How to Calibrate Your HDTV for Better Video Quality in 30 Minutes [feedly]

How to Calibrate Your HDTV for Better Video Quality in 30 Minutes
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Most HDTVs ship with default settings that are meant to look good in store showrooms, but they're not ideal in your home. Thankfully, with the right tools, calibrating an HDTV to your viewing style is easy, and you can do it in less than a half-hour.

Blast from the past is a new weekly feature at Lifehacker, in which we revive old, but still relevant, posts for your reading and hacking pleasure. This week, we're talking about the easiest upgrade you can make to your home theater: proper TV calibration.

Before You Get Started

All of the calibrations and settings we're going to work with here are easily accessible on most HDTVs. We won't dive into the service menu to make minute or precision changes just yet, and nothing we're about to do here is any substitute for the work of a professional calibration service. The goal here is to optimize the picture for your viewing environment and your preferences, and save you from spending money on an entry-level calibration service like Best Buy's when you could do the same yourself.