If your smart TV suddenly feels sluggish, you don’t automatically need to start searching for an upgrade. Instead, tweak these settings to give your smart TV a performance boost.
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Disable Power-Saving Mode
Power-saving mode on TVs works similarly to other gadgets like laptops, phones, and tablets. It throttles the device’s performance to reduce power usage. However, if you want your TV to perform at its absolute best, you should disable this feature.
It’s a simple yet effective way to boost your TV’s performance. You can disable power saving mode (also called “Eco Mode” on some TVs) through your smart TV settings, but step-by-step instructions will vary depending on your smart TV operating system.
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Tweak Animation Settings
Modern smart TV interfaces are sleek and playful, filled with animations for fluid navigation. But these animations come with a penalty to your TV’s performance because of the additional processing power required to render them. You might notice this, especially if your device is a few years old. Thankfully, most smart TVs can tone down animations or disable them entirely.
Depending on your smart TV operating system, you can disable or adjust several animation-related properties. It might not seem like a big deal, but it’s one way to improve the performance of your Android TV.
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Turn Off Unnecessary Features
Another way to improve your smart TV’s performance is to turn off all the features you don’t need. Even if you get the best smart TV on the market, like the Sony Bravia 9 or LG G4, it can be bogged down if it’s doing more work than it can handle. This might make even the best smart TVs feel sluggish (especially if they’re several years old), although you’re more likely to experience such with budget and entry-level models.
You can address this by disabling unnecessary features to free up resources and improve responsiveness. These include features like voice control, motion smoothing, adaptive brightness, location, usage tracking, and more. Some of these are also culprits behind common smart TV issues. Depending on your typical usage, you might disable more or fewer features for a performance boost.
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Use the Right Picture Mode
Picture modes in smart TVs refer to the various preset configurations that adjust different settings on the device for an optimized experience based on the content being displayed. Modern smart TVs typically include multiple picture modes optimized for different use cases like gaming, sports, and more. The picture mode selected might seem only related to the type of content you’re watching, but if you’re a gamer, it also matters when it comes to performance.
If you’re using your TV for gaming, you should ensure its picture mode is gaming-optimized. This mode optimizes your TV for gaming by adjusting the color accuracy appropriately and, most importantly, reducing input lag. So, if you’ve been experiencing a delay in your controller actions reflected on the screen, ensure this picture mode is selected before starting your next gaming session. TV manufacturers use different terms for this mode, so check what yours uses and enable it.
