http://www.ecoustics.com/latest/articles Latest articles, updated every five minutes http://www.ecoustics.com/tl/10070/ Understanding the video controls This article explains the operation of the video controls on your TV and will help both novices and experts achieve a better television picture. Many people try to adjust the controls without a good understanding of what they actually do, but knowing how they work can make it significantly easier to fine tune your television image to your liking. This article will focus on the five basic controls you'll find on every TV. It will also discuss color temperature, which is a control not found on every TV, but one which can also impact your picture. There are five basic picture controls on every color TV. Many people are familiar with them but these could be new to you. Some TVs have even more advanced controls but in most cases, it is not essential to adjust these for a good image. The basic controls are: Contrast (picture) Brightness (black level) Sharpness (detail) Color (saturation) Tint (hue) Many television hold separate video settings for each input, since people tend to view different sources in different conditions. This way, you can make your adjustments in the conditions that you watch a particular source. For example, if ... Tue, 14 Dec 2004 10:13:14 -0500