Check your TV's settings. Most, if not all, TVs ship in some sort of display demo mode that jacks up the contrast and sharpness and does all kinds of horrible t

Check your TV's settings. Most, if not all, TVs ship in some sort of display demo mode that jacks up the contrast and sharpness and does all kinds of horrible things to make it stand out in the environment of a show floor. On Samsung, it's called "Dynamic" last I knew, but other euphemisms are used by the other manufacturers. I call it "Claw Your Eyes Out Mode", but that's obviously just me. Generally if you tune your TV to any other "mode" as a base mode, you'll get much better colors. At first it'll look dull next to Claw Your Eyes Out Mode, but stick with it a bit and your eyes will rapidly come to appreciate not being clawed out. You can also generally find suggested settings for your TV from people who calibrate them with professional tools. You'll see them also say you shouldn't just take them directly because your TV may be different, but from my point of view, the upgrade from CYEOM to "calibrated based on the same model even if it is a different instance" is probably about 99% of the upgrade you can expect and I don't consider the remaining single-percent upgrades that may be theoretically possible to be worth the effort required.