I've never heard of turning off all the color before setting contrast and brightness but I'm going to try it out. Also it's important to turn sharpness or picture all the way off on your TV because it actually distorts the picture. The way I set my TV was using the THX thing and some THX blue filter glasses off their website which I got free with a t-shirt but you can also get by just paying $2 shipping. Do the instructions on the THX work just as well as the ones you gave? I've heard that the THX actually adjusts the picture for the movie you're watching and not a universal correct calibration. I also have always worried that there instructions for setting contrast is wrong. Anybody know about this?