Grayscale and color accuracy count among the most important tests TechRadar runs on TVs. That’s because the best TVs with high grayscale and color accuracy will ensure that images displayed onscreen match the visual intent of the director when a movie was mastered during post-production. If you’re a film fan who wants to experience movies at home with a level of fidelity to how they were displayed at the theater, then having a TV with good grayscale and color accuracy will be crucial.
Although many people prefer to tweak their TV’s picture settings to their liking, a picture preset that offers a high level of accuracy can provide visual benefits with all types of content – sports and news included. The Filmmaker Mode preset found in select TVs is intended as an easy shortcut to getting an accurate picture, though in some cases a set’s Filmmaker Mode will end up being less accurate than other picture modes such as Movie or Cinema. In our TV reviews, we first run grayscale and color tests on multiple picture presets to determine which is the most accurate, and will then make final measurements with that specific preset active.
