LG QNED85T Calibration Settings

We used the following calibration settings to review the 65-inch LG QNED85T (65QNED85TUA) model, and they're also valid for the 50-inch (50QNED85TUA), 55-inch (55QNED85TUA), and 75-inch (75QNED85TUA) models. The 86-inch (LG 86QNED85TUA) likely uses an IPS panel, so it performs differently, but our general settings should be mostly the same. These settings apply to most types of content, except for gaming or use as a PC monitor, which requires a few additional changes, listed below.

For SDR content, you can choose a few different preset picture modes. We used the 'Dark Space, Night' Picture Mode because it's the most accurate out of the box and allows for the most customization. A Panel Brightness setting of '54' corresponds to about 200 nits on our unit, which is our target for a moderately lit room, but you should adjust this setting to your specific viewing condition. Below are the settings we used for SDR. All other settings were either disabled or left off.

• Picture Mode: Expert (Dark Space, Night)
• Panel Brightness: 54 (200 nits)
• Adjust Contrast: 80
• LED Local Dimming: High
• Gamma: 2.2
• Color Temperature: Warm 50
• Color Gamut: Auto

HDR10 is automatically enabled for native apps. When you start playing HDR content, a small HDR icon appears in the picture settings menu. Once you start playing HDR content, some of the settings change automatically. Below are the settings we used for HDR10. All other settings were either disabled or left off. If you're having any issues with HDR content, make sure HDMI Deep Color is set to '4k.'

• HDR Picture Mode: Cinema
• Local Dimming: High
• Brightness: 100
• Contrast: 100
• Color Temperature: Warm 50
• Color Gamut: Auto
• Dynamic Tone Mapping: Off

The following are the results of calibrating the white balance of our unit to 6500K in HDR. They are provided for reference and shouldn't be copied as the calibration values vary per individual unit, even for the same model and size as the TV we reviewed, due to manufacturing tolerances. If you want to try them, you'll need to enter all values shown, as all of them are active at the same time. If you end up with worse picture quality, simply reset them to the default values.

From the base SDR and HDR settings, very few changes are required for the best gaming experience. When you start gaming, it is best to use the Game Optimizer to get the lowest input lag. The rest of our gaming settings are identical to our regular settings for SDR or HDR. For chroma 4:4:4, you must have the input label set to 'PC' or enable 4:4:4 passthrough.

You must set the HDMI Input Format to 'Bitstream' and the Digital Sound Output to 'Passthrough' and enable HDMI (ARC) Device for eARC to work properly with all formats.

For our upscaling test, we set Sharpness to '16' and set Super Resolution to 'High.' Sharpness processing was calibrated with no over-sharpening for low-resolution content.

This TV automatically removes judder from 24p sources and from the internal apps with the Real Cinema setting enabled.

The unit we bought and tested was calibrated on software version 23.20.23. The TV has 5.6GB of internal storage, and 1.1GB of space is taken by the included apps.

For information on any other settings or features that fall outside of the scope of our testing, please refer to the user manual.