Apple TV can now automatically calibrate color. But does it actually work?

Color accuracy is an important ingredient in a good TV picture, but how are you supposed to know what’s “accurate”? You could mess around with picture settings yourself, or 에비앙카지노 pay an expert to use use sophisticated gear to calibrate the TV. Now there’s a new option for owners of the Apple TV streaming box who also happen to have a newer iPhone. It’s similar to some of the adjustments I make as a TV reviewer for CNET, 크레이지슬롯쿠폰 but requires no expertise and takes about 30 seconds of your time.

Called color balance, the feature is found in Apple TV’s settings menu. We have a whole article on how to use it yourself, but here’s the basics. 

• You need an iPhone X or newer with Face ID running iOS 14.5 or later
• You also need an Apple TV or Apple TV 4K running TVOS 14.5 or later
• To use the feature, go to Settings app on your Apple TV, then Video & Audio
• Scroll down to the bottom of the screen, where you’ll find a Color Balance option in the Calibration section. Select it.
• Hold your iPhone up to the screen. A color swatch will appear and the phone will measure it and adjust the output of the Apple TV to balance color.

So does it work? Yes, but with some caveats. I tested the feature on three different TVs, one high-end, one midrange and one budget, 우리카지노 and measured two different picture modes on each one to see how Apple TV’s color balance affected image quality. 

The results were good, but depended in large part on what picture mode I was using. The Apple TV’s color balance was most effective on relatively inaccurate picture modes, but with accurate ones it had little or no visible impact. It’s also limited by that fact that color balance only works on the Apple TV itself — if you want better color on another device, 퍼스트카지노주소 like your game console or cable box, just use an accurate picture mode to begin with. 

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