Posted by Joshua Zyber on 10/13/05 11:59

"Nomen Nescio" <nobody@dizum.com> wrote in message
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> Showtime and the other broadcasters do an excellent job balancing the
> tonal
> balance of the motion pictures they present.
>
> However, I observe DVDs are most often too contrasty. Sometimes faces
> are
> washed out and the shadows go to black. Black is absolutely black and
> white is absolutely white and the graduations in between are too steep
> for
> my taste.

Have you properly calibrated your TV? You should calibrate separately
for each input source. Your cable/satellite box will likely require
different default settings than your DVD player. What you describe
sounds like a classic calibration issue.

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