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Perfect Picture: 4 steps to DIY TV calibration

By Pam Carroll on 17 August 2007
DVD Essentials

DVD Essentials

We've previously given you a video overview of what TV calibration is all about and the benefits of properly tuning the image of your display. In part two of our Picture Perfect guide, ISF professional Aaron Rigg of Avical Australia this time takes you step-by-step through the four main calibration settings that you can adjust yourself -- brightness, contrast, sharpness and colour.

To get the best results, we suggest you pick up a calibration disc called DVD Essentials. It's available from most home theatre equipment retailers for AU$29.95.

Watch Aaron's video below to see what each picture setting measures and how to adjust those settings on your television to get optimum results.

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Topics: calibration, isf, tv, lcd, plasma, settings, aaron, setting, picture, essential

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Comments (9)

  • bob commented on 27/07/2009 06:02 Report abuse

    SKIPPY UR STUPID .. IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE

  • Pam Carroll commented on 15/12/2008 15:05 Report abuse

    Hi 4X12, Aaron is referring to the fact that each device you connect to your TV should be calibrated -- and the settings locked down -- separately. A DVD recorder may transmit signals in a slightly different way to your Blu-ray player, depending on the make and model. So, your TV should have a different optimum calibration for everything you connect to it .

  • 4x12 commented on 12/12/2008 19:12 Report abuse

    In another clip he mentions that your dvd, blu-ray might also need some calibrating... does this video help with that also or just the tv ?

  • cdndave commented on 15/03/2008 06:03 Report abuse

    Calibration is something you should absolutely do. TV's are shipped with settings that are optimized for performance under the bright lights of a display floor. With calibration you can get a much better image in your home. But dont pay $300 to best buy for something you can do yourself with a $30 DVD, or you likely own a THX certified dvd that contains test patterns in the extras menu.

  • Speed commented on 10/03/2008 16:02 Report abuse

    If quatlity is important to you, then YES calibration is a must. I haven't look at the video demo, I am telling from my standards when I saw this topic. The DVD Essentails DVD

  • chuck commented on 06/03/2008 19:27 Report abuse

    Can these settings improve the HD Image as well? Is calibration really nessisary?

  • big dog commented on 09/02/2008 07:15 Report abuse

    circuit city only charges fifty bucks!!
    If you bought a car and you wanted it to get better gas mileage wouldnt you buy the necessary parts to make it perform better?

  • skippy commented on 29/01/2008 07:54 Report abuse

    This calibration talk is a load of bunk! just another way for stores and whoever to get 300 bucks on top of the 2K for the actual set. Spend that much for a tv, it better work fine without any "tweaking". Let's go buy a car then get a tune up within the first month of owning it....who's gonna do THAT?

  • Joe MacGillivray commented on 11/01/2008 10:37 Report abuse

    Very informative video, thank you. A question. Why is the use of a colour filter only valid for a phosphor based display, not an LCD or RPTV?

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