You can fix the color on a projection television the same way you can fix the color on any other TV: by accessing the picture set-up on the menu and adjusting the balance until it fits with your particular settings. But how do you know if the color is perfect? With projection TVs, you want the image to be absolutely optimal. A number of DVDs have a little-known function called a THX Optimizer, which lets you attain the perfect color balance on your projection TV.
Instructions
1. Turn your TV on and let it play for 10 or 15 minutes. You should be able to watch it just fine from the get-go, but by letting the screen warm up for a bit, you provide ideal conditions for fixing the color.
2. Insert a DVD with the THX Optimizer function into your DVD player and access the main menu. DVDs which have a THX Optimizer include "Star Wars," "Raiders of the Lost Ark," "Finding Nemo" and "The Incredibles."
3. Look for the "Options" or "Set Up" setting on the DVD menu and push it. Then search for the small THX logo among your various choices. Scroll over to it and push it to access the THX Optimizer. It allows you to cycle through a number of still screens that help you adjust the specifics of your projection TV picture.
4. Skip the first two steps in the Optimizer if you want. They correct the contrast and brightness levels, which are important, but only indirectly pertain to the color.
5. Note what comes on the screen when you reach the third step in the Optimizer. You will see that it is full of the words "Color" and "Tint." The letters of each word alternate blue and white.
6. Put on a set of THX Optimizer glasses, available for a small fee from the THX webpage (see Resources below). Then look at the screen again.
7. Adjust the color controls on your projection TV until all the letters in the word "Color" appear to be the same shade while wearing the glasses. (You can do the same thing for the word "Tint" by adjusting the tint controls on your projection TV.)
8. Remove the glasses and cycle through the remainder of the Optimizer steps. They allow you to perfect the sharpness and screen aspect ratio if you wish: important, but again, not directly pertinent to the color.
9. Exit the Optimizer menu.
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