Turn this setting up too high, and the colors overwhelm the details. It’s not the hue or RGB balance-those are in the fine settings we’ll cover later. THXĬolor: This TV term actually sits closer to its mundane meaning, but refers to the intensity of color, or in industry-speak-saturation. How much it will help will depend on your TV. Lowering the contrast, along with the brightness can help mask processing issues such as shimmer and moiré, and raising it can help bring out detail in darker areas. That’s why it’s a good idea to revisit brightness after you adjust contrast, and vice versa. The difference between the two is your actual contrast level. So, brightness equals black level, and contrast equals white level. Opposite to color adjustment, you can lose edges and detail if you turn the backlight down too low, though some TVs won’t let you go that low.Ĭontrast: Again, this doesn’t really adjust contrast-i.e., the difference between adjoining light and dark areas-it changes the white level, or what hue is considered absolute white. Generally speaking, leave the backlight as low as possible for the ambient light conditions while still maintaining suitable bright highlights bright. On some TVs, you can wash out color almost entirely by increasing the intensity of the backlight. But if you feel the need, by all means give it a go. HDR10+ and Dolby Vision send adjustment info continually throughout the material, so anything you adjust according to one scene might mess with the next one or simply be thrown away. Some will even lock you out of basic brightness and color adjustments while HDR is in play. We have on occasion brightened an HDR10 title, though this is not possible on all TVs. HDR10 adjusts the TV only once, at the beginning, and must consider the entirety of the movie when doing so. Dolbyĭolby Vision HDR versus standard dynamic range You’ll get some of the HDR effect (vivid laser shots, more detail in dark areas) with TVs generating less than that, but the overall palette can be quite dark, especially with the older HDR10. In our experience, HDR works best with TVs that have at least 700 nits of peak brightness.

HDR standards such as HDR10, HDR10+ and Dolby Vision are basically adjustment information embedded in video that tell your TV how to render the material. It simply means that the TV understands the info, but it can’t really do anything with it. Note that “HDR compatible” doesn’t count. An HDR TV will generate far more brightness than a standard dynamic range TV.

High dynamic range ( HDR) is the latest hot feature with TVs, and we’re discussing it up front because it can effect the adjustment process.

Tv calibration color filters