Solved! Advice on picture settings for TCL 5 series

[pheltzel]

I researched 4K TVs and read a review on Tom's Guide about the 5 series TCL Roku TVs. The review was good but said it takes more tweaking by the user out of the box to get a good picture than other similar TVs, and I've definitely found that to be the case. I can't seem to find that review though.

The picture is very crisp, but overly bright in the midtones it seems to me. There's just not a lot of color depth/warmness to the picture.

Has anybody else experienced this/have any advice? I tried the settings here:

https://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/tcl/5-series-2018/settings

But I think I might just not like the way the picture looks on this TV.

 

[hang-the-9]

There is no single setting for everyone, your room light, how you like things, the source, the exact model of the TV and the panel used all play a part.

Just tweak things a bit till you find something like better than what it is set to now. It should have some presets also you can try.