[nickr]

You are right, dynamic range is the phrase I was thinking of.

[PatK]

reading a book about still photography

ah yes, my 16 years in wet photography! I don't think it equates into this timezone.

I didn't see mention in this thread so far of using something like VLC as an external player and using the adjustments and effects, video to de-saturate and or colourize/ etc. Just checked it now and it seems to have no end of control over most aspects if it's an absolute 'must have'. External players (wiki) http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=256537