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hi I'm David Katz Meyer and I review TVs foreseen it I'm here to tell you how to get your set looking it's best for the big game this weekend the first step is to make sure you're watching in the best picture quality if you have cable double check that your box is connected by HDMI and outputting the highest resolution typically 1080i that's important because the game is on NBC which uses that format the broadcast and of course you want to make sure you're watching an actual high-def channel which looks nice and sharp not the standard def version which looks comparatively soft another thing to check is the aspect ratio most TVs are widescreen so the output from your cable box should match if the image is stretched or cut off change it on the box and/or the TV so it looks right the next step is dialing in the picture itself starting with a picture mode you might be tempted use a setting called sports or vivid but I think you should go for a mode like cinema movie or calibrated because they deliver more accurate color on the Sony TV for example the cinema home and cinema Pro presets are very accurate so colors will look more natural and the sports mode on the other hand everything looks to blue and oversaturated sometimes movie modes can be a little dim especially if you're on the west coast and it's still light outside during the pregame in that case go in and boost the light output on this sony tv the control is called brightness but on most TVs you should actually be adjusting the backlight control to get more light not the brightness control finally if something looks a little wonky with motion you might want to adjust that control look for the word motion usually found deep in an advanced menu somewhere and try the different settings there sometimes it's best to turn it off completely or to play around with a custom adjustment just be aware that not every TV has these kinds of motion controls so those are a few tricks that you can use to get your TV looking its best this Sunday enjoy the game