While most countries have switched to digital broadcasting, and most broadcasts themselves have programming on 24/7 now, it’s hard to remember the ancient times of analog broadcasts that would ...

Netflix, a video streaming service, distributes a lot of content that supports 4K resolution, HDR, and Dolby Atmos sound. Therefore, if the monitor or TV you are watching is properly set up, you can ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. But how do you know if your TV’s picture adjustments are correctly set to provide optimal image ...

Before streaming and 24/7 programming, there was a time when TV stations actually signed off for the night. Yeah, unbelievable. You'd be watching a late movie or dozing through infomercials, and then, ...

The picture on a TV set used to be the combined product of multiple analog systems, and since TVs had no internal diagnostics, the only way to know things were adjusted properly was to see for ...

Are you old enough to remember growing up with no more than three or four TV stations to watch…and something called a test pattern when the stations were not broadcasting? Yes, TV actually signed off ...

KILGORE, Texas (KLTV) - If you remember the days of black and white television, what’s known as the Indian Head test pattern is likely burned into your memory and your old TV set. Believe it or not, ...

TV has come a long way since the test-pattern days ONE dark night in 1949 I was rolling slowly along Shepherd Drive, near the Westheimer intersection, when my eye was drawn to a curious sight. A small ...

Ironically the color has faded for this film. The SMPTE Color Television Test (1965) film serves two main purposes: it helps in achieving color balance for color television transmission and allows for ...