Own a Hisense TV? I'd change these expert settings to noticeably improve the picture quality

Whether you're in the market for a new Hisense TV or already own one, you might be wondering how to squeeze out the best possible picture quality. The good news is that the Hisense settings menu offers a surprisingly wide range of options to tweak, from basics like brightness and contrast levels to more advanced options like color space and Calman calibration (if you have the equipment). Your changes can be applied across all media sources or to a single one, making it easy to set up multiple custom picture modes you can quickly switch among.

And don't worry, if you mess up or change your mind, there's a handy reset button at the bottom of the picture settings menu that restores each option to its factory default. To help walk you through the process, I've written out a menu map for setting up various picture settings so you can spend more time actually using your Hisense TV and less time getting lost in a sea of sliders and checkboxes. If you simply want to make a few selections and start watching your favorite shows and movies, or play a video game, new Hisense TVs offer plenty of "set and forget" picture options.

There are seven picture mode presets: Standard, Sports, Energy Saving, Theater Night, Theater Day, Filmmaker, and Vivid. Each offers different brightness, contrast, color processing, and refresh rates to suit a variety of media, making it easy to switch from movies to games on-the-fly. To get even more out of the presets, you can toggle on a few more options.

By toggling on all these options, your Hisense TV will automatically detect the type of content you're watching, switch picture modes, and optimize settings for smooth motion, clear details, and bold colors, without you having to lift a finger. If you primarily want to use your Hisense TV for watching live news, sports, and entertainment, setting it up for the best picture only requires a few tweaks: If you've cut the cord with your satellite or cable provider and switched to exclusively streaming your content, you can get a cinema-quality picture with changes in a few key areas: "I felt that Hisense's Filmmaker Mode preset was a bit dark, so I bumped the brightness to 50 and changed the Local Dimming option from low to medium to improve my chances of actually seeing what's going on in dark scenes." Hisense TVs make great screens for dedicated gaming spaces or for TVs that have to pull double duty as the family entertainment box. And while Hisense smart TVs don't have a specific picture mode for gaming, you can create your own with some quick adjustments: "The Vivid picture mode gives you bright, bold colors that suit a variety of art styles across different game genres, and by bumping up the black levels and enabling Dark Detail, you can boost contrast to make characters and interest points pop against landscapes." New Hisense TVs offer a wide range of options for users who prefer to control every aspect of their TV's picture quality.