Scott Shaffmaster

Father of four great kids, husband that is not worthy of his lovely wife, Grandfather of three, CTO looking for next opportunity, and golfer.

[Eric Smith @Eric_Smith08]

A home theater installer has calibrated over 3,000 TVs in 12 years from $400 budget sets to $15,000 flagship OLEDs in custom media rooms.

He walks into people's homes, looks at their TV for 5 seconds, and can tell them exactly what's wrong.

He told me: "Almost every TV I see is running in the same mode Best Buy uses under fluorescent showroom lights. The motion smoothing is on. The sharpness is cranked. The eco dimmer is cutting brightness by 30–40%. And the TV is taking a screenshot of the screen every few seconds and selling the viewing data to advertisers. People are watching a $1,500 panel the same way it looked on the store shelf and that's the worst possible way to watch it."

He said a properly calibrated TV doesn't look "better." It looks like a completely different television.

He changed 9 settings on my TV in 15 minutes.

The soap opera effect disappeared. The colors became natural. Skin tones stopped looking plastic.

Dark scenes became visible. The TV stopped spying on me. And a movie finally looked like a movie instead of a daytime talk show.

"TV manufacturers ship every set optimized for a showroom, not a living room. Then they bury the settings that fix it inside 6 menus nobody opens."

Here are the 9 things he changed:

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@SECShorts Good bull, BAS!!!

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@SECShorts @renasant Vandy Pimp needs to be the guest picker on Game Day. @KirkHerbstreit make it happen.

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@elonmusk @elonmusk I’m concerned a new party would primarily split the Republican Party as very few democrats would back anything you are a part of.

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@KeneAkers There are no palm trees in Nashville.

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@GMC my two GMC Acadia Limiteds both have original engines and one has over 408k and the other over 393k. Thank you for keeping us on the road.

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I thought about doing a drinking game tonight every time they show @taylorswift13 but I’m not sure I have enough alcohol at home.

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@Titans you do not bring a QB in mid drive.

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@Perroni247 Congratulations BP.

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@AggieFootball in honor of TP the Heart Award should be named the Terry Price Heart Award. Fitting for someone who put his heart into everything he did.

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Pet peeve: When you are waiting in the Costco gas line, get your Costco card and payment card out of your wallet or purse. Don’t wait till you’re at the pump.

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Target marketing is real. Every other commercial on TV is for Magic Mike Last Dance. @mamashafty is hooked.

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@Brink_Thinker Dust

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@DcTabscott @UNMLoboFB @bryantvincent44 @CoachGonzUNM 9/2 at A&M

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MIL “What is illegal motion?”
Me “It is motion that is illegal.”
@mamashafty LOL

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@Apple iOS has regressed. Predictive text doesn’t work. Voice to text button doesn’t work the first time. Clear notifications doesn’t always work. Be more effective at regression testing and QA.

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Christmas elves have started to descend on our household. @mamashafty loves this time of year.

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🏆🇺🇸 THE BEST AMATEUR IN THE WORLD 🇺🇸🏆

Texas A&M’s Sam Bennett WINS the 122nd U.S. Amateur 👍 #GigEm

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@DindyGabriel The Deacon of Defense