Video Calibration

Calibration Files

CRT and Trinitron step-by-step adjustment guide:

• Display the PNG image
• Adjust brightness on your TV (the "sun" icon) until the background is as dark as possible, but 3 out of 4 of the dark squares in the box in the middle are still visible.
• Adjust contrast to a comfortable level
• Adjust saturation so that the colored boxes get a pure and non-fainted color. If the green or yellow boxes seem brighter than the white box in the middle, turn down saturation.

Computer screen overlay settings adjustment guide:

• Loop the .avi file in your favorite media player.
• Disable any color corrections in the mediaplayer and video codec.
• Find the Video Overlay Settings in your control panel or Catalyst control center
• Adjust Brightness and Contrast so that the white area in the middle is as bright as possible and the dark area above it is as dark as possible, while you can still see all 8 squares.
• Turn saturation up as much as possible without the 4 squares in the red, green and blue boxes left dissappear.

Troubleshooting:

CRT	IPS/LED/TN	OLED
Overexposed Notice how the faint squares inside the bright square in the middle are all gone.
Should not be possible. Check your signal source output level or settings.	Reduce either "contrast" or "brightness" or the red/green/blue gain level in the menu of your monitor or graphics card settings.	Awaiting more info on OLED screens.
Crushed blacks All the really dark squares are entirely gone, and the colors appear a bit exaggerated.
Increase "brightness" (sun icon) until the dark squares are barely visible, still leaving the black areas entirely black.		?
Hazy blacks The black background is not deep black but rather hazy and gray looking.
Decrease "brightness" (sun icon) until the black areas become as black as they can, and at least three of the four the dark squares are still visible.		?
Oversaturated Notice how the faint squares inside the bright part of the colored squares are all gone, whereas the similar ones in the white area in the middle are still visible.
Should not be possible. Check your signal source output saturation setting.	Reduce "saturation" in the menu of your monitor or graphics card settings.	?
Undersaturated Colors look pale and washed out. Orange colors appear brown.
Reset the value for "color saturation" on signal source and increase "color" on the display until the red, green and blue color patches appear as vivid and bright as the white one in the middle.	Increase color saturation on either your signal source or on the display until the red, green and blue color patches appear as vivid and bright as the white one in the middle.	?
Some color channels overexposed The fade from white to pale bright gray appears to have a distinct color instead of being neutral gray.
Cannot happen with a CRT screen. Check your signal source.	Adjust the "color temperature" of the display, or lower the separate red/green/blue levels until the white and bright gray fade all have the same color.	?
Gamma too high The fade from black to dark gray is very visible but the fade from bright gray to white is hardly visible.
Cannot be adjusted on a CRT display. Check the settings of your signal source.	Check the gamma settings of your display. If this is not enough, check the gamma of your signal source.	?
Gamma too low The fade from black to dark gray is hardly visible but the fade from bright gray to white is very visible.
Cannot be adjusted on a CRT display. Check the settings of your signal source.	Check the gamma settings of your display. If this is not enough, check the gamma of your signal source.	?
Scaling artifacts Image detail is lost or appears jaggy.
This cannot be caused by a CRT display itself. Check the scaling settings of your signal source.	Check the scaling settings of your signal source and make sure it matches the native resolution of your display device.