Calibrate my HDTV

By Rod's Blog

Oct 28, 2010

Rod wants you to know the best way to adjust a new HDTV.

When you turned on the TV for the first time, did it ask if you'll be using it in a home or a store?  TVs generally leave the factory set up to look good on the showroom floor, which means they look lousy in your home. By simply asking that question and adjusting the set accordingly, the TV solves the most common cause of badly-adjusted television.

I don't know your TV, your home, or your viewing habits, so I can't give detailed instructions. But I can point you in the right direction.

Unless your TV is in a windowless room unaffected by the time of day, adjust your set during the time of day you're most likely to watch--probably after dark. If your set is an LCD, you can adjust for other times of day by increasing and decreasing the Backlight setting. That's better than adjusting Brightness, which can send other settings out of whack. To correctly calibrate your new flat panel TV you need to have it calibrated by a professional. If you don't know what your doing and you don't want to invest 10k in a calibration tool. Call Schnell Entertainment we have the tools and the certification to calibrate the right way. Protect your investment make your TV last longer.