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'Deep black' refers to just what it sounds like - i.e. how absent of light the image is when what's being portrayed is very dark. To some extent this is a subjective thing. I know that my LCD passes the calibration disc tests, and to me a dark black looks the right 'colour' (if you see what I...

Shane, have you looked at LCDs when they've been correctly calibrated? If you're just going on what you've seen in stores, then there are potentially huge differences between what you've seen and what can be achieved. Most screen displays in stores are appallingly overbright and designed to...

Different set, but mine is set at about 60%. I'd still advise against setting the brightness to maximum. LCDs are relatively new devices, and I'd sooner err on the side of caution (apart from which, 100% brightness on my set is unbearable).

Short answer: yes, but ... Long answer: there's no law to say that you 'must' calibrate your set. Indeed, almost certainly when you factor in personal characteristics, the ideal picture may not be to your taste. Obvious examples include: (i) age (inevitably as we grow older we become less...

No problem. On some DVDs you may already own there may be a 'THX optimizer' on the menu page. The items you find there are a basic set of calibration tests. A full calibration disc simply consists of a lot more of these sorts of tests. If you haven't got any discs with a THX optimizer...

I have a 27" LCD [Logik - I don't the make has reached the USA yet] which we bought after our CRT set went phut (two months after the end of the extended warranty of course :angry: ). We wanted a flatter screen (we'd recently moved house and it suited the room better; but had the CRT kept going...