I can't get the colour write and on the settings I don't understand what the contrast is or the tint if you can help would be great thank you

SOURCE: Hitachi 43FDX20B t.v. has reddish tint

This can be one of two things, I think this set was manufactured in 02 so it would be atleast 6yr.old so saying that could be 1. Fluid contamination problem or 2. Clean Spark gaps problems. The first is when you observe the fluid above the CRT's and see if it looks cloudy and contaminated. 2. The cleaning of the spark gaps are most likely the problem. But this requires knowledge of what to do and what not to do. This is a Dangerous area full of High Voltage. So you would need to know how to discharge set before servicing. Carefully not to damage anode leads to set. For more info on this you can visit ctechnicians.com

SOURCE: Fixing picture (colour) setting

If your TV is not too ancient there should be a button that says auto set or return to default or default....try it. Tango....and hope this helps.

SOURCE: Bright screen with very low contrast

I fixed it myself, it seems that the monitor have some problems remembering it's settings and sometimes it automatically set its settings to crazy values that are out of the range that we are allowed to input. For my case, the setting that was crazy was the gamma setting since it was set so high. I wasn't able to bring it back to a normal setting so I found a way to do it by resetting the monitor. So to reset these display settings such as colour, contrast, brightness and gama, you need to turn on the monitor and unplug the monitor without turning it off and plug it back in again. It will automatically power on and the correct default settings will be present.

This forum isn't very helpful is it?

SOURCE: Hi, I have just purchased the

The problem is that everyone has a different "taste" when it comes to these settings. I like to turn the color all the way down to start with. You should (if the set is factory adjusted correctly) have a black and white picture. If it's not B&W, then there's something inside the set that needs adjusted and you should get a service call. Then I adjust brightness and contrast to get the best B&W picture. Then I turn the color up until I'm happy with the color level, then I adust tint.

Hope that helps

Geno

SOURCE: need help with TV calibration for philips

Try these, Contrast: 53 Brightness: 56 Color: 45 Tint: 2 Sharpness: 2 
Color temperature: Off
Dynamic contrast: Off
Digital Natural Motion: Off
DNR: Off
Color enhancement: Off
Active control: Off