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Tips For Getting the Most Out of Your HDTV

by Terrence O'Brien on January 22, 2009 at 08:45 AM

Tips For Getting the Most Out of Your HDTV
The picture on your new HDTV, fresh out of the box, might be a bit of a disappointment. There is a world of advice out there to sift through on how to improve the picture quality, but, fortunately, Forbes has boiled it all down to some easily digestible tidbits.

The advice for how to get the most out of your new HD set ranges from the painfully obvious (watch more HD content), to the logical but often ignored (turn off stretch and zoom). Forbes also suggests that you avoid paying absurd prices for HDMI cables; like we told you before, that $13 HDMI cable is just as good as the $100 one.

Forbes also suggests tinkering with your brightness, contrast, and color settings -- even if you can't afford a professional set up. Just break out a movie you're familiar with, try out your television's different picture profiles, and manually adjust image settings until you get the best possible picture.

Check out the rest of Forbes's advice at the read link. [From: Forbes]

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