Disappointed by your monitor’s image quality? You might be able to improve it through monitor calibration. Learning to calibrate your monitor will make the most of its potential, and while you can ...

For that reason, feel free to experiment with calibration, whether through on-display menus or a manufacturer's bundled software. The recommendations below are just my own, based on experience.

More technically known as SMPTE color bars (after the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers), they were test patterns used to calibrate TVs. Engineers needed a visual reference to ...

More technically known as SMPTE color bars (after the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers), they were test patterns used to calibrate TVs.