GoKawiilYour Vizio TV, even the new Mini-LED Quantum models, can look better with just a few tweaks of some easily accessible settings. Even just choosing the right picture mode can result in big improvements in picture quality. You don't need specialized gear or know-how, and if you don't like how it looks when you're done it's easy to go back to how it looked before. All it takes is a few minutes adjusting the right settings. While you can't speed up a slow TV, you can make it look better.
There are a lot of changes outlined below, and lots more if you want to dive deep, so I'd recommend making one change at a time and checking how it looks. That way, if there's some aspect of the image at the end that you don't like, you can change that one setting and not have to start from scratch. The most important thing, however, is giving yourself a day or so to get used to the new settings because a more accurate image is going to look different compared to how your TV looks now.
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Navigating basic picture settings
With most Vizio TVs, this menu will be on the left with an image behind it. For clarity in this article, we've placed it in the center. Vizio/CNET
After you connect your various HDMI cables, get the TV onto your Wi-Fi, opt out (if possible) of any data "sharing" policies, you'll be ready to start adjusting the TV's picture settings. Depending on the year and series of your TV, the menus may look slightly different, but the layout and names should be similar.
Important note: With most Vizio TVs, picture settings are typically set per input and sometimes per picture mode. However, if you want to apply the same look to every input, just choose the mode you prefer from the picture menu. If you need to edit an individual input, you can create a new mode specifically for that. Look for picture mode edit in your menu.
Picture mode
Changing the picture mode is the single biggest adjustment you can make on any TV because it alters multiple aspects of the picture simultaneously. You'll recognize modes like standard, calibrated, calibrated dark, bright, vivid and so on.
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