Video Asylum

Posted by David Aiken (A) on April 01, 2007 at 00:07:56

In Reply to: it's easy to use posted by Joe Murphy Jr on March 31, 2007 at 18:32:13:

Not much else to say except:

- with my LCD screen, I find I get best results for both Brightness and Contrast using the 5% Step Gray Ramps. I set both of those controls using this one pattern. Set the contrast as low as it will go, adjust brightness first, then bring the contrast up until you're happy, recheck brightness and contrast again from that point because you may want to fudge brightness again after adjusting the contrast and that may change your contrast slightly again. YMMV. There are other patterns for these 2 settings including a different pattern for each of them and a further pattern that basically combines the two separate patterns. The gray ramps seem to work best for my eyes but you may be different and your display may react differently to my LCD.

- Sharpness on my screen is best set as low as it will go. Set sharpness as low as you can before doing the other tests, then adjust it last.

That's about it. Do it again after a week or two when your eyes have adjusted to the changes from your current settings and you may find you want to make a small change somewhere again. Redo the whole thing every few months in case your display has settings that move over time. Once you get a bit of experience it takes no time at all.

David Aiken