Comment by jqpabc123

6 days ago

I bought a Hisense model from Costco and set it to "store mode".

For all practical purposes, it is just a dumb HDMI display attached to my computer.

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otterley  3 days ago

Are you able to adjust its picture settings when it's in store mode?

  • jqpabc123  3 days ago

    No. Brightness and contrast are maxed out but it's not bad with a cheaper model.

    My opinion --- in some cases, the difference between expensive and cheap boils down to the picture controls being intentionally limited for marketing effect.

    So the cheap model maxed out looks like the more expensive model at medium. People can recognize the difference in the store so they opt for the more expensive one. But the actual displays themselves are virtually identical.

    It may actually be cheaper to make one grade of display and differentiate using the controls.

mongol  3 days ago

What does store mode do?

  • hamdingers  3 days ago

    It disables smart features and many of the settings making it more like a dumb HDMI screen.

    This may seem like a good thing, but it also usually enables a "vibrant" postprocessing picture mode, motion smoothing, and maximum brightness so the display looks good in a well lit big box store. Unless your viewing environment is similar (or you don't care so much) that's probably not what you want.

  • jimt1234  3 days ago

    This is interesting to me. I never heard of "store mode". Is that common for "smart TVs" these days? My interest here is for my elderly mother who tries to watch TV, but her current LG is constantly bombarding her with notifications for software updates, recommendations and ads. It's very frustrating for her; it's to the point where she's afraid to turn on the TV.

    I want a TV for her that will power-on directly to YouTube-TV, and that's it, nothing else, no notifications, nothing.