ATV Picture quality issue

Hello,
my ATV is connected to a Philips 47PFL8404H via HDMI and I have problems with the picture quality. While all my movies are looking perfect on my 30'' Cinema Display, they look "drowned" on the TV. The Contrast is fine, but at dark movie scenes every detail get lost in the black.
Working on the contrast, and/or Brightness at the TV dosn't help.
Any suggestions?

Try Settings>Video and adjust HDMI options - there's a light and dark output option amongst other things.
Chance of you getting identical output on the 2 devices are remote as there are so many parameters at play, and potentially differing gamma treatment of monitor and TV.

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