"Say you recently picked up a shiny new TV. You unbox it like a kid at Christmas and prepare to indulge in all its visual glory. You think to yourself, "This is 2025. TV technology is sizzling, and it's going to look amazing no matter what." So you plug it in and don't take one look at the default settings. Big mistake."
"Pretty much all TVs now come with a form of "Eco Mode" turned on by default. Eco Mode is designed to limit power usage by attenuating the TV's brightness and reducing its contrast level. A recent study found that enabling Eco Mode saves as little as $7 a year on your electric bill. (That's literally less than two cents per day.) Whether "eco" is short for economy or ecology, that's not a significant saving, and there are myriad ways to more effectively reduce your carbon footprint."
Most new TVs ship with energy-saving defaults that dim brightness and lower contrast, which visibly degrades picture quality. Many consumers never change those default settings, even on older sets. Samsung TVs provide menu options to improve viewing by disabling features such as Eco Mode and Brightness Optimization. Eco Mode typically saves only about $7 per year while reducing image quality. To disable Eco Mode on Samsung, navigate: All Settings > General and Privacy > Power and Energy Saving > Energy Saving Solution, then toggle Energy Saving Solution off. Further picture adjustments can enhance clarity and color accuracy.
Read at ZDNET
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