That's right! They can make a lot of difference for you when trying to find downloads you like here on TSR.
Show: Display either both subscriber and free content mixed together, or only free/subscriber content.
Display: How many rows of items you want to display per page, either 15 or 75. Gallery view will display 100 items with only a small thumbnail. Clicking on a thumbnail will take you to a new page with the full description and larger images.
Sort By: Sort items based on publish date or the amount of downloads they have.
Filter: Display only creations compatible with the Expansion Packs you have, you can edit that here. You can also choose to only show items that don't belong to a set to show unique/individual items only.
Artists: Display items from everyone, only Featured Artists, only Select Artists or only from Artists with a minisite you have bookmarked yourself (you do that on their minisite).
Once you've made your choices among the above options (you can choose several combinations) - click "Filter Now".
Note: This infobox can be opened at anytime by clicking the help icon in the topright corner of the filters.
