HDMI to PC Image Quality and Colour Fix

Have you ever hooked up your PC to your HDTV only to discover that the colours look "washed out" and blurry and terrible? Text on websites and documents look blurred or distorted and the colors on graphics look like they have too much contrast applied to them. I have found a fix for this but only if your graphics card is Nvidia based like mine. Mine is a GeForce GTX680 for example.

Some people might not realize that their colours are being downgraded and won't even know that the quality can be increased.

A simple way to tell if you are experiencing the limited colours problem is to do this: first go to the Nvidia control panel and choose to change the resolution.
Right-click an empty space on the desktop, and select "NVIDIA Control Panel" with the green icon.
If your selected resolution falls under 'PC' then you are probably seeing the full colour range and probably do not need to change anything. However, if your selected resolution falls under the 'Ultra HD, HD, SD' category then you are definitely seeing limited colours by default.

The way to fix this is by creating a customized resolution by first clicking the "Customize" button. In that window click the "Create Custom Resolution" button. Enter your desired resolution (usually 1920 horizontal by 1080 vertical) but increase the refresh rate by 1hz increments and then press the "Test" button. I was able to test up to 65Hz successfully but your results may vary. I wouldn't recommend going higher than 65Hz.
When you press the "Test" button, the screen may go black for a moment but will flash and display the screen again if it is successful. A message will display that the test was successful and prompt you to save the settings and a 15 second timer counts down to either save or revert.
If it is not successful, your monitor or TV will tell you something along the lines that your monitor is not capable of that selected resolution, and then after about 30 seconds will revert back to the previous screen.

Your new 'custom' resolution will appear in a new category called 'Custom' at the top and selecting this resolution will eliminate the limited colours issue.

Some games default to 60hz. If that's the case, you will revert back to limited colours in game. A fix for that is to run full-screen borderless window. Here is a link to a program that will help you with that. (http://westechsolutions.net/sites/WindowedBorderlessGaming/)