Video Asylum

Posted by DWPC (A) on August 21, 2006 at 13:44:08

In Reply to: is this the right place?-- Q. about changing factory preset Contrast on Toshiba CRT posted by DunninLA on August 20, 2006 at 13:47:25:

Do you have a digital cable box connected to the new TV? Try connecting the coax cable directly to the tv's antenna input. If its a better image for the non-digital channels (and your tv has multiple inputs) use a splitter and connect the box on a different input for digital channels.

How's the Toshiba's image with a DVD? The Digital Video Essentials (DVE) disk helps you calibrate your set for DVDs but it may not fully correct a bad image on the cable input. If you have a movie DVD with "THX Optimizer" on its set-up menu, it has a tool for setting brightness and contrast, and its free. You might try it before you spend $$ on DVE disk.