Pictures on tv

Timppa · Jun 29, 2017

Hi!

So recently I have been editing a lot and on my Eizo, spyder calibrated, screen and they look great (to me)!

When I check on phone, they look awesome (to me)!

When I connect laptop with HDMI to tv it look absolutely horrific! Like someone put the slider clarity and sharpness to 500 ! (I know, not possible, but you get what I mean).

If you want example pictures, you can see them all on my flickr page (link in signature).

Is something wrong with my tv? Or is it my pictures, and so also my eizo?

If it is any help, it is a samsung tv.

Thank you!

tecboy · Jun 29, 2017

I think you need to adjust the graphic card setting. The TV and laptop may have different resolutions.

BrentC · Jun 29, 2017

TV's need to be calibrated too.

dennybeall · Jun 29, 2017

They look fine on my laptop but I have no way to connect to a TV.

Timppa · Jun 29, 2017

First of all, I don't know anything about TV!
I know a fair bit of computer stuff, but when it comes to screens, I never had issues before, I just used max resolution and I can set up dual monitor and things like that, but anything more about screens I have no idea what I'm doing xD.

tecboy said:
I think you need to adjust the graphic card setting. The TV and laptop may have different resolutions.

How do I do that ? tv shows a mirror of the computer screen.
Normally both are 1920x1080

BrentC said:
TV's need to be calibrated too.

Can you calibrate those things ?

I can shift some bars there, But then tv itself looks horrible.

dennybeall said:
They look fine on my laptop but I have no way to connect to a TV.

hmm, Wel thanks for your imput

Timppa · Jun 30, 2017

update:

I played a bit around with the settings, and googled, And It said that sharpness of samsung tv should be put to 0. Mine was on 70.... So I adjusted that now, and some contrasts, etc... I will test later today how it displays images then.

BrentC · Jun 30, 2017

Timppa said:
BrentC said:

TV's need to be calibrated too.

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Can you calibrate those things ? I can shift some bars there, But then tv itself looks horrible.

There are calibrators for TV's. Spyder has one. It is different calibrating than monitors. To do a proper job you need to go into the service menu to do fine adjustments.