Is your TV's picture too dark? Here are the settings you should change to help

If you find yourself watching a TV show or movie on your current TV and thinking ‘Why is this so dark? I can’t see what’s going on’ then you’re far from alone.

Several years ago, people famously complained that an episode of Game of Thrones was too dark to see: even the best TVs struggled! Due to the extremely dark scenes used, details were crushed in dark areas so shapes couldn't be differentiated, and it really demonstrated how important shadow detail can be on a TV.

While TVs are getting much brighter, with some of the best OLED TVs now surpassing 2,000 nits of brightness and some mini-LEDs easily hitting over 4,000 nits (!), dark scenes can still be an issue for a lot of TV owners, with crushed blacks and mirror-like reflections causing real problems with making out what's actually ...