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The default settings on any new television are not necessarily the ones that will produce the best picture at home in the living room. Settings that are too high or too low can result in an early demise of the screen or simply provide a poor picture. Ideally the picture settings on the television should be adjusted to coincide with the lighting conditions in the room where it will be viewed. Settings on all televisions can be adjusted and some even allow resetting the controls for the various input devices.

Picture control settings can be accessed through the television set up menu. It is easiest to make the appropriate adjustments by purchasing or renting a test pattern DVD although it is possible to use other pictures on the screen with known colors to determine the new settings. An example of a known color would be a scene with a snow covered landscape when adjusting contrast or the white within a picture.

The following modifications are common:

• Contrast: Contrast is the intensity of white within the picture on the television. If the intensity of white is too high there can be a loss of detail in the picture or increased deterioration of the phosphors in a plasma or CRT screen. By adjusting the contrast to the lowest setting, white will become somewhat grey. From here the contrast is advanced gradually upwards until the point when the grey just becomes white.

• Brightness: Brightness is the intensity of black within the picture on the television. With brightness turned up to maximum, blacks will become grey. The level should then be slowly reduced until it first becomes black again.

• Sharpness: A television with the sharpness set too low can have a blurry picture while having it set too high can result in a “grainy” picture.

• Color/Saturation: Adjusting the color is important to achieve a realistic picture. Many automatic settings are insufficient. When unable to use a test pattern, many experts advise using skin tone as a good guide in adjusting color to the optimal level.

Basically, the important thing to remember is that factory set controls on a television are not set up for the viewing conditions in most homes and to get the outstanding picture consumers pay for and to assure the longevity of the television, some adjustment is necessary. Video Essentials and AVIA are two test pattern tools that are available to assist in adjusting setting on the television for clear, vivid, color accurate images.

The Wisconsin Broadcasters Association wants everyone to know that just over a year from now, there will be no more analog signals from any television stations and that means old television sets will suddenly stop working — unless owners take some action.

Season 1, Episode 7 Aired: 10/13/1992 The Komplex Caper The Master Toad Spy launches a toad television receiver and transmitter relay satellite into mammal space, ostensibly to keep an eye on the UAC in case they are planning any secret attacks. But Willy discovers that Komplex has an alterior motive: the satellite will beam mind-numbing Toad TV into all of the mammal television sets in the Aniverse, hypnotizing the viewers and allowing Komplex to steal and reprogram their brainwaves, making them its slaves! Because the satellite is protected by an impenetrable force field, Bucky O’Hare must risk everything to penetrate the inner sanctum of Komplex on the Toad Homeworld, before the reprogrammed brainwaves can be sent back out.

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Showoffs was a Goodson-Todman game show that aired on the ABC television network for six months in 1975 from June 30 through December 26, with Bobby Van as the host and Gene Wood as the announcer. The original host was to be Larry Blyden, but he died in a car crash in between the filming of the pilot and the first week of shows. Showoffs was later revived on CBS under the name Body Language, with Tom Kennedy as the host. Two teams (the red & blue) of three players (consisting of two celebrities & one civilian contestant, with each member wearing a sweater of the corresponding team color) competed in a game of charades. Because the team colors were indistinguishable on black and white television sets (which were still commonplace at this point in time), the words “REDS” and “BLUES” were later placed on the front of each team member’s sweater for the benefit of home viewers. The main game The main game had two formats in its six month run. Format one One team was isolated while two members of the other team acted out a series of words to their partner for sixty seconds. The actors could alternate in acting, and the guessing partner could pass on a word if he/she were stuck, but the team could do that only once per game. When time ran out, the isolated team returned to the stage, and acted out the same words as the first team. The team that guessed the most words in two minutes (60 seconds per team) won the round. The first team to win two rounds won the game. If the game …