'Why You Should Use Your TV's Filmmaker Mode'

Part of that problem these days is streaming compression, even "4K"/"8K", doing awful things to black levels.

(The other part, of course, is bizarre directorial nonsense like the last season of GoT.)

> the picture too dark

that goes double for dark scenes with OLED tvs during not-nighttime.

same, only option is turn down the lights but then people fall asleep

It was mentioned in the article, i.e. to turn up the brightness when watching in a bright room. It’s a customisable preset anyways.