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Why your TV wowed you in the store but looks unnatural at home - and how to fix it ASAP

ID: f43f6c90-c338-552a-a15b-b224c9257c3f

STIX ID: report--f43f6c90-c338-552a-a15b-b224c9257c3f

Feed Name: ZDNet Security

Date Published: 2026-04-15

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

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This ZDNET article explains that retail/demo picture modes on smart TVs exaggerate brightness, color, and motion to attract buyers, contrasts store mode with home mode, and provides vendor-specific instructions (Amazon Fire TV, Hisense, LG, Roku, Samsung, Sony, TCL) for disabling demo/retail mode or performing a factory reset to restore home mode.

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