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Contrast & Picture Setup
Settings for contrast (white levels) and brightness (black levels) are critical to the proper viewing of a picture on a video monitor or television. The blacker the blacks and the whiter the whites the...
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THX Optimizer Brightness Set-Up
Black level, or “how black are the black areas”, is just as important as the white level and also requires careful adjustment. The brightness setting on your television determines the overall black...
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THX Optimizer Color and Tint Set-Up
Color and Tint (also known as “hue”) settings work together to create the correct color imaging for the picture. For this adjustment, THX Optimizer uses a specially designed test pattern that mimics...
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THX Optimizer Monitor Performance
*The THX Optimizer test signals displayed are for reference use only. Be sure to check your equipment’s operations manual or refer to your service technician before making any internal adjustments on...
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THX Optimizer Monitor Check
*The THX Optimizer test signals displayed are for reference use only. Be sure to check your equipment’s operations manual or refer to your service technician before making any internal adjustments on...
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THX Optimizer Aspect Ratio
*The THX Optimizer test signals displayed are for reference use only. Be sure to check your equipment’s operations manual or refer to your service technician before making any internal adjustments on...
View ArticleTHX Optimizer Final Test
This section of the THX Optimizer testing process will play a selected scene from the movie if available. The scene was selected based upon its ability to provide a good test of color and picture...
View ArticleTHX Optimizer Speaker Assignment
This test verifies that the speaker channel assignments are correct for a 5.1-channel or 7.1 sound system (left output from the receiver is going to the left speaker, center output to the center...
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When you have more than one speaker, the speakers interact with each other to create a sound field. Sound designers/mixers have the ability to place sounds in various locations within the sound field...
View ArticleTHX Optimizer Subwoofer Crossover
THX insists on a high level of quality in the products that we endorse. For a home theater system to carry the THX logo, the products must pass a stringent THX Certification process. Although in 5.1...
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