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Calibrate your LCD television

By David Katzmaier
(May 09, 2005)

Estimated time required: 3 hours

Estimated cost: £15 and up

Create proper room lighting

STEP 4

Dim the backlight

STEP 5

Brightness and contrast

STEP 6

Set your colour correctly

STEP 7

Further fine-tuning

Step 2 What you'll need

Before you get started with this project, we recommend that you have the following:

An LCD flat-panel TV
A 'daylight' lightbulb (which glows at about 6,500 degrees Kelvin)
A home-theatre setup DVD, such as Digital Video Essentials

LCD flat-panel televisions

Svelte and sexy LCD (liquid-crystal display) flat panels have been replacing bulky PC monitor tubes for the past several years. It was only a matter of time before those 15- and 17-inch LCD monitors grew up into bigger flat-panel TVs. LCDs aren't a threat to bigger plasma screens yet, but they are a great option for design-conscious TV shoppers with more extra money than extra space.