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"Tuning" Video for HDTV / HTPC duty
This has little to do with Windows 10 specifically but much to do with Windows, Graphics Cards, and HDTV's, vs. "Monitors". As many have noticed, HDTV's are usually a better bet than buying "external monitors" for a host of reasons, however not without a gotcha or two.
I have a handful of pc's and laptops, and 2 well-rated HDTV's, one samsung 21, one Sony 50".
Every PC/Laptopt/netbook I hookup via HDMI gives me a lot of trouble tuning the video. I've had Intel 4000, 4400, etc onboards, AMD A-series, AMD PCI cards in PC's [5xxx series, 6xxx series, 7xxx series], and several different NVIDIA rigs - the current annoyance being a 640GT low profile in a small desktop used for HTPC [or.. I HOPE to].
The 'friendliest' in general are integrated laptops: the A-series AMD thingies leading, but that's the "Less awful" of a "Horrible" lot. I use the same HDMI cable I use for the DVD/BDP or Cable box. The displays are magnificent with the latter, and look awful with pc's... With a lot of work I can get the A-series to look pretty ok as long as your main objective is NOT to read any text.
Have any of you mastered this dark art? I'm baffled. What is the formula? I can get the scale and sync'ing fixed pretty easily: is the visuals that get me. All text always looks "overdriven" for lack of a more precise tech term. the fonts will always have a white halo all around them, with a murky gray behind that. making big adjustments in "desktop color", calibrating text, switching Aero on/off, flipping between strict use of the GPU and less strict - none of this makes for a good quality display, but just shifts from one outstanding problem to another... sorta moves the curve around.
surely a lot of you gamers go through this...