Adjusting A Televisions Color And Hue Adjustments

The brightness and contrast controls are used on almost all monitors and they are not obsolete. They must be properly adjusted before the color adjustments are made. The brightness should be adjusted until the blackest parts of the picture are dark but still show some detail. Then adjust the contrast until the whitest parts of the picture are as bright as you like, but they too should show some detail and not change color as the contrast is raised Most people tend to set the contrast too high. LCD monitors usually have a backlight level control. Leave it low for viewing in a dark room; raise it for a bright room. Plasma monitors similarly have a power saving feature which should be on for a dark room and off for a bright room.

Modern displays usually offer a color temperature adjustment as well. It can be set warmer or cooler as the user desires.

Now for the “obsolete” part. The color and hue controls are used on a TV with analog broadcast or other composite input.

The color control adjusts saturation or the vividness of colors other than black, white and gray. The hue control ensures that the colors are properly decoded (E.G. red is red and not greenish or blueish) First adjust the hue until the flesh tones look natural- neither too red nor too green. Then adjust the color saturation control until the people are not too pale and not too cartoonish. Try several different channels and readjust as necessary.