Own a Samsung TV? I changed these 6 settings to give my system a speed boost

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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 2026. 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.

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I've been guilty of it. And I'm OK with that because it's widely accepted that most consumers neglect to adjust the most basic settings when setting up their TVs. Even if your TV is a few years old, you may never have changed its defaults.

For Samsung TVs, in particular, you ...