[jinkyjim]

OMG, I just spent a ton of money on a D34010WYKH2 loaded with memory, SSD, HDD and a WIFI card to replace my old HTPC and the NUC's HDMI output is HORRIBLE - everything is washed out and the blacks are more like grays. My previous HTPC with a crappy nVidia GT520 was absolutely flawless.

I googled and found out that some people had this problem with various Linuxes running on it but I am using Windows 8.1. Is there something I can do to fix this or should I try to return it? Is Gigabyte BRIX any better?

Yeah its the same with mine, i3, 4gb, 30gb...washed out blacks, ....tried WIN 7, OE, and ubuntu, all the same.

the only thing i can do is boost the contrast,colour, and brightness settings on my TV.