| The default settings on any new television are not | | | | upwards until the point when the grey just becomes |
| necessarily the ones that will produce the best | | | | white. |
| picture at home in the living room. Settings that are | | | | Brightness: Brightness is the intensity of black within |
| too high or too low can result in an early demise of | | | | the picture on the television. With brightness turned |
| the screen or simply provide a poor picture. Ideally | | | | up to maximum, blacks will become grey. The level |
| the picture settings on the television should be | | | | should then be slowly reduced until it first becomes |
| adjusted to coincide with the lighting conditions in the | | | | black again. |
| room where it will be viewed. Settings on all | | | | Sharpness: A television with the sharpness set too |
| televisions can be adjusted and some even allow | | | | low can have a blurry picture while having it set too |
| resetting the controls for the various input devices. | | | | high can result in a "grainy" picture. |
| Picture control settings can be accessed through the | | | | Color/Saturation: Adjusting the color is important to |
| television set up menu. It is easiest to make the | | | | achieve a realistic picture. Many automatic settings |
| appropriate adjustments by purchasing or renting a | | | | are insufficient. When unable to use a test pattern, |
| test pattern DVD although it is possible to use other | | | | many experts advise using skin tone as a good guide |
| pictures on the screen with known colors to | | | | in adjusting color to the optimal level. |
| determine the new settings. An example of a known | | | | Basically, the important thing to remember is that |
| color would be a scene with a snow covered | | | | factory set controls on a television are not set up |
| landscape when adjusting contrast or the white | | | | for the viewing conditions in most homes and to get |
| within a picture. | | | | the outstanding picture consumers pay for and to |
| The following modifications are common: | | | | assure the longevity of the television, some |
| Contrast: Contrast is the intensity of white within the | | | | adjustment is necessary. Video Essentials and AVIA |
| picture on the television. If the intensity of white is | | | | are two test pattern tools that are available to assist |
| too high there can be a loss of detail in the picture or | | | | in adjusting setting on the television for clear, vivid, |
| increased deterioration of the phosphors in a plasma | | | | color accurate images. |
| or CRT screen. By adjusting the contrast to the | | | | Get the most out of your television or shop for a |
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| From here the contrast is advanced gradually | | | | home electronics store. |