[jmhenry5150]

Are you an owner of this kick-a$$ Chromebox XBMC setup like me (thanks again Matt)?

Do you have a gorgeous HDTV but noticed the blacks seem washed out?

Have you tried all the settings within XBMC such as Settings - > System - > Video Output (Expert Settings)? Even after checking the full range 0-255 RGB box within XBMC the blacks just don't seem as inky as you once remember?

Have you now resigned yourself to video quality mediocrity forever?

Well now you can get that Intel HD Graphics inside your Celeron to give you 21st Century video output!

From root access of ssh terminal type this in (test it while watching a dark movie for maximum effect):

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xrandr --output HDMI1 --set "Broadcast RGB" "Full" 


If that Sin City gray blurry mess you were just watching now comes alive with film-like inky black goodness, congrats, you are now watching what the film studios intended ! (All credit to Hijinx at this thread https://communities.intel.com/thread/294...0&tstart=0) :

Now this xrandr command is just a one time fix; to make this permanent follow the wiki link and do the following via ssh:

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echo "#!/bin/sh" > /storage/.config/autostart.sh && chmod +x /storage/.config/autostart.sh 


then edit the file:

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nano /storage/.config/autostart.sh 


and paste the

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xrandr --output HDMI1 --set "Broadcast RGB" "Full" 


code in, save and exit.

Voila! Movies now forever viewable with awesome blacks just like God intended!

Tried this on my DEV box and received this:

MediaRoom:~ # xrandr --output HDMI1 --set "Broadcast RGB" "Full"
X Error of failed request: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
Major opcode of failed request: 139 (RANDR)
Minor opcode of failed request: 21 (RRSetCrtcConfig)
Serial number of failed request: 63
Current serial number in output stream: 63