Optimizing the Display of Your New TV

So you’ve finally went out and bought that plasma or flat screen TV that you’ve been wanting, you’ve got it home, and now you’re basking in the glory that is beautiful and vibrant picture quality. Or is it?

What many people don’t consider in the excitement of their new purchase is that most of the time, your brand new TV’s picture will not be adjusted to the most optimal picture settings for your specific viewing environment straight out of the box. Factory settings on most plasma and flat screen TVs are usually set at levels that aren’t the most desirable for every viewing setting. More often than not, contrast and brightness are set to their highest setting, and on some applicable TVs, the backlight setting is also too bright, which can wash out colors and reduce the life span of your new purchase.

The reason you don’t need the TV display incredibly bright lies, other than the aforementioned color wash issue and life span, is that you’ll be having ambient lighting in your home to consider too. You’ll want to match the ambient lighting conditions of your display brightness to get the best picture.

For example, if your viewing area tends to get a lot of light, whether it’s windows or other house lighting, you’ll want to keep bright, dynamic picture modes off, because they aren’t needed, and won’t give you the most picture viewing satisfaction. If you are watching a movie at night, brighter or more dynamic will offer you the best viewing contrast, though keep in mind, unless you only watch TV at night, you’ll want to make sure that dynamic, vivid, or generally bright settings aren’t your default picture mode.

Hopefully these few basics tips will help any new plasma or flat screen TV owner enjoy the benefits of high definition movies, satellite TV, gaming, or any media entertainment on their brand new television.

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News By Satellite

Television in the home has become such an integral and necessary part of the function of our daily lives that we often forget how important and helpful its made our lives.

Basic television with the analog bunny-ear style antenna kept audiences happy and enthralled for decades, providing sports events, variety shows, and some of the most memorable moments in world history. Important events and milestones played out before the home audience’s eyes, such as the first moon landing, the Kennedy assassination, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon.

Since its inception, even basic broadcast TV brought the news media mainline into our homes that has helped keep us up-to-date on local happenings, national events, and other world related news stories. This has allowed people at home to come to a better grasp and understanding of previously unseen or imagined world-views that extends out past their front yard and the city they live in. And to think that all this was done to the satisfaction of the home audience with just a couple basic news programs transmitting out with a wavering analog signal.

Now we live in the day of digital satellite TV. Satellite television has opened the door to a world of entertainment, sports, music, and most importantly, news of all regions and persuasions. Any reputable satellite TV provider, such as DirecTV, will offer more than a handful of news channels, regardless of which subscription package you choose.

With satellite TV’s ability to bring so many channels into your home, you are guaranteed to find the perfect news channel for your special interests or needs, including multi-lingual versions of most broadcasts. Everything from FOX News, to ESPN Sports coverage, satellite TV has the world to offer in terms of up to date information that you and your family will enjoy.

The best part is, DirecTV packages can deliver it all right to your very own sofa!