Sky employee reveals TV remote trick for best picture quality – and warns wrong setting ruins sports and action films
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MAKE sure you're getting the absolute best picture possible from your Sky TV set-up. A Sky employee has revealed how to check your screen resolution – so you can ensure you're getting what you pay for. Resolution refers to the number of pixels – the tiny dots of colour – that make up the picture you see on a telly.
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The more pixels, the greater the level of detail it's possible to see. Imagine colouring in the squares on a 12 x 12 grid, and think about how hard it would be to show a picture. Increase that to 120 x 120 or 1,200 x 1,200 and you can add much more detail.
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TVs work in much the same way, but the number of pixels are in the order of millions. For instance, a Full HD 1080p piece of content means there are 1,920 pixels on each row and 1,080 for each column – working out at about two million in total. And 4K Ultra HD content has four times that – coming in at around eight million.
Of course you'll also need a TV that supports such high resolutions. For instance, a Full HD TV with two million pixels can't show all of the eight million pixels' worth of content that 4K offers. So that's one reason why you might not be seeing a 4K picture even if you're watching 4K content.
It's important to make sure that your Sky TV set-up is configured to get the best resolution for your system. An official memo from a Sky guide revealed the easy steps "to pick the best resolution for your TV". Just press Home on the Sky remote, then go to Settings > Setup.
