Is it worth calibrating your TV? A guest appearance from our editorial team!

Calendar 11/10/2025

TV calibration under the microscope! See what professional tuning really does and whether the difference is worth the price.

Premiere of the new film created in collaboration with the "Technology Channel"! This time we're tackling the subject that you most often ask about after purchasing a TV: does calibration make sense, when and for whom is it worth it – and how much does it actually help. The representative of our editorial team is the founder Maciej Koper with 15 years of experience in display calibration – from home televisions to post-production studios (yes, we have calibrated twice at Netflix's headquarters in the Netherlands).

What will you see in the film?

  • how to carry out a professional TV calibration process step by step,

  • comparison of the picture before and after calibration on an OLED TV,

  • differences between the Film, Standard, and Game modes,

  • how calibration affects colours, black levels, HDR, and blue light,

  • real customer stories – from calibrating in homes to… the Netflix headquarters,

  • answers to the most common questions: when does calibration make sense, is it worth it for a cheap TV, how often should it be repeated, and why do manufacturers deliberately not set TVs up perfectly.

You will also learn about the difference between calibration for movies and that for gamers, how to choose the "day/night" profile, and whether you can add such a service when purchasing a television, for example, at Media Expert.

Lastly — live effect: you will see how much the picture changes after calibration and whether the difference is really worth its price.

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Katarzyna Petru

Journalist, reviewer, and columnist for the "ChooseTV" portal