Best Picture Settings for Sony Bravia 4K TVs

If you’ve watched a Sony Bravia TV for some time now, you’d agree that it’s amazing in virtually all aspects. However, to get the best picture from your Bravia TV, you need to get the settings right.

The crazy part is that the perfect settings for gaming might be unimpressive for movies. So, you need to tweak your settings based on what you use your Bravia TV for.

In this article, we’ll be looking at the best picture settings for Sony Bravia 4K TV as recommended by our team of TV testing experts. Whether you’re a chronic gamer or a movie addict, you’ll find the right settings just for you.

Best Picture Settings for Sony Bravia 4K TV

Here are the settings that can help improve the images on various Sony 4K TVs. But before using these settings, check the owner’s manual for any possible solutions.

1. For Movies and TV shows

If you want to watch a blockbuster or the latest TV shows on the Sony X900f, you can try the following settings:

Set Picture Mode to Custom
Disable Auto Picture Mode
Turn off the light sensor.
Head to Advanced Settings
Adjust Brightness to 1 (Darkroom), or 9 (Regular Lighted Room), Max (very bright room)
Set Contrast to 90
Keep Gamma at 0
Adjust Black Level to 50
Turn Off Black Adjust and Adv. contrast enhancer.
Turn off Auto Local Dimming
Turn on the X-tended Dynamic Range
Leave Hue at 0
Adjust Color to 50
Set Color Temperature to Expert 1
Turn Off Live Color
Adjust Sharpness to 50
Switch Off Reality Creation (leave ON for low-resolution videos)
Make sure the following settings are disabled: Smooth gradation, digital noise reduction, and random noise reduction
Head to the Motion lab and turn off Cinemotion and Motionflow
Leave HDR Mode, HDMI Video Range, and Color Space on Auto

2. For Video Games

If you are playing HDR video games, try to enable Game mode and use the following parameters

Set the Brightness to Max
Set Auto Local Dimming to High
Adjust X-tended Dynamic Range to High

But if you are playing SDR content, enable Game mode and use the same settings used for TV shows/ movies ( as listed above)

Best Picture Settings for the Sony X75K

If your 4K TV is the Sony X75k, you might have similar settings with the X900f, but with a slight difference. To adjust the former, try these parameters

1. For Movies / TV Shows

Adjust the Picture Mode to Custom
Set Brightness to your preference
Adjust Contrast to 90
Set Sharpness to 50
Set the Black Level to 50
Choose Expert 1 for Color Temperature
Set Black Adjust to your preference
Set Adv Contrast Enhancer to your preference
Disable Random Noise Reduction and Digitial Noise Reduction
Turn HDR to Auto

2. For Gaming

Keep the settings used for watching TV/ Movies on the X75K. Then enable Game Mode to enhance the performance of the game.

Best Picture Settings For the Sony X85K

For movies or TV shows:

Choose the Custom Mode under the Picture Mode
Adjust Brightness to your preference
Set Contrast to 90
Leave Gamma at 0
Tune the Black Level to 50
Set Sharpness to 50
Turn Off Random Noise Reduction and Digitial Noise Reduction
Turn off Reality Creation ( Enable for low-resolution video)
Turn on HDR Auto

For games:

For playing video games on the Sony X85K, you should enable Game Mode on it. Then use the TV settings for watching movies and TV shows. However, you can make things easier by enabling Auto Picture Mode thereby allowing the TV to switch to Game Made automatically.

Best Picture Settings for Sony Bravia for X90J TV?

Here are the settings for adjusting the Sony Bravia X90J TV for various content. But before you get started, turn off Light Sensor and Auto Picture Mode.

Select Custom for Mode
Adjust Contrast to 90
Set Gamma to 0
Adjust Black Level at 50
Disable Auto Local Dimming, Black Adjust Adv, and Contrast
Set the Brightness to your preference
Set Sharpness to 50

N.B. If you are watching HDR content on the TV, make it more vivid by choosing High under the Peak Luminance and Advanced Contrast Enhancer settings. Besides, set HDR Tone Mapping to Brightness Preferred while Contrast and Brightness stay at Max.

For gaming

If you want to adjust the TV for gaming, enable Game mode while using the X90J settings for watching movies.