[Madelaine Amee]

I stream using Roku. I mainly watch YouTubeTV and Prime. Recently I have noticed my screen is so dark it is hard to see what is happening. Last night I watched an Australian program that was really great, but some of the shots were too dark to see anything, but I could hear the action.

I notice this more on the older programs that come up on streaming. Is there anything I can do to lighten my site. I tried searching, but found nothing.

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by Madelaine Amee

I stream using Roku. I mainly watch YouTubeTV and Prime. Recently I have noticed my screen is so dark it is hard to see what is happening. Last night I watched an Australian program that was really great, but some of the shots were too dark to see anything, but I could hear the action.

I notice this more on the older programs that come up on streaming. Is there anything I can do to lighten my site. I tried searching, but found nothing.

On your TV, try menu-->settings-->picture-->brightness, or the equivalent for your brand of TV. (Unless your TV is from the Flintstones era)

[Madelaine Amee]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

On your TV, try menu-->settings-->picture-->brightness, or the equivalent for your brand of TV. (Unless your TV is from the Flintstones era)

Thanks, and no I don't go that far back

[Pinball wizard]

There is a possibility that your TV is set to Game Mode. Check your TV menu to see.

[villagetinker]

The other possibility, is the backlight is failing, how old is your TV, if it is out of warranty, plan on replacing as it is generally more expensive to repair then replace.

[dewilson58]

TV brand?? Model?? More info.

[retiredguy123]

Use the remote that came with the TV. Select menu, then picture mode, and then select "dynamic". If that doesn't brighten the picture, I think your TV is defective.

[Madelaine Amee]

Thank you to everyone who took the time to help me. The TV is a Samsung and I cannot remember how old it is, but it is set to Dynamic. I think it may be dying ......

[bimmertl]

Some times there is a big difference between live TV, or cable, and some of the streaming movies and shows.

Watching golf yesterday and picture was great. Then last night I started watching a new Josh Brolin show on Netflix (Outer Range). Some of the scenes were so dark I could barely figure out what was going on. Attempted to adjust screen lightness to no avail.

Wasn't first time I noticed some night scenes on streaming stuff was really dark. So maybe compare overall tv picture to streaming movies etc

FYI, Outer Range seems like an episode of the Twilight Zone.

[PersonOfInterest]

Buy a new TV

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by Madelaine Amee

Thank you to everyone who took the time to help me. The TV is a Samsung and I cannot remember how old it is, but it is set to Dynamic. I think it may be dying ......

If on Dynamic, that's all the power she's got Scottie.

One opportunity..........make sure it has downloaded the latest Samsung software (if an option).

[bowlingal]

maybe you should have your eyes checked....just saying, cataracts maybe? something more serious? I had a macular hole that has no pain no obvious symptoms until an eye check

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by bowlingal

maybe you should have your eyes checked....just saying, cataracts maybe? something more serious? I had a macular hole that has no pain no obvious symptoms until an eye check

[MandoMan]

Originally Posted by Madelaine Amee

I stream using Roku. I mainly watch YouTubeTV and Prime. Recently I have noticed my screen is so dark it is hard to see what is happening. Last night I watched an Australian program that was really great, but some of the shots were too dark to see anything, but I could hear the action.

I notice this more on the older programs that come up on streaming. Is there anything I can do to lighten my site. I tried searching, but found nothing.

Last week I visited a friend who had the same problem but didn’t even realize it. Using her remote control, we went to Settings, then to some option that was set on Standard, and we had a couple other options for Movies or something like that. We clicked on one, went back to the main screen, and it wasn’t dark anymore. This is better than just using the Brightness setting, as it adjusted several other settings with one push of the button. We had tried just adjusting the brightness, but this was much better. Be careful about just moving sliders for Brightness, Balance, different colors, etc. you aren’t as likely to figure out the right setting that way.

A few years ago Consumer Reports had available online the correct setting for best results for every television they tested. The settings were quite picky, like 63 for this color and 48 for that, but the results were excellent. I guess there is an ideal setting for each model.

[retiredguy123]

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