How To Set up your TV for Games Correctly.

hello fellow gamers today I'm going to go through a subject that is very important when it comes to games and one that I hope will help a lot of people out now we have consoles and PCs that can give us good clean images and high quality graphics and it is vitally important that none of this is lost from the output to your gaming screen of choice before I get into the setup and how things can affect the display I need to cover some of the basics firstly no matter what you have be LG Sony Samsung etc there are a few base rules that cover all LCD displays or as they are marketed now LED displays the very first thing to do for gaming is turn off all post-processing effects that are on most modern TVs to improve picture quality for TVs or movies or blu-rays etc this is fine and it helps a lot but it introduces delays on the display reaching the screen this is in milliseconds but in gaming terms this is a lifetime if your TV has a game mode then turn this on against your HDMI input for your chosen console or PC if you have a PC plugged in then look for the PC mode as this will help a lot some TVs like Samsung's you can name the input yourself and naming it to PC will turn off all these features and set the input to the correct setting for low latency so find the game mode and turn it on first thing secondly this may at first have you looking at your screen and thinking if you have movie or dynamic turned on you may think the screen looks a bit horrible and bland don't worry we'll sort that out by doing this we turn off all the post-processing effects and we get the image displayed on screen with as little lag as possible this will improve control response and could be the difference between an aggravating death and a sweet victorious headshot so we now have an image that is unprocessed don't worry if your TV does not have this simply set the settings to default and turn all image features off so things like dynamic contrast or vivid color etc so that in the menu screen you can see them all off on the TV now that we have this done we can look at the other massive problem that can happen and I've seen many people get confused with this and set it wrong both these consoles can PC can output a full range or PC output this means that the color scale moves from a range of 16 to 235 out to a full 0 2 to 5 5 with the limited range full black is 16 and full white is 2 3 5 if you have a consort or PC set output full range RGB or PC on Xbox one it's called and it's called full range on ps4 and your TV does not support it you end up with an image that will have crisp blacks and bleached whites now what in the hell do I mean by this well this is simply because your TV will ignore anything outside of the smaller range mentioned so the depth and color is lost this is where many people get this wrong as they think that setting this to full with them will improve the picture quality no matter what your TV accepts that this is wrong a full range is not better on a TV that that is limited only as the TV is set up for this and so long as you set it correctly you will have the same and the best color levels in image for your TV now most TVs only support limited range so this is a good place to start but it is also best to check what your TV supports my Sony TV for example supports this and is in the options here so to set this to full and then set your Xbox or ps4 to the same on the ps4 there is a chance that the automatic setting will not pick up on your TV as it's dependent on the communication but down the HDMI device from the TV to the ps4 and there could be various commerce use here and software issues to be saved if you know that your TV supports full then set it to full if you don't then set it to limited but don't worry I'll show you how to check this if you're not sure like my LG TV here which only supports limited range what happens if you set it wrong you get an image like you see here you can see the image is too dark detail is lost and you then overcompensate on your TV settings by increasing contrast and brightness just making your TV work harder and giving you a much poorer image set it right and it looks so much better as seen here you can see the detail return and the color levels are correct and balanced giving you a clearer and more accurate display and allowing you to set everything else correctly see the difference here with the dark scene like Metro being a great game to show how bad it can it can get if you set it wrong look at the paper and the leaves on the plant all lost with the wrong setting and as I move to the correct setting you can see all of that detail come back and how it's set correctly and this is what we need to achieve now brighter scenes are harder to notice like you see here on Forza 5 it just amplifies any dark sections of the screen so you may have it set wrong and because the menu or the game you were playing at the time was quite bright you may not notice this so to be sure just check it and see now to see if you've got your TV to support full range or not I have included a set of images below if you have a ps4 if you have an Xbox one you can check through with a built-in TV setup function on there which I've used the images from here because they are the best images to set up for games unfortunately if you have a ps4 it's a little bit more complicated what I've had to do is put the images on the website so if you look at the video below in the information you'll see all the images that I'm using here simply go on your ps4 open up the web browser browse to this page in this video open the browser in full-screen mode on the ps4 by pressing the square button then simply click on each of the images as I explained through this video and follow the instructions by using the image on your ps4 to set all of them and use them as your guide the only exception to that on the ps4 is the range check which you're going to have to download the image onto USB stick and stick it in your TV because unfortunately the ps4 doesn't allow you to view photos like Kalama ps3 simply download the image below called RGB check stick it on a USB and bung it in to your TV's USB slot and check it from there then take it and set the brightness as high as you can go you should then see 28 boxes on the screen if you don't see them or at least you don't see the top row then your TV is most definitely limited setting if you do then you need to just adjust it back down and then follow the rest of the instructions on the video to set the TV up correctly if after this test you've proved is limited then set it to limited if it's full then set it to full the only other way if you can't download this and stick it on your TVs USB slot is to take a game go into a dark section of that game and flick your console over to full ie PC or full based on Xbox one or ps4 if it looks crushed and black like you see above then most definitely your TVs are the limited or it's set to limited so the best option at this point is leave it limited now if you set it the other way around and you've got your TV set up to full and your console set to limited what will happen there is you'll end up with a very washed out and kind of gray looking blacks that's not as bad as the other way around but it isn't still isn't great so this video needs to be followed to make sure you've got everything set up correctly on Xbox 1 this will be PC for full and TV for limited if it's ps4 then set it from full to limited with this alternate listed you can then move on to following the rest of the instructions on this video then simply open the first image entitled range check and you will see an image with an open eye and a closed eye as shown here with all the features I mentioned above simply set and adjust your TV rightness as full as it can go so you can see the closed eye and open eye then adjust the brightness back down until the closed eye at the top just disappears from view in the black background just as it disappears as soon as it does stop moving the slider the only exception to that is if your TV is full range you won't be able to use that guide what you'll need to do is adjust the TV to the grades on the left and right hand side as I'm showing the black banners at the top that'll vary last one and the penultimate one adjust the darkness down until you just nearly lose sight of the penultimate band merging into the last band when it does give it one click back up on brightness and that should set you right the other thing is to make sure you have the full screen display now most TVs have this full or just scan option set on the picture settings so to set it to the correct level open the image entitled screen and sharpness you should see the green border or at least the blue border touching the edge of the screen if not then flick through your picture size settings until you get the the green or blue border touching the edge of the screen on all sides now leaving this open we need to set the sharpness look at the text and the lines and set the sharpness down until it blurs then adjust the sharpness back up until the blurring has just gone stopped as soon as it gets to the point of being sharp this will be a lot lower than many people set their TVs to and it's a common mistake to over sharpen an image and I've seen many people do this if you set it to sharp you get a halo effect and ghosting on image and thin lines which is bad and it will highlight any alias in it of a game and image and make it look worse you want the picture sharp but solid and not blurry just from the blur until the text appears crisp but stop as soon as the text does do not keep going further up the sharpness range once this is done close the image and now open the color image and you'll see a chart of colors use this chart to set the overall color level until all colors are clean and bright with no bleeding into the next color now red is the most likely one that you'll see this on all edges of colors should be clear and defined if all are and the red is a little higher or maybe the blue if your TV has an RGB balance level go in there and set the relevant color that's causing you issues to a slightly lower level and see if that improves the image but most of the time you should get this right by just using the color level now open the image entitled contrast what you'll see is an open eye again and a Sun the Sun will again be hard to see but as long as you've got your range right from the previous brightness you should be able to bring your contrast all the way down until you see the Sun and you'll always see the open I bring the contrast all the way back up until the Sun just about disappears from view or is nearly disappearing from view as before on full range use the banners at the top on the right hand side and do exactly the same thing as brightness to match the last two bars so they nearly merge finally open the final check image and just check that the whole TV is correct between the marks of the black to white banding you should see each shade divided clearly don't worry outside the markers as this is for full range TVs only also check that the open eye can be seen and the closed eye is invisible as per the first set up if you have an Xbox one you can then follow these on-screen from the TV set up on the options on the console - and it will follow the same instructions either on screen there or what I've given you here I have mimicked this here because it's the most simple and solid set of images to test and configure your TV on for gaming now remember all these settings are just for games they will not look right or normal on TV or movies so make sure if you use your TV for both you have a memory setting for this now most TVs now can assign a set into each individual input method if not you may have to compromise this afterwards to get to the mean ground as TVs and movies need different settings to games I'm afraid you can probably get away with it by leaving this is your custom setting and moving over to movie or dynamic for when you're watching TV but hopefully like me if you've got a dedicated TV you can set it correctly or if it's got a dedicated input you can simply set and forget now we'll all of these set you should have the fastest response your TV can give and control is important for both single-player and multiplayer alike it should give you great solid colors perfect contrast and brightness giving you the best visual image overall and showing off those lovely graphics as a developer intended now I hope this video helps you and I've not made it too complicated please comment below and give it give me any feedback if this helped or if you have any problems with this or where I can help you even more if all of this has worked out for you you should now have the best quality display possible for your TV your eyes and the environment you watch it in and you should see an improvement on all of your games across the board whether they're bright screen or dark screen hopefully my advice and tips have helped and these settings have helped you get the best out of your TV your games console or PC as always if you enjoyed this or any of my other content then please subscribe as it means a lot and I really really appreciate it like if you did and be sure to check out my other videos and all my new stuff to come you guys and girls take care and hopefully you'll see me a little bit cleaner and crisper next time and I'll see you on the next one

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Keywords: PS4, PC, Xbox, One, Gaming, NextGen, Head, to, How-to (Website Category), Gameplay, Games (TV Genre), Video Game (Industry), tv SETUP, tv guide, Playstation, TV Configuration, XboxOne

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Length: 12min 52sec (772 seconds)

Published: Tue Sep 09 2014