Macintosh AV Systems: Gamma Correction for Television Use

This article describes how to get better color reproduction when connecting a Power Macintosh AV computer to a television.
Some discoloration can occur because televisions have marginal purity specifications, compared to computers. You can see some improvement by correctly setting the gamma setting. Here's how:
Gamma correction is used to match the computer color tables to the monitor or television set it is connected to. This is necessary because all monitors and television sets do not reproduce color identically.

Remember that the gamma setting for televisions is a "best guess gamma" because the gamma varies significantly from one television to another.
Published Date: Feb 19, 2012