How Do You Calibrate A Hi Definition TV?
High definition TVs often come from the factory set to impress. And while the out-of-the-box settings on your HDTV may be initially impressive, they are rarely adjusted for maximum accuracy. Calibrating your HDTV will allow you to watch movies and videos with colors, detail and sharpness intended by the director. Properly calibrating your HDTV can also increase its life and lower its power consumption. Set the contrast. The contrast is the white level of the display. It should be set so that when viewing an image, a wrinkled white shirt for example, the shirt appears white while still maintaining a high level of detail. Turn this control up until the white parts of the picture “bloom” or lose detail, and then reduce the contrast until you can see sufficient detail. The appropriate adjustment will vary by make and model of TV, but generally somewhere around 70 percent will give the best results. Set the brightness. Strange as it sounds, the brightness control actually adjusts the black
