How to calibrate a HDTV that is being used as monitor?

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Published on 2010-03-10T22:04:48Z Indexed on 2010/04/15 4:03 UTC
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I have a HDTV I am using as a second monitor. The first monitor, is a real computer monitor, not a TV and has a fantastic image.

The second one, the HDTV has a good image, but it is a little bit blurred and has the problem you can see on the picture below, a kind of red halo around the edges. I think it has something to do with red contrast. Other colors show this problem too, specially the green.

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The problem is that the TV has no contrast adjustment. Instead it has something called IRE 10 points and IRE 2 points.

Taking IRE 10 for example, it has 4 controls for each of the 10 points: luminosity, R, G and B.

I could not find a page where I can understand what this IRE is and how should I adjust this.

Can someone tell me how should I proceed to calibrate this TV for best picture?

thanks for any help.

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