually matches perfectly with hisense's Mantra let's talk more bang Hisense knows how passionate NBA fans are and is excited for you to benefit right now from uled TV Technologies like mini LED backlighting with local dimming for precise image control 144 Hertz refresh rates for smooth and clear fast action moments and high brightness for maximum visibility and impact check out hisense's all new displays inside Best Buy stores Across the Nation and you'll see what I mean for yourself thanks again to Hisense for sponsoring this portion of our video now all this adjustment so far is primarily for watching SDR or standard dynamic range content this will give us the brightest picture that's what most of you will be watching SDR sports but if you are lucky enough to get HDR Sports then just know that your TV brightness is likely to be maxed out automatically so you don't have to do all this adjusting for HDR stuff now earlier I mentioned that you don't really want to mess with the brightness set but if you do want to play with the brightness setting just know that on most TVs that will actually be adjusting the blacks I know it doesn't make sense right but you'll be turning blacks into more of a gray and most folks don't want that if you really wanted to play with how bright the picture seems then you would actually mess with the contrast setting which can clip out detail in bright areas but it will make the picture appear to be brighter I don't recommend you do this but I did want you to know what those two settings actually do since it seems counterintuitive okay the next thing I want to talk to you about is color temperature since we picked the movie or Cinema or theater setting we have a warmer color temperature and that means that our colors will be more accurate they will not be overcharged with blue light blue light by the way does make stuff seem brighter but it affects colors in a negative way we prefer the warmer color temperature when we want an accurate representation of RT team's colors or the grass on the field or the flooring in the arena but if you feel like they could just a little too tame then you can adjust to a cooler color temperature to do that we'll have to look for that color temperature setting now on most TVs the color temperature is referred to in terms of warm and cool sometimes it uses names like natural or Vivid to refer to cooler color temps other TVs use different names for it but what I want you to do is flip through the options and look at what happens to just the colors on your TV whites in particular will show the most difference I would encourage you to go for something that looks realistic not overly Vivid and fake but again this comes down to your preference so pick what you like best oh and this reminds me I want to go back to hockey which I mentioned earlier hockey is just pretty much all white all the time there are splotches of color from the uniforms but basically you're looking at a big ice rink that's full of white these settings that we're talking about are going to be very different for hockey because the TV is basically just going to be beaming bright light all the time so I'm understand that if you optimize your TV for watching hockey it might not be optimal for most other kinds of sports finally we need to address motion now most TVs disable or turn motion smoothing way down when you pick the cinema movie theater or filmmaker mode preset this helps the content look less like a soap opera but if you want a smoother look to motion then we can turn on motion smoothing bit by bit to get the look that you want I just don't like starting with this feature cranked all the way up as it can be off-putting for a lot of folks once again different TV brands call their motion smoothing different things it might be clear motion or clear action or smooth motion you'll probably know what it is when you see it now that you know what you're looking for often in this motion section we'll see two settings one for dejutter and one for D blur on this Hisense u8h TV under the advanced picture settings menu we'll see a bunch of presets based on content type you can try those or or you can choose custom which will let you individually adjust dejutter and D blur D blur is the one that you want to adjust first as D judder is mostly helpful for movie content at 24 FPS not so much for sports which is almost always delivered at 30 frames per second now this is where it's critical to have the Sports Programming of your choice really going I can't do that here due to copyright stuff but you can use your imagination try adjusting dejutter down to a minimum and then D blur Notch it up until you feel like you're getting the smoothness that you like now one final note on motion some TVs have a feature called black frame insertion or BFI it's never called that on the TV for instance on this u8h it's referred to as motion clearness but black frame insertion attempts to make for clear motion by inserting a black frame in between every real frame of video the problem with BFI is that it can be uncomfortable flickery in fact it's not recommended for anyone sensitive to flashing lights I never ever use this setting personally because it bothers me a lot but I did want to make you aware of it in case you wanted to try it out or just wanted to know what it was once you get things dialed in the way you like you may want to choose to apply these settings only to the current HDMI input or streaming app or you can apply it to everything if you like how it looks for everything you watch that's great but if you find that your TV is a bit too bright for regular TV or movie content especially at night you can back the backlight or OLED light level setting down to tame the maximum brightness of the TV a bit there you go I hope that was helpful if you have any tips you think might help others be sure to leave them in the comments thanks so much for watching everyone we do appreciate your support tremendously so click away at those buttons down below be sure to send me a note in the comments I'll see you on the next video and until then here's two other videos I think you might like foreign\n"