Washed Out Brightness

Evening,
I have just bought a new Apple TV 2, on my TV it seems too bright or washed out.
It's like the brightness is turned up too high, but when I adjust the brightness and contrast so that the blacks are black, the picture overall becomes too dark.
My TV is an LG LED 47inch, model number 47LE5510
I don't have the same problem with Foxtel, Xbox 360 or PS3, they all look fantastic.
It is just the Apple TV that looks to bright or simply washed out.
(I have also tried replacing the HDMI cable incase that was the problem, but no luck)
Has anyone else had a similar problem?
Any Suggestions?
Cheers, TB

I have exactly the same problem. My tv is an LG 42 inch model. ATV2 colors are very washed out compared to the very same scene streamed to the same tv (with the same setting: standard) from my LG BD390 blu-ray player. If anyone wants to see proof of this, I just took photos from the same scene from a movie on Netflix streamed by the ATV2 and by the BD390. On the latter, the colors are brilliant, saturated, vibrant, strong. On the ATV2 they're badly washed out, pale. The difference is astounding. (I'd be happy to email the two photos to anyone who's interested.) I too tried a brand new HDMI cable (Amazon brand, newest version) and that made no difference at all. And there's nothing at all on the ATV2 to adjust! I called Apple and they had no idea. The first technician first said it was due to the fact that the BD390 is putting out 1080. When I doubted this, the connection was dropped . I called back and the second Apple person agreed that the 1080/720 issue had nothing to do with the problem, and suggested it might be an HDMI cable problem. But as I said, that turned out not to be the case. Could it be an incompatibility issue with LG tv?

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